09 Apr 2026

Image description: Four people wearing high vis in front of a Network Plus working site. Image credit: Network Plus.   Network Plus, a utility and infrastructure services provider in Greater Manchester, is set to launch a new water industry training school after advertising this week for apprentice water operatives to join the award-winning business. United Utilities […]

09 Apr 2026

Image description: Two people sat at a desk working out a problem on a piece of paper. There are two laptops, pens and paper on the work surface. Photo by Scott Graham on Unsplash.   Ofwat has written to the renumeration committee chairs of all Welsh and English water companies, reminding them of the new […]

09 Apr 2026

Body of water between grasses, Arundel UK. Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash £90 million pledged to safeguard England’s wildlife Ministers have announced a new £90 million government funding package for species recovery in England, which the government says is the largest ever Government investment in threatened species recovery. More than double the previous round […]

07 Apr 2026

Photo by Daniel Olah   Sweden has seized and subsequently released an oil tanker linked to Russia’s shadow fleet after it was suspected of causing a 12-kilometre oil slick in the Baltic Sea east of Gotland, in what authorities described as a landmark case in the campaign to hold sanctioned vessels to account. The incident began in […]

07 Apr 2026

Photo by Francesco Ungaro   More than a tenth of the global ocean is now officially designated as protected or conserved, marking a historic milestone in the race to safeguard marine biodiversity. The figure — confirmed at 10.01% through the latest update to the World Database on Protected and Conserved Areas — represents a significant leap from […]

07 Apr 2026

Photo by Rogue Li   New research into the acoustic impact of offshore wind farms on marine life has produced a series of counterintuitive findings — and raised questions about how well the industry understands its effects on the underwater environment. PhD candidate and marine biologist Fien Demuynck, of Leiden University, spent years conducting fieldwork along the […]