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7 days

Following on from our report earlier this year, we’ve found that just one sewage pumping station on the shore of Windermere dumped more than 143million litres of sewage into the lake between 2021-2023. Most of the discharges were not reported to the Environment Agency at the time

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Sewage dumped illegally in Windermere over 3 years

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

5 years

So pleased that tonight’s ⁦ @BBCCountryfile ⁩’s is dedicated to chalk streams. They’re rare, rich ecosystems (nearly all are in southern England) but they’re struggling from many problems including pollution & abstraction. At their best, you wouldn’t want to be anywhere else!

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Joe Crowley

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6 years

I think a @BBCTheOneShow film we made on the developers netting trees, hedges and even - as we’ve seen recently - sand cliffs(!) goes out tonight, 7pm, BBC1. Below is an example I spotted just this weekend near Stratford-upon-Avon...

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Joe Crowley

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11 months

Coming soon to BBC1… #bbcpanorama @BBCPanorama

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Joe Crowley

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11 months

Last year the @EnvAgency in NW England did not attend ANY of the reported 283 water company pollution incidents. In the same year @unitedutilities posted its best ever pollution incident figures. As you’ll see in tonight’s Panorama, we don’t think that’s a coincidence. BBC1 8pm

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Joe Crowley

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7 months

On tonight’s @bbctheoneshow we’re talking sewage after a day of shocking headlines. While sewage dumping is all too common, the EA’s monitoring of water quality has massively declined. Which is why rowers & even Olympians are now getting involved! BBC1, 7pm this evening…

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Joe Crowley

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5 months

Following the @BBCCountryfile last night, Thames Water briefly stopped discharging untreated sewage from Chesham Sewage works. This reset the duration on their 'spill' map so now it reads just over 4hrs, rather than 1944hrs. (Or 2250hrs+ in 2024 as shows!)

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Joe Crowley

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8 months

Drax’s wood-fired power station, which provides about 5% of the UK’s electricity, has been burning wood from rare ‘old-growth’ primary forests in British Columbia. #BBCPanorama #Drax #OldGrowth

Drax: UK power station still burning rare forest wood

Owner Drax, which received £6bn in subsidies, continues to burn timber from Canadian trees - BBC finds.

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Joe Crowley

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2 years

Tonight on @BBCCountryfile I’m back on the sewage trail, this time around Lake Windermere. Last year, sewage was ‘spilled’ into the environment for over 2.6m hours in England. But we’ve seen evidence that some water companies aren’t declaring all their spills... 6pm tonight, BBC1

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Joe Crowley

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11 months

In the water company pollution incident reports I read, it's remarkable how the water company often does NOT sample the polluting sewage itself but samples the watercourse at an undisclosed location to provide 'evidence' of 'no impact'. This was normally unchallenged by the EA.

Russell ChalkStreamsInCrisis 🍃💚🍃

@RussellB1ggs

11 months

#SewageScandal @AnglianWater @joe_crowley @Feargal_Sharkey Tested water sample collected from the manhole cover & never seen a result so bad💩AW operative showed up & took a sample from the stream which will probably show no signs of💩as it’s no longer discharging 🤷‍♂️ @OSennitt

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Joe Crowley

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5 years

On @BBCCountryfile this weekend I’m investigating Europe’s biggest wildlife crime & the world’s most trafficked creature. Big demand in the Far East creates huge profits for smuggling networks & organised crime. What is it they’re after? European #eels ! Sun, 7pm, BBC1 @EelGroup

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Joe Crowley

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5 years

Also, it’s been quite a week. Tonight’s ⁦ @BBCCountryfile ⁩ has one extra viewer who wasn’t around this time last Sunday! 😍😍😍

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

5 months

This morning Chesham Sewage works passed 1900hours (11+wks) in its CONTINUOUS discharge of untreated sewage into the River Chess chalk stream. It’s illegal. And it’s not just happening there. What is going on? @BBCCountryfile , tomorrow eve (Sun) 7.15pm, BBC1

