27 Nov 2025
Image description: A woman wild swimming in the Lake District. Image by Jaz Blakeston-Petch on Unsplash The Environment Agency has published its 2025 bathing water classifications, showing 87% of England’s 449 designated bathing sites are now rated ‘Excellent’ or ‘Good’. Since last year, the number of “excellent” sites has risen from 289 to 297, […]
27 Nov 2025
Image description: Close up of nurdles washed up on sand. Photo by Sören Funk on Unsplash Plastic nurdles – tiny pellets used by the plastics industry to manufacture larger products – have been found in 84% of the UK’s most important nature sites, according to environmental charity Fidra. The organisation discovered nurdles in 168 […]
27 Nov 2025
Families affected by Corby’s toxic waste scandal have been testing waterways in a town to detect if they were contaminated. Children in Corby, Northamptonshire, have been born with birth defects, believed to have been caused when the town’s steelworks were demolished and dismantled in the 1980s. Earthwatch Europe, a charity that supports residents investigating […]
20 Nov 2025
Image description: Rubbish on the edge of a river. Photo by Collab Media on Unsplash The Environment Agency (EA) has launched a criminal investigation into a massive fly-tip that has appeared next to the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, measuring around 150m (490ft) long and 6m (20ft) high. A legal expert has warned there is […]
13 Nov 2025
Image description: Sewage outflow pipe pouring out into a river. Photo by Jacob Antony on Unsplash Wessex Water has been ordered to pay £11m over wastewater failures and told to spend it on improvements to reduce sewage spills and other measures. The company reportedly proposed the package to avoid a £10m penalty after an […]
13 Nov 2025
Image description: View across a wetland, location unknown. Photo by Henry Be on Unsplash. A £1.45m integrated constructed wetland (ICW) to further treat wastewater has been completed at Staplefield Wastewater Treatment Works in West Sussex, following the planting of more than 80,000 native wetland plants, shrubs and trees. The project represents one of the […]
13 Nov 2025
Image description: Aerial shot of the Amazon river. Severe drought hit the Amazon basin, peaking from July to September. Photo by Ivars Utināns on Unsplash A report published jointly by Size of Wales and WWF Cymru highlights the links between the Welsh food system and the destruction of tropical forests, human rights abuses, and […]
06 Nov 2025
Image description: water pouring out of a tap, with spray visible. Photo by Imani on Unsplash. The drinking water watchdog for England and Wales has ordered companies to act after “forever chemicals” linked to cancer and other conditions were found in untreated water sources at levels it said “could constitute a potential danger to […]
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