Environment
The Environment Agency has set up a ‘one stop shop’ for flood advice to mark Flood Action Week, which starts today.
A total of 14.3% of England's surface waters are considered to be of "good ecological status", according to the Environment Agency.
Drought
Farmers and growers urgently need secure, reliable access to water to continue producing food for UK households amid drought conditions
Over 19,000 British farms have completed environmental improvements in the last five years, according to the Environment Agency.
Environment Agency urged farmers to report pollution incidents following a situation in Cornwall where a spill of digestate resulted in a major fish kill.
A North Yorkshire farmer has been handed a two-year sentence after he allowed thousands tonnes of waste to be illegally dumped on his land.
The wet start to this year has allowed for water levels in England to recover from last year's drought, according to the Environment Agency.
A Dorset farmer has been prosecuted by the Environmental Agency for not increasing his slurry storage to prevent the risk of pollution
Rural Life
A waste company owner has been fined over £1.4 million for illegal dumping of 4,275t of waste across England on sites including farmland.
The Environment Agency has announced that Yorkshire started moving into drought recovery status earlier this week.
The latest EPA report has ranked 2024 as the worst year for environmental performance from water companies in England since 2011.
A Glouchestershire farmer has been convicted of illegally discharging slurry into a river due to a leaking pipe and has been fined £7,048.
The Environment Agency has reminded farmers that despite the dry summer weather, they should start preparing their winter slurry storage now.
Agri-Business
The National Farmers Union (NFU) have secured 150 abstraction licences for farmers in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire
A court has found a Somerset pig farmer guilty of polluting a local stream after constructing an illegal slurry lagoon.
The Environment Agency has warned that "a very wet year is already delaying harvest time for some farmers.
Three people have been prosecuted by the Environment Agency for the large-scale dumping of 26,000t of illegal waste.
The Environment Agency is warning property and landowners to be vigilant against criminals who target their land and buildings to dump illegally collected waste.