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Joe Crowley

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6 years

My new co-presenter ‘Glory’ working on her selfie game.... on @BBCCountryfile tonight I get to film with (as you can see) the cutest sheep in the world and the loveliest of farming families. 7pm, BBC1

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Joe Crowley

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4 years

Thanks to everyone who tuned in to our River Pollution Scandal @BBCPanorama on Monday. We broadcast at fairly short notice so couldn't publicise it but it's on iplayer now so please share with anyone you think will be interested:

BBC One - Panorama, The River Pollution Scandal

Joe Crowley reveals how some big water companies illegally dump untreated sewage.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

11 months

It seems this is a way to avoid scrutiny & accountability. The @EnvAgency wouldn’t give @BBCPanorama an interview, didn’t answer many of our direct questions & then just writes a blog after broadcast. Given I can’t challenge in an interview, here are my thoughts in response… 1/6

Environment Agency

@EnvAgency

11 months

We take our responsibility to protect the environment very seriously. Yesterday’s Panorama programme discussed our regulation of the water industry and there were some aspects that require further explanation. ⬇ 🧵 1/6

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Joe Crowley

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2 years

Sewage is a big problem in our rivers, but agriculture is even worse, according to the EA: in England over 60% of our failing river water bodies have agriculture listed as a reason. Here’s an example of what it can look like (made even worse by hot weather!):

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

5 months

I’m afraid we have another case of Defra refusing to answer our questions and hitting back with a blog after the event! The reporting was not inaccurate. The EA’s ‘enforcement outcome’ was a ‘site warning’ issued on 22/03/2024. This happens at the… 1/2

Inaccurate coverage of Environment Agency investigation at Lake Windermere

Today we are looking at inaccurate coverage of the Environment Agency’s involvement in a pollution incident at Bowness-on-Windermere.

deframedia.blog.gov.uk

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

11 months

In 2021 @BBCPanorama filmed with @WindrushWasp to expose water companies illegally dumping sewage that should have been treated. The @EnvAgency refused an interview. Eventually they had to admit the problem & were embarrassed into their ‘largest ever criminal investigation’ 1/2

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

5 months

Millions of litres of raw sewage illegally pumped into Windermere. And it seems, just like the last time it happened, that the Environment Agency didn't thoroughly investigate.

Untreated sewage pumped into Windermere after fault

Millions of litres of raw sewage were pumped into one of England's most famous lakes after a fault.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

3 years

Imagine if, after all the #SewageScandal outrage & everything said at #COP26 , the UK gov once again vote down a proposal to put a legal duty on water companies to reduce #sewage pollution & replace it with a weaker substitute in the Environment Bill...🧐 all eyes on Monday!💩

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Joe Crowley

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3 years

Glamorous it ain’t but it’s mighty encouraging that so many people care enough about our rivers & coast to keep #sewage (+ #StoolBritannia !) trending for days. If you don’t know what the fuss is about I have GREAT news... you can find out on @ITVTonight this Thursday! #ITVTonight

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Joe Crowley

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7 months

We’ve all moaned about our wet winter but for many farmers it’s been a disaster - the worst they’ve known. Tonight on @BBCTheOneShow I’m with farmer Tim Scott whose fields have been too wet to sow. Harvests will be down significantly, but what will that mean for us all? 7pm BBC1

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Joe Crowley

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3 years

This feels like quite a big moment. From my own experience of spending months examining water company data (with plenty of help!) it appeared that illegal dumping of sewage was widespread & regular. It seems the E.A. is now arriving at the same conclusion.

