English water companies have spent £16.6m fighting legal action against regulators and campaigners over environmental breaches such as illegal sewage spills. Correspondence from the companies to...
Vineyards are generally the most inhospitable of landscapes for the humble earthworm; the soil beneath vines is usually kept bare and compacted by machinery. But scientists...
The number of giant cars in England’s cities has increased tenfold in recent years, according to researchers, who warn the vehicles are taking up excessive public...
Harvests are coming two weeks early because of drought, Waitrose has said, as it prepares to stock autumnal fruit in summer. Farmers that supply the supermarket...
The UK is using Brexit to weaken crucial environmental protections and is falling behind the EU despite Labour’s manifesto pledge not to dilute standards, analysis has...
During the drought of 2022, London came perilously close to running out of water. Water companies and the government prayed desperately for rain as reservoirs ran...
Wet wipe producers should be charged to remove their pollution from England’s waterways, the author of a government review into reforming the sector says. Sewage has...