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The Environment Agency is a non-departmental public body responsible for protecting and improving the environment in England. It focuses on flood risk management, pollution control, water resources, and conservation to ensure sustainable development and environmental protection.
Based on publicly published press releases (last 12 months)
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Friday, 10 April 2026
Following an Environment Agency investigation, United Utilities pleaded guilty to introducing thousands of fish into Bessy Brook, near Bolton, without...
Wednesday, 08 April 2026
'I don’t do e-mails' among excuses for not clearing overflowing skips...
Wednesday, 08 April 2026
The Environment Agency and Dorset Council are hosting drop-in events in Weymouth, Blandford, Winterborne Stickland, Sydling St Nicholas and Dorchester...
Thursday, 02 April 2026
Waste companies that operate in Bristol, Cornwall and Devon investigated over waste regulations and will pay £28,500 to environmental charities....
Thursday, 02 April 2026
A company and its director have been ordered to pay more than £142,000 for illegally exporting contaminated plastic waste across the world to Malaysia...
Wednesday, 01 April 2026
A crooked family who ran an illegal waste site in Lincolnshire must pay a total of nearly £67,000 in confiscation orders, following a Proceeds of Crim...
Tuesday, 31 March 2026
GDA process enables regulators to assess new nuclear power station designs at an early stage of the regulatory process ...
Monday, 30 March 2026
Environment Agency completes record number of water company inspections driving improved performance across the sector...
Monday, 30 March 2026
Environment Agency water enforcement team increases by almost fivefold since 2023...
Monday, 30 March 2026
Spring coastal defence works are under way in Sussex, shifting shingle and installing £250,000 of timber to protect 3,000 homes through 2027. ...
Friday, 27 March 2026
A North Yorkshire farmer is sentenced for allowing waste to be dumped on his land following Environment Agency prosecution....
Friday, 27 March 2026
The operator of a waste site that has caused misery for locals has had its environmental permit revoked following day of action. ...
Thursday, 26 March 2026
Early morning raid sees man arrested for packaging fraud and money laundering offences ...
Thursday, 26 March 2026
New data published today by the Environment Agency shows a significant reduction in both the number and duration of storm overflow spills across Engla...
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
Agencies from across Greater Manchester joined forces for the region's first waste crime summit, strengthening the collective fight against illegal ac...
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
Smart signs which answer questions about bathing waters are now at Goring Beach, Worthing and Worthing Beach House. ...
Monday, 23 March 2026
Heavy rainfall sees water levels recover across England with all areas now back to normal status ...
Friday, 20 March 2026
Environment Agency obtains a restriction order for site on Haine Industrial Estate. Court order prohibits anyone from entering the site without permis...
Friday, 20 March 2026
A large construction vehicle and a HGV lorry were seized yesterday (Thursday 19 March) during a joint operation at Throckmorton Industrial Park, Worce...
Tuesday, 17 March 2026
£830m in funding for flood schemes for 2026/27 to improve protection for tens of thousands of homes and businesses – part of record investment of at l...
Monday, 16 March 2026
The Environment Agency has replaced a culvert and added a playground to Mousehole School in Cornwall....
Friday, 13 March 2026
A second arrest has been made as an investigation into suspected illegal waste dumping in Liverpool continues. ...
Friday, 13 March 2026
The water firm admits 18 charges of water pollution in Devon and Cornwall and sentencing is expected on 4 June 2026....
Friday, 13 March 2026
Perenco UK Ltd has been made to spend £6.1m putting right the damage done, in a package which includes big payouts to impacted parties and local good ...
Friday, 13 March 2026
The £1 million project has been announced to protect Minehead, Somerset from coastal flooding....
Thursday, 12 March 2026
Michael Wade was charged on two counts of illegal water discharge activity. He was fined £340 and is to pay costs of £4,302. ...
Wednesday, 11 March 2026
Imerys Minerals Limited has paid £430,000 to the West Country Rivers Trust, to be used to restore water quality and improve fish migration. ...
Wednesday, 11 March 2026
Environment Agency plans to remove blight in time for new season “Sunk, wrecked, abandoned – they’ve got to go” says Deputy Director of Navigation ...
Tuesday, 10 March 2026
JD Spencer Farm Partnership was fined £7,000 and £8,944 of legal costs after two slurry pollution incidents impacted the Bristol Avon river. ...
Friday, 06 March 2026
The Environment Agency has opened a consultation into its ‘minded to’ decision to grant a permit variation to Angus Fire Limited in North Yorkshire....
Air Accidents Investigation Branch The AAIB has sent a team to Manchester
Department of Health and Social Care Letter to BMA Resident Doctors Committee
Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street PM call with the Sultan of Oman: 12 April 2026
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Iconic golden eagles to make comeback in England
Department of Health and Social Care NHS experts deployed to tackle corridor care
Ministry of Defence Minister for Armed Forces speech at the London Defence Conference
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency Access Consortium Promise Pilot Pathway