Environment Agency launches major investigation into sewage

EA and Ofwat begin inquiry after water companies admit possible illegal discharges into rivers

www.theguardian.com

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

4 years

BREAKING NEWS: this is now happening tonight!!! 7.40pm, BBC1 @BBCPanorama #rivers #pollution #sewage

BBC One - Panorama, The River Pollution Scandal

Joe Crowley reveals how some big water companies illegally dump untreated sewage.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

11 months

Two years on our @BBCPanorama has revealed the cover-up of water pollution. Again the @EnvAgency refused to be interviewed. ( @Ofwat should also ‘scrutinise WC data & performance’.) So how long before both regulators are embarrassed into admitting the problem & investigating? 2/2

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Joe Crowley

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5 years

Tonight on the @BBCTheOneShow we’re talking #drought . Seems bonkers after recent rain but in much of the south and south-east there are big problems. When I visited the river Granta near Cambridge in Sept, this tiny trickle was the only flow I could find! #dryrivers 7pm, BBC1

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Joe Crowley

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4 years

I worry for his blood pressure but an evening listening to @Feargal_Sharkey bluntly explain the failure of our water system while passionately rallying the troops to save chalk streams is an evening well spent! If you missed it, will soon be on @AquiferChalk website, I believe.

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

5 months

We’ll be looking at this issue on @BBCCountryfile , this Sunday at 7.15pm

Ver Valley Society

@VerValleySoc

5 months

Two months of continuous sewage spills and still going from @thameswater 's Markyate sewage works. The #RiverVer looks and smells disgusting. Bank to bank sewage fungus. Our near neighbour @RiverChess is past the 1800hrs mark. No significant rain for weeks. #chalkstream !

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

3 years

This evening on @ITVTonight , ITV1 @ 7.30pm... Air Pollution: What you need to know

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Joe Crowley

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11 months

I have read about 200 pollution reports from last year. There are numerous examples of United Utilities only reporting pollution hrs after the event when the pollution has stopped. This appears to be a permit breach & deliberately obstructive. But no EA legal action on this. 6/6

Environment Agency

@EnvAgency

11 months

We will always pursue and prosecute companies that are deliberately obstructive or misleading. Read more: 🧵 6/6

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Joe Crowley

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7 years

We’re all set up for a great day’s filming for @BBCCountryfile ... the sun is shining & the deer are friendly - lovely to get a kiss in the morning when you’re working away on location! 😘 🦌 ☀️

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Joe Crowley

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4 years

There's a HUGE amount we couldn't fit into our 30min film. For those interested, keep an eye on the Environmental Audit Committee this time next week. They'll be hearing evidence from some key people, some of whom you'll now recognise! There's plenty more detail yet to come out..

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Joe Crowley

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4 years

Oh dear, @NorfolkCC still doesn’t seem to be getting this right. (This is re: the new dual carriageway they’re planning through woodland that is part a significant colony of rare, protected barbastelle bats) A geeky bats THREAD for those into such things

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Joe Crowley

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5 years

Tonight on #InsideOutEast we’re looking at #rewilding . On the Ken Hill Estate in Norfolk, Dom Buscall tells me why they’re setting aside 1000 acres (about a quarter of their land) for nature… Monday 7.30pm, BBC1 East @david_insideout

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Joe Crowley

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2 years

Love this! At Gare du Lyon on my way to Slovenia by train and @Greenpeace are clapping and cheering people arriving in Paris by TGV (not plane!): “Bravo, la planéte vous dit merci”

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Joe Crowley

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3 years

I’m not sure I understand how this works... how is it the chair reprimands the counsellor asking a question and not the counsellor for refusing to answer? Not a great look for accountability and local democracy!

Jamie Osborn 🌱

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3 years

This must be one of the most spectacular failures to answer a question that I've seen yet at Norfolk County Council. Did building the Northern Distributor Route increase carbon emissions? @NorfolkTories , I'd still like an answer, and I'll ask it as many times as you like!

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Joe Crowley

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3 years

We’re out on patrol with PC Heledd Wynne-Evans from North Wales Police Rural Crimes Team shortly on BBC1, telling off a few dog walkers 😬 plus the very well behaved @MillieandGriff and the Clocaenog Dog Club make their @BBCCountryfile debut. 7pm, BBC1

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

11 months

The EA’s supposed to check-up on water companies’ self-testing. When the Agency was asked (by FoI) for details of audits of UU’s self-testing, it couldn’t produce any for 2017-2022. And the 2015 audit showed the EA was concerned at the number of ‘no flow’ tests! 3/6

Environment Agency

@EnvAgency

11 months

We’re changing the way we regulate the sector: 💧 More than 100 officers have already been trained in carrying out more detailed audits of water companies 💧 Increase of compliance checks 💧 Recruiting more data specialists to make better use of technology 🧵 3/6

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

4 years

Freezing day and chilling evidence of pollution in the Thames...

