Southern Water has admitted sea pollution incidents off Kent coastline and others inland – the company released sewage into water just weeks after getting a record £90 million fine for almost 7,000 illegal discharges.

What has been described as the UK’s largest ever environmental legal claim against industrial chicken production firms Avara Foods, its subsidiary Freemans of Newent Litd and Dwr Cymru Cyfyngedig Welsh Water for polluting the Wye catchment reaches the High Court today.

The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) is warning the Government to do more on PFAS pollution and urgently restrict the non-essential uses of chemicals labelled as ‘forever chemicals’.

The Environment Agency is today reporting that it has smashed its inspections target – the EA has expanded its surveillance of the water network to record levels, completing over 10,000 inspections of water company assets in the last year.

The Environment Agency and the University of Stirling have published a report on the links between phosphorus concentrations and ecology in English rivers.

A legal action against South West Water over sewage pollution in Exmouth, Budleigh Salterton and Lympstone has been expanded to include coastal towns across Devon and Cornwall.

The General Court of the European Union has decided to dismiss as inadmissible the lawsuits brought by pharmaceutical and cosmetics companies and associations against the provisions on extended producer responsibility (EPR) in the recast Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD).

Yorkshire Water was yesterday fined £733,333, plus costs and victim surcharges for polluting a Chesterfield country park stream three times in less than a year.

The Environment Agency (EA) has assembled its largest ever team of investigators, enforcement officers and lawyers tackling water pollution, significantly strengthening its enforcement capability as part of a drive to build a tougher regulatory culture.

A £920,000 project, led by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, will generate clear scientific evidence to support the restoration and long-term care of the UK’s largest lake.