Residents were left outraged as stinking sewage poured out from a blocked drain and onto a path.

A popular beach has been declared a crime scene by campaigners angry at Southern Water's record on dumping raw sewage in the sea | ITV News Meridian

Traders have branded Southern Water’s excuses for its latest round of spillages as “the same s***, different day – literally!”

A niche piece of Commons procedure meant Labour MPs ended up unable to vote in favour of reducing sewage discharges.

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A second Kent beach has been hit with a "do not swim" warning after a spike in unsafe levels of bacteria which can cause illness.

Once again, Tory MPs have been engulfed by a tide of fury for 'voting in favour of dumping sewage' in rivers and the sea.

Environment minister Rebecca Pow has denied that the government “gave spurious statistics” around the costs of eliminating storm sewage overflows, after campaigners claimed the costs of doing so...

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Britain’s rivers are at a “tipping point” because of sewage spills, farming and other pollution, the comedian Paul Whitehouse has warned. Whitehouse, who has mo

To the extent the opposition parties have proposals, they offer wildly unrealistic timescales - and neglect to mention the huge increases in household bills they would necessitate.

Companies in England and Wales want to charge up to £84 a year more in 2025, rising to £156 extra by 2030.

At launch of cleaner water plan, minister says those who say they can end problem are ‘detached from reality’ or dishonest

Ministers promised to publish the strategy by September, but Defra now says it will be released ‘in due course’

The Mogden wastewater treatment works discharged enough sewage to fill 400 Olympic-sized pools.

The Conservatives are seen as vulnerable in parts of the UK on the issue of pollution in rivers and seas

An elderly woman was forced to move out of her Pennington home of over 50 years due to sewage flooding her garden.

The Environment Agency investigation finds there is no risk of harm to humans or animals.

A new executive at under-fire Thames Water thinks people should be charged extra for watering their gardens even though she has a pool, a hot tub, a sauna AND six lavatories

SUSSEX MPs are calling for Southern Water to clean up their act after sewage was dumped in the sea.

Bathers have been advised to stay away from the sea at a well- known tourist hotspot for a second day due to high pollution.

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Organisers say Whitstable has suffered the most sewage releases in Kent in 2022. | ITV News Meridian

Gillian Keegan MP has written to the chief executive of Southern Water over ‘hugely concerning’ sewage discharges in the past month.

Several water companies privately lobbied to weaken the government’s £56 billion plan to reduce sewage spills from storm overflows, arguing that it risked driving up consumer bills by hundreds or...

The Environment Secretary says he is ‘taking a very strong stance’ after thousands of hours’ worth of sewage is dumped into River Lim.

As South West Water defends a court action from a Devon swimmer, it also claims it has no legal duty to keep waters clean