Thames21

@Thames21

4 years

On a freezing day back in February we showed @BBCPanorama one of the #Thames sites where wet wipes & other sewage-related waste is accumulating in huge quantities. The episode looking at river pollution across the UK goes out this eve at 7.30pm! #EndSewagePollution #pollution

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Joe Crowley

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3 years

If half a million litres gets a £4m fine, wonder what will happen if (when?) the new @EnvAgency investigation gets round to looking at the BILLIONS of litres illegally dumped in the Thames by the Mogden Sewage Works just last year, as detailed in our @BBCPanorama back in April...

Andrew Singer

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3 years

Thames Water Utilities Limited has been fined £4 million for discharging an estimated half a million litres of raw sewage into the Seacourt and Hinksey streams in Oxford on 24 and 25 July 2016

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Joe Crowley

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3 years

Thanks to those who tuned in to @ITVTonight yesterday for our air pollution film. Next week we turn our attention from air to water, and the sewage pollution being dumped with remarkable regularity into our failing rivers... Thurs 28th Oct, 7.30pm on #ITVTonight

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

4 years

We should all be very alarmed at noises from the Environment Agency suggesting a desire to water down environmental regulation and magically reclassify failing rivers as acceptable... #Brexit #WaterFrameworkDirective

Norfolk Rivers Trust

@N_Rivers_Trust

4 years

This is just about the only legislation protecting rivers 1. Why "flag" this to business leaders? 2. A river doesn't need several ecological problems to kill it. One will do. 3. Do we want to lower the standards by which our rivers are judged?

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Joe Crowley

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11 months

The Water Pollution Cover-up ⁦ @BBCPanorama ⁩ #bbcpanorama Tonight at 8pm on BBC1

Raw sewage 'cover-up' at Windermere World Heritage Site

Leaked papers suggest United Utilities logged dozens of incidents as less serious than they had been.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Joe Crowley

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4 years

Away from snow related news we’re in the Chilterns tonight on @BBCCountryfile and as HS2 is having a significant impact there, we’ll be looking at the compatibility of the government’s dual aims of big infrastructure projects - incl HS2 - alongside a green recovery. BBC1, 7pm...

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Joe Crowley

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5 years

Suspended sentence and community work... some deterrent! Oh dear... #eels #elvers BBC News - Seafood salesman smuggled £53m worth of live eels out of UK

Seafood salesman smuggled £53m worth of live eels out of UK

Gilbert Khoo was caught after a consignment of the endangered fish was seized at Heathrow Airport.

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

7 years

Hard luck Barnsley, you deserved all 3pts. #NCFC were woeful. Can’t make sense of the HT change of system: scrambled our shape & seemed to ruin anything we’d worked on during the international break. Bizarre.

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Joe Crowley

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6 years

Countryfile team assemble... for coffee and press rounds #countryfile30 @BBCCountryfile @itsanitarani @SeanFletcherTV @heapmedia @charlottebsmith @EllieHarrison__

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Joe Crowley

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3 years

Serious fine but if only this money went into the EA's enforcement budget! Then maybe we'd see widespread every day action against illegality, not just the occasional big case... Southern Water fined record £90m for deliberately pouring sewage into sea

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

6 years

Delighted we could feature the wonderful work of @SpecialEffect on @BBCTheOneShow . Hopefully others will follow their lead, making tech accessible. And an honour to meet @beckyloutyler - such a bright, impressive (& cheeky!) teenager. Ambitious too... YouTube fame next I suspect!

