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Anglian Water Services Ltd has been ordered to pay over £50,000 in case brought by Environment Agency.
13 people have been convicted following an investigation by the Environment Agency into an illegal waste site in rural Lincolnshire, near Newark.
Two people have been sentenced for operating illegal waste sites in Yorkshire following an Environment Agency investigation.
As a new fishing season begins, the Environment Agency welcomes anglers back to English rivers.
Environment Agency has obtained an extension for restriction orders on illegal waste sites in Kent.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Environment Agency prosecutes after routine sampling results. Court told how water company broke permitted levels 3 times in 10 months.
Water company inspections will more than quadruple as the government cracks down on poor performing companies.
Sussex companies fined
Anglian Water Services Ltd found guilty of failing, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a requirement to provide records from the Environment Agency.
Angler pleaded guilty to fishing without a licence in Bath.
Angler found guilty of fishing without a rod licence in Yeovil.
A Roman oyster processing site has been uncovered during the building of a major coastal re-alignment scheme in Yorkshire.
Work to limit heavy metals polluting rivers in Upper Teesdale is due to start next week
A robotic bird of prey is being used to stop seagulls contaminating Teignmouth’s bathing water.
A man from Culmhead has been fined £1,200 after he illegally stored waste at a site within the Blackdown Hills, Somerset.
Some 6 defendants who repeatedly ignored Environment Agency advice about waste storage have been sentenced following an Agency investigation.
The National Fisheries Laboratory has seen crucial developments on how species like Prussian carp and topmouth gudgeon can be controlled.
A father and son have been sentenced for operating an illegal waste site in Lancashire, following an investigation by the Environment Agency.
The Preston and South Ribble Flood Risk Management Scheme has won a Considerate Constructors Scheme 2024 National Site Award.
An angler has been fined £443 after being caught fishing illegally in Bedfordshire.
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