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      <title><![CDATA[Radcliffe firm fined £10,500 for flouting environmental regulations]]>
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      <link>http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/news/147866.aspx</link>
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        Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT
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        A Radcliffe-based skip hire firm and its owner have been ordered to pay £10,500 after the Environment Agency, supported by Bolton Council, secured a successful prosecution relating to fly tipping at a site in Bolton. 
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      <title><![CDATA[Water companies must cut leaks to prepare for the future]]>
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      <link>http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/news/147837.aspx</link>
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        Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT
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        Water companies need to invest now to tackle leaks and prevent sewers overflowing during heavy rain, Environment Agency Chairman Lord Chris Smith will say today.
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      <title><![CDATA[Water testing gets underway to prevent beaches failing tough new standards]]>
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      <link>http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/news/147815.aspx</link>
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        Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT
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        More action needed to help protect England’s seaside economy.
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      <title><![CDATA[Chemical company to pay almost 100,000GBP for pollution of Nene]]>
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      <link>http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/news/147763.aspx</link>
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        Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT
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        Thousands of fish died and thousands more were damaged by agricultural chemicals that leaked into the River Nene in Peterborough and today the company responsible was ordered to pay £92,000 by  Peterborough Crown Court.
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      <title><![CDATA[Don't be caught out by flash flooding this year]]>
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      <link>http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/news/147705.aspx</link>
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        Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT
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        The Environment Agency and Lancaster City Council are holding flood awareness sessions in Galgate, Hala and Bowerham on the 15th and 16th May. 
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      <title><![CDATA[Brown algae spotted on rivers in Lincolnshire]]>
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      <link>http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/news/147723.aspx</link>
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        Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT
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        The Environment Agency is reassuring people in Lincolnshire that a brown substance recently seen in rivers in the county is a harmless algae.
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      <title><![CDATA[Love the river? Join our happy band of volunteers on the River Thames]]>
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      <link>http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/news/147719.aspx</link>
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        Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT
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        There are few places more delightful than the River Thames on a sunny day; as it winds its way through pretty rural villages making its way slowly into London.
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      <title><![CDATA[Bank holiday blitz on illegal activity on Norfolk waterways]]>
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      <link>http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/news/147651.aspx</link>
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        Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT
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        The first ever multi-agency blitz targeting people breaking the law on Norfolk waterways took place over the bank holiday weekend.
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      <title><![CDATA[Major coastal flood defence scheme starts in Lincolnshire]]>
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      <link>http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/news/147619.aspx</link>
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        Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT
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        Lincshore, the £6-million flagship scheme to reduce flood risk to thousands of homes and businesses on the Lincolnshire coast, will get underway in Boygrift over the bank holiday weekend.
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      <title><![CDATA[Reducing the risk of flooding in Croston – come and find out more... ]]>
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      <link>http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/news/147614.aspx</link>
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        Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT
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        The Environment Agency and its partners are developing options for a flood risk management scheme that will reduce the risk of flooding in Croston.
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