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

3 years

We have a packed programme for you this evening on @ITVTonight at 7.30pm on ITV1. There’s so much to say about the sewage being dumped into our seas & failing rivers and we’ll be hearing from some of the many dedicated campaigners putting the pressure on #ITVTonight 🧵👇

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Joe Crowley

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2 years

When yesterday's sewage releases were mentioned on the @BBCr4today 's report this morning, they said they were 'legal'. But the truth is we don't know. Illegal dumping of sewage has been 'significant and widespread' (says EA's CEO) so we shouldn't default to saying they're legal!

Hugo Tagholm

@HugoSAS

2 years

Sewage warnings issued for 14 Sussex beaches with swimmers urged to stay away @sascampaigns

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11 months

When it comes to hitting pollution targets, @unitedutilities doesn’t miss! This is how much the company has been awarded in 'outperformance payments' for low numbers of pollution incidents in the last 8yrs: 2022: £5.1m 2021: £4.552m 2020: £4.864m 2015-19: £16.4m Total: £30.916m

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4 years

Big news! Norfolk Wildlife Trust strongly objects to a dual carriageway through the precious Wensum valley...

Climate Emergency Planning&Policy

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4 years

BREAKING @NorfolkWT calls @transportgovuk & @NorfolkCC to STOP dev of Wensum link "significant and irreplaceable ecological features of national importance" Compliance with wildlife laws, planning NOT poss Biodiversity "net gain" NOT poss @martinwilby in full blown denial⬇️

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5 years

Went to look at the site where a new dual carriageway may well be built across the River Wensum valley near Norwich. This is almost exactly the spot where the four lane viaduct is in the plans. It looked stunning in the low winter sunlight yesterday... #nofilter

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5 years

A catalyst for #rewilding at Ken Hill could be the reintroduction of the first beavers in Norfolk for hundreds of years. It’s already been done at @SpainsHall in Essex and @arugglesbrise showed me how they’re transforming his 10 acre woodland

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4 years

First day back at work after a break can always be a bit challenging but starting out with a cycle up Box Hill with Olympic Champion and World Record holder @JoRowsellMBE for @BBCCountryfile is another level. Regretting the amount of cheese I’ve eaten in the past two weeks...

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3 years

Last night on @BBCCountryfile we looked at the Oz trade deal. The government says it won’t lower food standards nor let UK farmers be undercut but farmers I spoke to don’t trust them. And perhaps exhibit A: N.Ire & the promise of no border in the Irish Sea partly explains this...

David Henig 🇺🇦

@DavidHenigUK

3 years

Thread still ongoing but this point is so important on the Northern Ireland protocol. The PM does not believe himself to be bound by laws, and his loyal lieutenants have to find ways to implement this. Which is obviously thankless but that's what they signed up for.

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5 years

If you’re anything like me, you love camping but always take too much kit. Well... a brilliant solution on tonight’s @BBCCountryfile ... get ponies to carry it all! Fell Pony Treks get people out to the least visited parts of the Lakes. An historic way to travel - and great fun!

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7 years

The enigmatic Emily Brontë and this beautiful Merlin both feature on tonight’s @BBCCountryfile from West Yorkshire... 7pm, BBC1

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4 years

On the banks of the Clyde on the trail of the 48,834 farmed salmon that escaped into the Firth. I’ve seen one of them today... can’t vouch for the other 48,833! Good to speak to @PollyRose91 and Ian at @MowiScotlandLtd . More on @BBCTheOneShow soon!

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3 years

Huge credit to @Upstreamdry for continually shouting about this ongoing pollution. As a result it’s finally been declared a cat.1 pollution incident. But next time the EA say cat 1 incidents have declined, worth remembering there isn’t always a Howard around to force the issue...

Howard Taylor

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3 years

Pollution update. With ITV film crew today. Pulled out dead bird right in front of @SouthernWater contractors by the pathetic pollution mitigation. Rain forecast! @SouthernWater say “no evidence of wildlife in distress” And still the diesel flows 14 day on. Shut off flow NOW!

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3 years

Tonight on @BBCCountryfile I'm taking a trip along the Wye in England and Wales, hearing about the river’s polluted waters & some of the reasons why it’s in a bad way. What’s the solution… a freeze on new homes? Farming restrictions? There's little consensus on the way forward!

