Farmers fined after ‘catastrophic failure’ of slurry store polluted river
Two farmers have pleaded guilty to polluting a river in a Ceredigion following the collapse of a slurry store leading to the release of approximately 75,000 gallons of slurry into the water.
Factory behind Cathedral City’s best-selling Cheddar has poisoned fish
The factory making Cathedral City’s best-selling Cheddar cheese poisoned salmon, trout and other fish by polluting a river and gave residents headaches with a ‘foul’ stink, a court heard.
Somerset supplier to national supermarkets fined for polluting watercourse
Somerset farm business Alvis Brothers Ltd, of Lye Cross Farm, Redhill, has been ordered to pay £37,184 for polluting a tributary of the Congresbury Yeo.
Environment Agency successfully prosecutes Severn Trent Water for sewage discharges
Severn Trent Water fined £1.5 million for illegal sewage discharges. Approx 360,000 litres of sewage discharged into one brook
Gloucester man ordered to pay almost £11,000 for fishing for eels illegally
A Gloucestershire fisherman who lured valuable elvers into his illegally-placed fishing net instead caught a 5-figure legal bill.
Housing company fined for polluting watercourse
Miller Homes Limited has been fined £200,000 for polluting a Huddersfield watercourse for more than 1km, after an investigation by the Environment Agency