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26 Feb 2026

NewsWater

Image description: A brown sewage outflow pipe is embedded in rocks, with water gushing into a body of water. Image by Jacob Antony on Unsplash  Research shared exclusively with the New Statesman reveals Thames Water illegally polluted waterways with raw sewage at least 8,499 times between 2021 and 2025, showing five years of new regulations have failed to address the company’s environmental degradation, according to the […]

26 Feb 2026

NewsWater

Image description: A dead fish lies on its side on the rocky bed of a river. Image by Oguzhan Aydin from Pixabay. Yorkshire Water has been fined more than £700,000 for repeatedly releasing sewage into a country park stream in Derbyshire, the Environment Agency (EA) said.  Yorkshire Water was issued with the penalty after pleading guilty to three offences of sewage pollution in Pools Brook country park […]

26 Feb 2026

NewsWater

Image description: A red and white sign nailed to a wooden fence is in the foreground, with a sandy beach and sea in the background. The sign reads “beach closed, no swimming”. Image by YM, Unsplash. A group legal claim against South West Water (SSW) alleging sewage pollution into coastal waters is harming businesses and individuals has been extended across Devon and Cornwall.  […]

24 Feb 2026

MarineNews

Photo by Maxwell Andrews   The Orkney Islands Regional Marine Plan has been formally adopted by Scottish Ministers, establishing a statutory framework for managing marine activities out to 12 nautical miles from the coast. The plan, the second of its kind for the Orkney Islands Scottish Marine Region, sets binding policy for a wide range of sectors […]

24 Feb 2026

MarineNews

Photo by Chirayu Sharma   India and the United Kingdom launched the India-UK Offshore Wind Taskforce on 18 February, establishing a new bilateral working mechanism intended to provide strategic leadership for India’s nascent offshore wind sector. The event was attended by India’s Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi, UK Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy […]

24 Feb 2026

MarineNews

Photo by Kier in Sight Archives   Researchers at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) in Oban have developed a land-based tank method for cultivating Palmaria palmata — the red seaweed commonly known as dulse — that dramatically reduces early-stage mortality and enables year-round production of a species that has historically proved extremely difficult to farm. In controlled […]

24 Feb 2026

MarineNews

Photo by Simon Hurry   Shetland Islands Council has approved what will become the UK’s largest salmon farm, giving the green light to Scottish Sea Farms’ (SSF) Fish Holm development in Yell Sound on 11 February. The £8 million site will comprise 12 pens of 160-metre circumference with a maximum standing biomass of 6,000 tonnes, triple the […]