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3 years

This evening at 7.30pm on ITV1 we’re looking at what’s in our rivers and seas as sewage is dumped in them on a regular basis... #ITVTonight #Sewage

Tonight

@ITVTonight

3 years

What is #RawSewage and how can you spot it in our Rivers and Seas? @joe_crowley explains here #ITVTonight

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5 years

My kind of filming... a day on the Wharf in Ilkley today for @BBCTheOneShow

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Joe Crowley

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2 years

Congratulations Port Ellen Primary School! Loved my trip to Islay to see the great work the school is doing - the school & teachers are such a positive energy at the heart of a fantastic community. Huge thanks to @Skipinnish for making it such a special occasion! @TeachingAwards

BBC The One Show

@BBCTheOneShow

2 years

🚨 #TheOneShow is on @BBCTwo tonight! 🚨 Join us at 7pm for... 👊 @EmilyAtack , @OfficialMelB & @RubyWax 🤯 @FryRSquared 👩‍🏫 @TeachingAwards 7pm on BBC Two and @iplayer 👉

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3 years

For good reason, many fear the Environment Bill going through Parliament will actually weaken regulation. The detail really matters. Much more to come on this...

London Waterkeeper

@LDNWaterkeeper

3 years

Has there really been a U-turn on sewer overflows? If Defra sticks to the wording on their website it'll mean a weaker law: "progressive reduction in the adverse impacts". Currently the law says there is an "absolute obligation to avoid spills save for exceptional circumstances".

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10 months

Well played Kings! And particularly Chibundu who cleaned up on the bonus rounds. It was lots of fun (perhaps we were a tad too relaxed?!) as were the drinks on the train after! Thanks for having us @amolrajan @rogertilling #XmasUniversityChallenge @cityjournalism

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3 years

Cracking ep of @BBCCountryfile this Sunday. Very familiar territory for me - the unbeatable north Norfolk coast. The whole programme comes from the @HolkhamEstate : pink-footed geese, sugar beet, conservation grazing, ghost ponds, Holm Oaks and much more! Tomorrow at 6pm, BBC1

NorfolkPondsProject

@norfolkponds

3 years

Keep an eye out for a #ghostpond & us on @BBCCountryfile on Sunday, 6 pm at @HolkhamEstate @joe_crowley @jake_fiennes #Countryfile

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4 years

The desperate state of our failing rivers and the lack of ANY progress here is, sadly, not surprising. At the highest level there is no real desire to tackle our broken water system. NGOs can't do it alone! @drjaninagray & @Feargal_Sharkey both spot on...

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3 years

There was so much we couldn’t fit into our River Pollution Scandal ⁦ @BBCPanorama ⁩ last yr. Glad some of that data has finally had an airing here, along with new info collected&analysed by the meticulous ⁦⁦ @watervole3 ⁩ & ⁦ @WindrushWasp ⁩

Sewage regularly dumped illegally in England and Wales rivers

Analysis suggests seven water companies illegally dumped sewage thousands of times between 2017 and 2021.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

6 years

Credit to the lovely team behind tonight’s @BBCCountryfile blanket bog film. Rarely do we get two days of such unrelenting wet and cold misery but no complaints from anyone. (Well done @tomheapmedia for missing this one!) And no, that’s not Chris Tarrant on camera! 😂🎥 ☔️ 💨 🐄

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

4 years

On tonight’s @BBCTheOneShow we’re looking at the recent escape of nearly 50,000 farmed salmon from a @MowiScotlandLtd farm amid fears over the impact the escapees could have on the fragile wild salmon population (7pm, BBC1)

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

4 years

Depressing tweet alert! Just as progress on protecting & restoring our rivers has failed, so too has action to improve our SSSIs. A familiar pattern of shifting goalposts and lack of political will. The only certainty regardless of any rhetoric: our environment is not a priority.

Miles King

@MilesKing10

4 years

In 2010 Govt set a target to get 50% of all SSSIs in England into "favourable condition" by 2020. In 2018 the Govt set a new target: 75% SSSIs in favourable condition by 2042. The % of SSSIs in favourable condition dropped from 44% in 2003 to 38.9% in March 2020. Progress!

