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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Sewage, spills and shortages: how water companies have failed
Drought could provide a moment of reckoning for the UK's water industry, but renationalisation alone won't right decades of wrongs.
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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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