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Walsall residents urged to avoid canal after chemical spillage
15/08/2024 Walsall Council has urged members of the public to avoid a 12-mile section of the Walsall canal after tests confirmed sodium cyanide had been dumped. |
Robotic ‘shark’ to clean up Leeds waterways
05/07/2024 An aquatic robot has been launched to collect litter from Leeds’ waterways, inspired by the open-mouthed feeding technique of a whale shark. |
Bid to tackle UK’s second most polluted river
19/06/2024 Councillors in Calderdale will devise a plan to clean up the UK’s second most polluted waterway. |
Thames Water sewage spills more than quadruple
25/01/2024 The mayor of London has called out the ‘scandalous’ increase in instances of sewage flowing into the capital’s rivers, urging Thames Water to ‘get a grip of the situation’. |
Time to fight Government water plans
05/09/2023 Ali Morse, water policy manager for The Wildlife Trusts, makes the case for defending the EU-era nutrient neutrality rules. |
Water shortages in East Sussex force school closures
14/06/2023 Water shortages caused by the hot weather have forced two schools in East Sussex to close. |
Shaking up the system on toxic chemical cocktails
24/05/2023 Richard Benwell, CEO of Wildlife & Countryside Link, discusses the harmful combinations of chemicals in the UK’s waterways and what councils can do about it. |