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

3 years

“The available evidence suggests that the impacts of the proposed NDR Western Link on this nationally significant barbastelle population cannot be adequately mitigated or compensated for and we have significant concerns about this scheme” @BBCCountryfile

Bat Conservation Trust

@_BCT_

3 years

BCT’s Position Statement on the Proposed Norwich Distributor Road Western Link @BBCCountryfile

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

3 years

Last night on @BBCCountryfile , we reported on the measures built to mitigate the impact of developments on the natural world. Many of these mitigation measures (often costing taxpayers £millions) are built when there’s no evidence they work! (starts:17.22)

BBC One - Countryfile, Kielder Forest

Matt Baker and Charlotte Smith explore England’s largest forest.

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

5 years

A devastating but hard to tackle wildlife crime so well done ⁦ @cpsuk ⁩ ⁦ @UKBorder ⁩ & ⁦ @NCA_UK ⁩ for this result! Credit as always to ⁦ @EelGroup ⁩ & @SEGandrewK for tireless campaigning & corralling. ⁦A v good start to the weekend!

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

2 years

🚨The Green Energy Scandal Exposed on @BBCPanorama starts in one hour! 🚨 @TimRobinsonTV and I travel to British Columbia to check out some of @DraxGroup ’s sustainability claims. 8pm, @BBCOne in England, 10.40pm in Scotland, Wales & N.Ire and shortly after on the @BBCiPlayer

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

5 years

The plight to protect European eels is a Europe-wide effort. EU law underpins it and Europol, led by the work of SEPRONA (the Spanish wildlife crime unit ) + many euro forces, police it. Corralled & lobbied by the superb UK-founded @EelGroup . Long may that cooperation continue!

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

6 years

So sorry to hear this. Growing up in Norfolk, John Wilson was a childhood hero & inspired my love of fishing through his TV series. Anyone could watch & enjoy Go Fishing because he had such a lovely, warm chuckle - you’ve never seen a man laugh more - it was infectious. A sad day

Angling Times

@angling_times

6 years

We're sad to hear of the passing of Angling legend John Wilson. A man who gave us all incredible fishing memories with his famous Go Fishing series. John you will be hugely missed by everyone in the angling world. Rest in Peace.

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

8 years

Lovely to see such a great turnout to support @AnthonyNolan 's carol concert. Feeling properly festive now! Superb reading by @benaldridge07

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

4 years

This Sunday on @BBCCountryfile I’m close to home, exploring the unique Lea Valley! BBC1 6.15pm #Countryfile #HomePatch #coronavirusuk @ValleyGrownSala @GunpowderMills

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

8 years

In Herefordshire with @BBCCountryfile and the early sunlight is streaming through the orchards. A perfect autumn morning.

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

9 years

On tonight's @BBCCountryfile my 1st visit to Dumfries&Galloway to learn about a historic herd of beautiful Belties!

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

4 years

Really saddened and dismayed to learn that BBC has cancelled the autumn run of Inside Out. Worth remembering this is the ONLY regional current affairs programme in England. It should be at the heart of public service broadcasting. It broadcasts an astonishing number of 1/2

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

3 years

A special reward for a remarkable headteacher. Congratulations Marie!

BBC The One Show

@BBCTheOneShow

3 years

⭐️ National @TeachingAwards 2021 - Lifetime Achievement Award - WINNER: Marie Lindsay! Marie has been outstanding and has dedicated her life to the service of her pupils, staff and parents. Congratulations Marie! 👏❤️ #TheOneShow | @joe_crowley | @ronanofficial

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

8 years

Why the long face? @BBCCountryfile is on in 15mins... BBC1

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

6 months

Tonight on @BBCTheOneShow we’re talking treasure with the @britishmuseum . And I get to meet prolific mudlark Caroline Nunneley (check out her IG profile - carolinenunneleymudlark - and you’ll see what I mean!)

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

3 years

The government says it will make the water industry report more regularly and be more transparent. But there are already many transparency obligations on the industry which it is often failing to meet. As ever it's often about enforcing what exists...

