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Date published:
16/05/2008
Region:
Midlands

Work has just finished on an Environment Agency funded project to provide special angling platforms for Stoke on Trent Disabled Angling Club at their pool at Consall Country Park.   The pool is...
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Date published:
16/05/2008
Region:
Anglian

Photo opportunity:   What        2,000 elvers being released When       Wednesday 14 May 11-12.30pm Where   &nb...
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Date published:
16/05/2008
Region:
Midlands

Fish at Hales Hall Pool in Cheadle, Staffordshire, will have a safer and more peaceful life next winter as a result of a new fish refuge built by the Environment Agency and Cheadle Angling Club. &nbs...
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Date published:
16/05/2008
Region:
Anglian

Work is starting to replenish the beach at Felixstowe following the successful installation of the 2.1km sinker pipeline and the booster station Sliedrecht 27 at the frontage last week. Visitors to ...
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Date published:
15/05/2008
Region:
Northeast

The Environment Agency yesterday took action against a local medical laboratory, Gordon Laboratory Group Ltd, by issuing them with two enforcement notices under the Radioactive Substances Act. The c...
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Date published:
15/05/2008
Region:
National

Safe disposal of solid radioactive waste is at the heart of guidance being launched today (Thursday) for consultation by the Environment Agency. Joe McHugh, Head of Radioactive Substances Regulation ...
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Date published:
15/05/2008
Region:
National

The Environment Agency today (Thursday) confirmed that Dr Paul Leinster will become Acting Chief Executive when its current Chief Executive, Barbara Young leaves to join the new Care Quality Commissio...
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Date published:
15/05/2008
Region:
Northeast

Anglers can sign up to go behind the scenes and learn more about the Environment Agency’s fish-monitoring facility at Riding Mill, near Corbridge in Northumberland. A limited number of places are ava...
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Date published:
15/05/2008
Region:
Midlands

On Thursday 15 May 2008 Environment Agency Walham flood hero, Richard Evans, was presented with the Chairman’s Award from the Rivers and Coastal Group (RCG) of  the Chartered Institution of Water...
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Date published:
15/05/2008
Region:
Northeast

The River Derwent near Wheldrake is able to flow more freely after tree clearance work carried out on behalf of the Environment Agency. Wood harvested during the tidy-up was used to create habitats ...
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Date published:
15/05/2008
Region:
Anglian

Staff from the Environment Agency have today, (Thurs 15 May), dedicated one of their annual green leave days to helping create a garden and play area at the new Guru Nanak Gurdwara (Sikh temple) in Be...
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Date published:
15/05/2008
Region:
Northeast

Northumbrian Water were fined £4,000 in Sunderland Magistrates Court today (May 15) for seriously polluting a stream in County Durham with raw sewage. The company, based in Durham, pleaded guilty and...
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Date published:
14/05/2008
Region:
Thames

The Environment Agency took action to clear several fallen trees from a local tourist attraction on the River Mole earlier this week, after a plea from the National Trust. The three Ash trees were bl...
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Date published:
14/05/2008
Region:
Midlands

On 13 May 2008, Severn Trent Water Ltd were found guilty at Newcastle-under-Lyme Magistrates Court of one charge relating to polluting the Park Brook, a tributary of the River Trent in Trentham. &nb...
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Date published:
14/05/2008
Region:
Northeast

Three art installations have been removed from the banks of the River Tyne after vandals struck twice in less than a week. Three large cube sculptures – installed as part of the Tyne Salmon Trail – h...
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Date published:
13/05/2008
Region:
Midlands

The Environment Agency is asking farmers to take great care when handling molasses because of the environmental damage it can cause.   On Friday the 2 May 2008 the Environment Agency were calle...
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Date published:
13/05/2008
Region:
Midlands

The Environment Agency has started work on the Retford Beck in Nottinghamshire to help reduce the risk of flooding to people living and working nearby.   Work has already started to replace two...
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Date published:
13/05/2008
Region:
Midlands

The Environment Agency has published a guide for farmers, golf course managers and others who are considering building a storage reservoir for irrigation.     Anne Taylor, Principal Enviro...
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Date published:
13/05/2008
Region:
National

Visitors to the 2008 Chartered Institution of Wastes Management conference being held in Torquay this June are being encouraged to visit one of the many free seminar sessions being held by the Environ...
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Date published:
13/05/2008
Region:
Wales

Three businessmen have been fined for illegally transporting controlled waste in Wrexham last year. They picked up over £1,100 in fines and costs in total in the cases brought by Environment Agency Wa...
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