MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee are set to explore whether the Government appreciates the true cost of flooding in a live evidence session this afternoon as part of its ongoing inquiry into flood resilience in England.

A new report by the NI Fiscal Council is warning of a growing crisis in the provision of water and sewerage services in Northern Ireland and calling for more funding for NI Water.

The government is proposing to extend the ban on destructive bottom trawling in vulnerable areas of English seas - the fishing method involves dragging large nets along the sea floor.

Northumbrian Water has named Esh Construction as its sole delivery partner for its Wastewater Networks Framework, a planned and reactive repairs and maintenance contract across the region’s wastewater network.