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.
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.
N.Ireland
A farmer in Northern Ireland has been convicted in court of a water pollution offence. Martin...
Farmers For Action (FFA) has requested agriculture and environment Minister Andrew Muir to arrange a meeting about Lough Neagh
A NI farmer has been convicted for a water pollution offence under Article 7(1)(a) of the Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 as amended
DAERA has confirmed that a farmer in Northern Ireland has been fined in court for a water pollution offence
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) in NI has launched a public consultation on a ‘Plastic Pollution Plan’
A court has found a Somerset pig farmer guilty of polluting a local stream after constructing an illegal slurry lagoon.
A court in Northern Ireland has fined a farmer for a water pollution offence arising from “farm effluent” being discharged into a river.
A 70-year-old man has been convicted and fined in a NI court over an incident involving the pollution of a river with agricultural effluent.
A court in Northern Ireland has convicted and fined a Co. Fermanagh farmer for polluting around 600m of a waterway.
A court in Northern Ireland has fined a man £500 plus a £15 offenders levy for a water pollution...
Rural Life
A dairy farm in Lancashire has been ordered to pay over £10,000 by the Lancaster Magistrates’ Court for polluting a watercourse with slurry
Agriculture has been attributed as the “principal cause” of pollution in Lough Erne, according to Minister of Justice in the Northern...
A farmer has been fined after his "reckless" poulltion of a 2-mile stretch of a stream that flows...
East Derry MLA Claire Sugden has called for better messaging from government departments and local councils about the current risks of blue-green algae.
Other
A farmer has been fined for obstructing an Environment Agency officer who was taking water samples of suspected pollution on his farm.
NFU Cymru has said that the review of the Water Resources Regulations must deliver practical changes to make them more "workable" on farm.
A Co. Tyrone farmer has been convicted and fined at Omagh Magistrates’ Court in relation to...
A Wellington dairy farmer has been given a suspended prison sentence for allowing slurry to run into the Westford Stream.
River Action has said it has taken legal challenge to Shropshire Council following planning permission for a major intensive poultry unit.
Agri-Business
A family farm in Ceredigion has been prosecuted after a slurry store collapse resulted in the pollution of at least 12km of waterways.
