Could the UK’s water bosses really go to prison?
Steve Reed, the newly minted environment secretary, has big plans to clean up Britain's rivers. But, how well will they…
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Exclusive: thousands of sewage spills missed and misreported due to “dodgy data”
The government says a network of 15,000 monitors will end the sewage crisis. But there’s growing evidence they don’t work.
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Does bad press matter to water companies?
Despite a series of negative stories about the state of our waterways, the firms in charge of them are still…
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The Great Stink: Britain’s pollution crisis
How privatisation and the pursuit of profit lead to the devastation of England’s waterways.
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Sewage, shortages and spills: how UK water companies have failed
Is this a moment of reckoning for the UK's water industry?
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The Tories aren’t even pretending to sell us aspiration
Conservatives are telling us swimming in sewage is fine and to go without cheese sandwiches. Gone are the days of…
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“We’re staring down the gun barrel”: Feargal Sharkey on Britain’s polluted rivers
The Undertones frontman sees echoes of Northern Ireland’s Troubles in today’s environmental struggles.
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Sewage map shows potentially illegal “dry spills”
An investigation by the campaigning charity Surfers Against Sewage has identified sewage dumping even when there’s been no rain.
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Did Tory MPs really vote to dump raw sewage in Britain’s rivers and seas?
Not quite, but their government is responsible for our polluted waterways.
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How much raw sewage is being released into the sea?
As the rain returns to drought-parched England and Wales, so has the sewage.
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How does the UK’s beach water quality compare with Europe?
The quality of swimming water at Britain’s beaches and rivers is among the worst in Europe.
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Why do UK water companies pump sewage into the sea?
Brexit and ageing infrastructure are two reasons the UK has sewage floating around its shores.
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The raw sewage dumped into the UK’s rivers reveals a broken model
Reckless cuts and the impact of Brexit have left rivers dangerously polluted.
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