Environment
Environment Agency urged farmers to report pollution incidents following a situation in Cornwall where a spill of digestate resulted in a major fish kill.
A North Yorkshire farmer has been handed a two-year sentence after he allowed thousands tonnes of waste to be illegally dumped on his land.
The wet start to this year has allowed for water levels in England to recover from last year's drought, according to the Environment Agency.
A Dorset farmer has been prosecuted by the Environmental Agency for not increasing his slurry storage to prevent the risk of pollution
Rural Life
A waste company owner has been fined over £1.4 million for illegal dumping of 4,275t of waste across England on sites including farmland.
The Environment Agency has announced that Yorkshire started moving into drought recovery status earlier this week.
The latest EPA report has ranked 2024 as the worst year for environmental performance from water companies in England since 2011.
A Glouchestershire farmer has been convicted of illegally discharging slurry into a river due to a leaking pipe and has been fined £7,048.
The Environment Agency has reminded farmers that despite the dry summer weather, they should start preparing their winter slurry storage now.
Agri-Business
The National Farmers Union (NFU) have secured 150 abstraction licences for farmers in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire
A court has found a Somerset pig farmer guilty of polluting a local stream after constructing an illegal slurry lagoon.
The Environment Agency has warned that "a very wet year is already delaying harvest time for some farmers.
Three people have been prosecuted by the Environment Agency for the large-scale dumping of 26,000t of illegal waste.
The Environment Agency is warning property and landowners to be vigilant against criminals who target their land and buildings to dump illegally collected waste.
A West Midlands waste management company has offered £100,00 to a local wildlife project following...
A second man was interviewed yesterday (Thursday, August 8) in relation to large-scale organised...
A man has been arrested in connection organised waste crime through large-scale fly-tipping across rural areas in Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire and Essex.
Other
A farmer has been fined for obstructing an Environment Agency officer who was taking water samples of suspected pollution on his farm.
A Newquay farmer has been ordered to pay £21,500 in conviction costs, a £72,000 confiscation...
The Environment Agency has said its annual report on the environmental performance of England's...
A Wellington dairy farmer has been given a suspended prison sentence for allowing slurry to run into the Westford Stream.
The Environment Agency is urging farmers to start preparations now for winter slurry storage and to contact it if they have concerns.
A Devon man has been sentenced to 32 months in prison after he dumped thousands of tonnes of waste, including asbestos, in a floodplain.
