Pollution

Swimmers have been urged to avoid 19 beaches across the UK due to serious health concerns. (Photo: Andrew - stock.adobe.com)

Warning to avoid 19 UK beaches

Love My Beach aims to ensure the coastline is clean

Campaign to promote cleaner beaches set for revival

Gary Hough, 62, looks up to the skies outside his home surrounded in seagull

'Horrified' residents invaded by 'apocalyptic' swarm of seagulls

Generic discharge of waste into rivers and the sea.

Sewage spills into North West water investigated by Ofwat

Candidates Paul Maynard, Crackers, Gita Gordon, Bill Greene, Tina Rothery, Dan Barker and Clive Grunshaw

Clean up sewage to attract tourists says election candidate

Blackpool from above

I think too many young lives in resort are being lost to heart disease

Fylde Council has partnered with Fylde Coast Against Sewerage (FCAS) in an attempt to improve the bathing waters

Council working in partnership with Fylde Coast Against Sewage

Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey falls into lake.

Watch: Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey falls into lake

Tom Heap. Photo: BBC

Going Green: It is vital to vote and safeguard our future

Himadri Madan

Going Green: Planning for extreme weather is essential

Calls for tougher fines and prison time for persistent fly-tippers in Blackpool

Calls for tougher fines and prison time for persistent fly-tippers

Five water pollution incidents were recorded by the Environment Agency in Blackpool between 2018 and 2022 (Credit: PA)

Several water pollution incidents recorded in Blackpool since 2018

54 UK beaches issued with raw sewage alert - see full list

Water bills could increase by 40% next year

Households warned water bills could rise by 40% to £680 per year

Harrowing image of a donkey desperately scavenging for food

Heartbreaking footage shows impact of plastic pollution on animals

Mowing the lawn burns more calories than water aerobics, researchers found (photo: Adobe)

No Mow May movement explained - what is it about?

Plantlife's annual campaign is calling all garden owners and green space managers to stop mowing their lawns in May.

Ayaan Ali

Family playing at the seaside in winter, Instow, Devon, UK. (Photo by: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

England’s most polluted beaches revealed

The government has proposed a ban of plastic wet wipes in England

Government to ban plastic wet wipes in England

Log burners that release too much smoke could land English households a £300 fine and lead to a criminal record.

What are the new log burner rules which could lead to a £300 fine?

Boris Johnson

Here are the letters for June 12, 2019

Clean air strategy: what you need to know about the UK's latest pollution policy

This map produced by the Woodland Trust shows the extent of the Northern Forest

Letters - January 16, 2018

One in 20 British women has gone for 10 days without washing their hair