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Isle of Axholme to benefit from £35m flood protection investment

Isle of Axholme to benefit from £35m flood protection investment

Monday, 01 April 2019

The work to improve a pumping station will help protect 15,000 homes, plus habitat, businesses and infrastructure...

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More than 600 homes added to flood warning service

More than 600 homes added to flood warning service

Thursday, 28 March 2019

Hundreds of homes in a North Yorkshire town have been added to the national flood warning service scheme....

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Wreck of Dunkirk rescue boat removed from River Lark

Wreck of Dunkirk rescue boat removed from River Lark

Tuesday, 26 March 2019

It was removed by the Environment Agency as part of a 'boat blitz' on Anglian waterways to clear sunken, abandoned and illegal vessels...

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Local knowledge. National action. International leadership.

Local knowledge. National action. International leadership.

Monday, 25 March 2019

Environment Agency Chair Emma Howard Boyd delivers a speech at the Manchester Green Summit....

Partnership push to raise awareness of flood risk

Partnership push to raise awareness of flood risk

Monday, 25 March 2019

A new website has been set up to give residents the chance to help protect against flooding in Hull....

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New £45 million Flood Defence Scheme for Shoreham Unveiled

New £45 million Flood Defence Scheme for Shoreham Unveiled

Friday, 22 March 2019

The Environment Agency has officially opened over 7 kilometres of new river and sea defences in the coastal town of Shoreham, helping to keep the comm...

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Steady investments in a changing climate

Steady investments in a changing climate

Thursday, 21 March 2019

Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency speech at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development...

Marlow is now better protected from flooding

Marlow is now better protected from flooding

Thursday, 21 March 2019

Almost 300 properties included in flood-prevention scheme ...

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Beavers arrive in Essex to play their part in flood prevention

Beavers arrive in Essex to play their part in flood prevention

Wednesday, 20 March 2019

After an absence of 400 years, the Eurasian beaver is back in Essex, with a pair now released into an enclosure on a historic country estate....

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Colyton event to commemorate one of the worst natural disasters to hit East Devon

Colyton event to commemorate one of the worst natural disasters to hit East Devon

Wednesday, 20 March 2019

In 1968 a summer storm flooded homes and businesses across Devon and Somerset, thousands were driven from their homes and tragically a number of lives...

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Wiltshire waste dealer forced to pay back £200,000

Wiltshire waste dealer forced to pay back £200,000

Tuesday, 19 March 2019

Illegal waste dealer ordered to pay back £200,000 ...

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National Drought Group – EA Chairman’s Statement   March 2019

National Drought Group – EA Chairman’s Statement March 2019

Tuesday, 19 March 2019

The National Drought Group (NDG) met on Monday 18 March, chaired by Harvey Bradshaw, Executive Director at the Environment Agency, to assess the lates...

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Escaping the jaws of death: ensuring enough water in 2050

Escaping the jaws of death: ensuring enough water in 2050

Tuesday, 19 March 2019

Speech by Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency Waterwise Conference, 19 March 2019 ...

Engineering first as Dutch flood defence scheme is unveiled in Somerset

Engineering first as Dutch flood defence scheme is unveiled in Somerset

Monday, 18 March 2019

The tiny coastal community of Stolford has become the first location in the UK to benefit from innovative flood defence technology pioneered in Hollan...

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It’s raining men: gender diversity and climate change

It’s raining men: gender diversity and climate change

Friday, 15 March 2019

Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency speech at the Women’s Engineering Society Centenary Conference...

Close season for coarse fishing on rivers starts

Close season for coarse fishing on rivers starts

Friday, 15 March 2019

The Environment Agency is reminding anglers that coarse fishing on rivers is closed for three months from Friday 15 March....

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Work starts on fish pass at iconic Grade II Crumpwood weir

Work starts on fish pass at iconic Grade II Crumpwood weir

Tuesday, 12 March 2019

Building work began on a unique fish pass, which is being built underneath the nearby disused 19th century pump house on River Churnet....

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Environment Agency day long sting confirms 11 illegal waste sites

Environment Agency day long sting confirms 11 illegal waste sites

Friday, 08 March 2019

Environment Agency officers made unannounced visits to 28 sites across Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire yesterday. ...

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New Fisheries Minister celebrates International Year of Salmon

New Fisheries Minister celebrates International Year of Salmon

Thursday, 07 March 2019

A project to help the revival of salmon on one of England’s key rivers has been officially opened by Fisheries Minister Robert Goodwill today....

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3km oil slick threatened local beauty spot.

3km oil slick threatened local beauty spot.

Thursday, 07 March 2019

A serious pollution incident led to a 3km oil slick near the Potteric Carr Nature Reserve, Doncaster....

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Back to the Future

Back to the Future

Thursday, 07 March 2019

Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency speech to Futurebuild 2019 ...

Higher than average fines netted for iIlegal fishing

Higher than average fines netted for iIlegal fishing

Thursday, 07 March 2019

Two men were fined and ordered to pay costs and fines totalling more than £1,400 after they were caught fishing illegally in Midlands....

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Horse power slows the flow in the Aire catchment

Horse power slows the flow in the Aire catchment

Tuesday, 05 March 2019

Horse power is being used at Harden Moor in West Yorkshire, as part of a project to trial natural flood management techniques to reduce the risk of fl...

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Vehicle seized and waste carrier to pay almost £5,000

Vehicle seized and waste carrier to pay almost £5,000

Tuesday, 05 March 2019

Nottingham waste carrier has vehicle seized and has to pay £1,760 fine and costs of £2,995...

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It’s ofFISHal – 2019 Fishing licences feature bream, mirror carp and sea trout

It’s ofFISHal – 2019 Fishing licences feature bream, mirror carp and sea trout

Friday, 01 March 2019

Today the Environment Agency revealed which fish will feature on the 2019 fishing licences....

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Environment Agency publishes new evidence to plan for flood and coastal risk up to 2065

Environment Agency publishes new evidence to plan for flood and coastal risk up to 2065

Thursday, 28 February 2019

The study uses climate change, population and mapping data to set out future flood risk scenarios....

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Illegal fishing costs 3 men more than £1,800

Illegal fishing costs 3 men more than £1,800

Wednesday, 27 February 2019

Three men were fined and ordered to pay costs totalling more than £1,800 after they were caught fishing illegally in Tewkesbury....

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New groundwater flood warning service for Dorset and Wiltshire

New groundwater flood warning service for Dorset and Wiltshire

Monday, 25 February 2019

People living in Dorset, Salisbury Plain and Wiltshire South Downs are urged to check their groundwater flood risk and sign up for alerts....

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Church bells to be back up warning for flooding in Starcross

Church bells to be back up warning for flooding in Starcross

Monday, 25 February 2019

The bells of St Paul's Church will ring an SOS in the event of a flood warning if all usual forms of communications fail....

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Emma Howard Boyd speech to Climate Action Society

Emma Howard Boyd speech to Climate Action Society

Wednesday, 20 February 2019

Chair of the Environment Agency to Climate Action Society...

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