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Sewage pollution levels in this river are 100 times safe 'limits'. The fight is now on to clean it up
Sewage pollution

Sewage pollution levels in this river are 100 times safe 'limits'. The fight is now on to clean it up

Sewage pollution in the Ouseburn – which runs from near the city’s airport to the Tyne – is a staggering 100 times higher than safe standards
Outcry after water companies say they can't fix the sewage crisis without hiking bills: 'Insulting'
homeless heatwave
Water bills

Outcry after water companies say they can't fix the sewage crisis without hiking bills: 'Insulting'

Could London follow Paris' Olympic efforts and make River Thames clean enough to swim?
A tourist boat on the River Seine, Paris
Rivers

Could London follow Paris' Olympic efforts and make River Thames clean enough to swim?

Water companies paid shareholders £377 for every hour they pumped sewage into seas, study finds
Pollution

Water companies paid shareholders £377 for every hour they pumped sewage into seas, study finds

Time has been vital for my success – I can't imagine losing three hours a day walking for water
Ariyon Bakare

Time has been vital for my success – I can't imagine losing three hours a day walking for water

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Sewage has made Britain a laughing stock. We need to pull our fingers out and rescue our rivers
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James Wallace

Sewage has made Britain a laughing stock. We need to pull our fingers out and rescue our rivers

'Clean up the filth!': Labour wants to block bonuses for water firm bosses over sewage dumping
sewage discharges have been recorded in the Lake District
Sewage pollution

'Clean up the filth!': Labour wants to block bonuses for water firm bosses over sewage dumping

'Wake up and smell the s**t': Sewage dumped into UK waterways over 1,000 times a day, report says
Water pollution

'Wake up and smell the s**t': Sewage dumped into UK waterways over 1,000 times a day, report says

Thames Water forced to pay back millions to customers over pollution – but campaigners say it doesn't go far enough
Environment

Thames Water forced to pay back millions to customers over pollution – but campaigners say it doesn't go far enough

Lords kills off 'hatchet job' Tory plan to rip up EU pollution laws to build more houses
nutrient neutrality rules protect developments from introducing river pollution
River pollution

Lords kills off 'hatchet job' Tory plan to rip up EU pollution laws to build more houses

UK government may have broken law over sewage pumping. Could this be a 'turning point'?
Water pollution

UK government may have broken law over sewage pumping. Could this be a 'turning point'?

Nutrient neutrality: Why scrapping EU pollution rules to boost housebuilding has caused uproar
Changing river pollution to boost housebuilding has enraged the RSPB
Environment

Nutrient neutrality: Why scrapping EU pollution rules to boost housebuilding has caused uproar

Sewage pollution: How much should water companies be fined for pumping sewage? Have your say
sewage
Sewage

Sewage pollution: How much should water companies be fined for pumping sewage? Have your say

Sewage spills: Customers could receive hundreds of millions in compensation as water companies face new lawsuit
Sewage spills

Sewage spills: Customers could receive hundreds of millions in compensation as water companies face new lawsuit

‘The grubby tentacles are everywhere’: This UK sewage discharge map shows where waste is being pumped into nature reserves
Red dots across a map of England and Wales show the breadth of sewage spills in protected areas
Pollution

‘The grubby tentacles are everywhere’: This UK sewage discharge map shows where waste is being pumped into nature reserves

‘People are angry’: Will sewage sway how people vote in local elections?
Image on the left shows a polling station, image on the right shows river pollution
Water Pollution

‘People are angry’: Will sewage sway how people vote in local elections?

‘Record’ fine imposed on polluter is just 0.3% of pre-tax profits
River Pollution

‘Record’ fine imposed on polluter is just 0.3% of pre-tax profits

Raw sewage, dead fish and E.coli: Record £2.1m fine for water pollution in Devon and Cornwall
River pollution

Raw sewage, dead fish and E.coli: Record £2.1m fine for water pollution in Devon and Cornwall

Water companies are 'wilfully misleading' the public over sewage claims, watchdog says
sewage

Water companies are 'wilfully misleading' the public over sewage claims, watchdog says

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2023: Environment
Grazing goats of Bournemouth
Changemakers 2023

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2023: Environment

Sewage dumped into sea at coastal resorts as heavy rain follows heatwave
Sewage pollution

Sewage dumped into sea at coastal resorts as heavy rain follows heatwave

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Calls for polluters to face prison as water companies fail to tackle sewage problem
A river in some woodlands
River pollution

Calls for polluters to face prison as water companies fail to tackle sewage problem

The government has refused to make water companies monitor how much sewage they're dumping in rivers
The River Wye
River pollution

The government has refused to make water companies monitor how much sewage they're dumping in rivers

There's been almost no improvement in the water quality of UK rivers for a decade
The River Derwent. Tory MPs voted down amendments to stop water companies dumping sewage in rivers and seas. Photo: © Malcolm Coils (cc-by-sa/2.0)
River pollution

There's been almost no improvement in the water quality of UK rivers for a decade

Protesters take to the beaches over sewage pollution
Water pollution

Protesters take to the beaches over sewage pollution