Poole Harbour Commissioners has reported that work is underway to tackle a major pollution incident at Owers Bay in Poole Harbour yesterday resulting from a leak from a pipeline operated by Perenco.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has issued a Direction to Natural England on measures to address nutrient pollution via strategic mitigation schemes which has been implemented with immediate effect.

The Environment Agency has submitted plans for a ground-breaking project to help the lower Otter Valley adapt to climate change and create an internationally important wildlife reserve.

Thames Water has gone out to tender with a framework contract for the supply of new technology to reduce phosphorus content in treated waste water going into rivers worth an estimated £60.73 million.

Members of the House of Lords are warning that failure to incorporate protection contained in EU Directives into UK law, including The Marine Strategy Framework, Air Quality, Habitats and Water Framework Directives could see current environmental protections weakened post-Brexit.

A new analysis of data collected over ten years by a network of experts led by The Wildlife Trusts has revealed that water vole distribution has declined dramatically - attributed to habitat loss, water pollution and built development.

The European Commission has adopted a new Action Plan to improve the protection of nature and biodiversity in the EU.

The European Commission is urging the United Kingdom to stop burning blanket bog habitats within upland Natura 2000 sites in England and to take measures to restore the damaged habitats.

The European Commission is taking the United Kingdom to the Court of Justice of the European Union for its failure to propose sites for the protection of the harbour porpoise, a marine mammal regularly found in UK waters.

The Environment Agency has set out proposals to conduct new trials at the Barmby Barrage in Yorkshire.