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Suffolk firm fined £20,000 plus costs for oil pollution and fish kill

Suffolk malt producer, Pauls Malt Ltd, has been fined £20,000 and ordered to pay full costs for causing oil pollution to the River Lark. Bury St Edmunds Magistrates’ Court heard  that gas fuel oil escaped from a tank at the … Continue reading

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Farmer fined £15k after hundreds of fish died in pollution incident

Hundreds of fish died when 13.5kms of river was polluted by liquid fertiliser, Grantham magistrates heard. Robert Grindal, trading as CJ Grindal, was fined £15,000 and ordered to pay full costs of £6,761 after pleading guilty to causing the pollution, … Continue reading

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Severn Trent Water fined £20,000 for polluting brook with Raw Sewage

Severn Trent Water Limited have pleaded guilty at Cheltenham Magistrates’ Court to one charge of breaching a condition of their Environmental Permit when discharging raw sewage into  to a tributary of the Ley Brook in Huntley, Gloucestershire The company was … Continue reading

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Anglian Water to pay almost £42,000 for polluting River Chelmer

  More than 400 fish died when 3km of river was polluted with sewage and trade effluent, Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court heard on Tuesday .  Services pleaded guilty to causing the pollution, which came from a combined sewer overflow in Thaxted, … Continue reading

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Thames Water ordered to pay over £13,000 for polluting the Bishopswood Stream

Thames Water Utilities Limited (Thames Water) was fined £6000 at Basingstoke Magistrates Court for polluting the Bishopswood Stream in Tadley on or before 6 March 2011. The company was also ordered to pay the Prosecution costs of £7,293 and a … Continue reading

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Pollution kills 3,000 fish in the Burniston Beck, EA appeals for information

The Environment Agency is appealing for information, following a serious pollution incident leading to the death of almost 3,000 fish in Scarborough.   An officer visited the beck the same day and found around 60 dead fish, including trout and … Continue reading

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Northumbrian Water fined £3,000 for polluting a stream with Sewage

Northumbrian Water Limited was fined a total of £3,000 after pleading guilty on Monday 6 August 2012 at Peterlee Magistrates Court to polluting a stream at Shotton in County Durham.   Northumbrian Water Limited (NWL), of Abbey Road, Pity Me, … Continue reading

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Signs of recovery in the polluted River Crane

The River Crane in West London is showing signs of recovery with life returning following the devastating pollution incident in October 2011.    Blue Winged Olive The first monthly kick sampling by volunteers from the Thames Anglers Conservancy revealed that … Continue reading

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Poll shows majority of Londoners back ‘Supersewer’

  More than eight out of ten Londoners support the Thames Tunnel, proposed to help tackle growing sewage pollution in the River Thames, a new survey commissioned by Thames Water has revealed. The news has been warmly welcomed by ‘Thames … Continue reading

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Appeal for information on River Wandle red diesel pollution

Environment Agency officers who acted decisively to stop a spillage of red diesel devastating a South London river today (Monday 2 July) are calling on local residents to provide any information regarding the source of the pollution. (Picture: http://www.wandletrust.org/) Specialist Environment … Continue reading

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