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19 Aug 2015

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Thames Water named Bazalgette as the preferred bidder to invest £2.8 billion in delivering the Thames Tideway Tunnel project was confirmed by Ofwat ahead of issuing the consortium a project license to deliver the £4.2 billion super sewer project. http://utilityweek.co.uk/news/thames-tideway-ip-licence-goes-to-bazalgette-says-ofwat/1160902#.VdMQHP-FOpo The confirmation from Ofwat means Bazalgette is wholly responsible for delivering the Thames Tideway Tunnel scheme, which […]

19 Aug 2015

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‘Landmark first to launch Environment Agency’s surface water data in Envirocheck Flood Screening report. With the Environment Agency recently warning of risks related to surface water flooding, following heavy mid-summer downpurs, Landmark Information Group, the UK’s leading supplier of digital mapping, property and environmental risk information, has announced it is the first commercial provider to […]

14 Aug 2015

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National Trust ‘We do like to be beside the seaside – but not as much as we used to. Too little time, overcrowded beaches, overpriced facilities and the lure of overseas destinations have all contributed to a decline in day trippers taking to the UK coast. More than half of people (58%) have not had […]

14 Aug 2015

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There has been an exciting development regarding international fisheries law.  It’s an Advisory Opinion delivered by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in April this year on, amongst other things, IUU fishing.  For an introduction, see the following short paper by Tim Stephens: http://www.asil.org/insights/volume/19/issue/8/itlos-advisory-opinion-coastal-and-flag-state-duties-ensure  For more information, see the website of ITLOS […]