Accidental discharge from a treatment works caused the deaths of more than 1,600 fish in a river near Newcastle, County Down, NI Water has said. It said the "pollution incident" affected the Annsborough River on Saturday afternoon and the cause...
Aerial photographs of the spill were taken by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency at noon on Sunday An oil spill from a BP platform off Shetland is being "rapidly dispersed naturally", the energy giant has said. An estimated 95 tonnes...
To understand what could happen in the future requires some knowledge of what happened in the past Any plan to protect homes and businesses from flooding has to understand the scale of the problem being confronted. Key questions are: "How...
The spillage took place in Building 50 at the BMW Mini plant in Cowley About 100 litres of hydrochloric acid leaked from a container at the BMW Mini plant in Oxford. A hazardous materials decontamination crew was sent to the...
"Hundreds of litres" of oil have spilled into the River Derwent in Derby, and experts say a clean-up could take weeks. Environment Agency officers were scrambled to the riverside after receiving calls from concerned passers-by at around 7am on Tuesday....
On Saturday, 40,000 litres of diesel got into a storm drain at Caterpillar's Larne plant. A senior manager in the manufacturing company responsible for a huge diesel spill off the coast of County Antrim has apologised for the incident. On...
The River Don at Sprotbrough It was once one of the dirtiest rivers in Europe, but salmon could be set to return to the stretch of the River Don through Sheffield city centre thanks to a £78m high-tech waste treatment...
The River Taff and Millennium Stadium in the centre of Cardiff ollution in South Wales rivers is affecting wildlife, a review has found. Most of Cardiff is located on a large flood plain which hosts three rivers - the Taff,...
Fishing boat Worthing beach with Worthing pier. A COMPANY prosecuted for spilling 40 million litres of raw sewage into the sea is offering up £31.5 million to boost bathing water quality on beaches. Southern Water has announced Brighton beach east...