London Waterkeeper

@LDNWaterkeeper

3 years

Approaching 10mm of rain in London. Are sewers at capacity? Is untreated sewage flowing into rivers? Thames Water won't tell us. The law says they should. The Aarhus Convention says they should. Once a year updates on sewer discharges breaks both the letter & spirit of the law.

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

5 years

Tonight on @BBCCountryfile we’re in Ballycastle, Northern Ireland. A little wet & blustery at times but the food more than made up for it, as you’ll see... the smoked pollan was immense! 6.10pm, BBC1

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

8 years

A wonderful and historic site. Long may it continue! The Douglas horse-drawn trams on tonight's @BBCCountryfile , 7pm, BBC1

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

4 years

Excellent work from @sandralaville & @niamh_mcintyre in @guardiannews investigating the shocking levels of sewage being dumped in rivers last year. A must read if you care about our environment to understand just how broken our system is in England.

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

5 years

John Ebbage from @NaturalEngland hopes 5 or 6 big estates in west Norfolk will #rewild significant areas to link up existing wildlife hotspots. Collectively this could end up as the largest lowland rewilding project in England… @wildernorfolk

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

4 years

As we enter the darker days of autumn, tonight on @BBCCountryfile we’re transporting you back to warmer, brighter times with an ‘Adventures’ ep we filmed at the end of August. Accompanied by the remarkable @JoRowsellMBE I’m attempting my first cycle up Box Hill... 😬 🚲 🥵 ☀️ 😓

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

5 years

If you could save someone's life - really, actually save their life - with minimal effort, would you? Because if you're 16-30 (or know someone who is) just by watching this film & then joining the @AnthonyNolan register, you might just save the life of someone like Jo...

BBC Breakfast

@BBCBreakfast

5 years

“I only had one month to live” Jo was 25 when she was told her cancer was terminal. On #BBCBreakfast : Jo meets the #stemcell donor who saved her life 💕 #TuesdayMotivation #TuesdayThoughts @AnthonyNolan

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

2 years

Thanks to everyone who tuned in to our @BBCPanorama The Green Energy Scandal Exposed. If you missed it, you can watch on @BBCiPlayer below. If you’re outside the UK I believe a version will be broadcast internationally... I’ll try to post when & where!

BBC One - Panorama, The Green Energy Scandal Exposed

Joe Crowley investigates the wood-burning Drax power station.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

6 years

Nice to have something to show for an evening’s work! Thanks Karen, Carole & @GiveBloodNHS for having us. @BBCTheOneShow

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

5 years

Massive gates. Check. @BBCCountryfile Presenters. Check. Dry weather. Check... @Countryfilelive is on! Woop 🐑 ☀️ 🐄 🍾

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

3 years

Interesting @DefraGovUK rely on a report commissioned by the water industry for costs. Could it be it's not entirely objective? Possible that the water industry place prohibitively high costs on things they don't want to do? How are we to know? Where's an independent gov report?

Defra UK

@DefraGovUK

3 years

. @Feargal_Sharkey claims are wrong. Amendment to #EnvironmentBill puts more protections in place against water pollution than ever before. We are strengthening law so water companies must act to reduce harm from sewage overflows.

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

6 years

It’s the #AnthonyNolanAwards and the wonderful @lucysiegle is at the helm brilliantly guiding us through it all. Such a special evening celebrating the tremendous people doing their outmost to save lives and fight blood cancer.

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Joe Crowley

@joe_crowley

11 months

In the north-west of England (EA areas: GMC & CLA) last year the @EnvAgency received reports of 283 water company pollution incidents that the Agency estimated were Cat1-3, including 19 that were potentially serious (Cat1+2). It did not attend a single one of those incidents. 4/6

Environment Agency

@EnvAgency

11 months

We receive between 70,000 and 100,000 incident reports every year. We respond to each one of them and attend those where there is significant risk. Increasingly we're able to use off-site data checks and technology from a range of different monitoring sources. 🧵 4/6

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