An amendment to the Environment Bill intended to put a swift end to the practice of dumping sewage in England’s rivers and seas was rejected by MPs last night in favour of a softer approach of reducing the impacts of discharges on the environment and public health

Ministers have again refused to compromise on the government’s power to offer guidance to the new green watchdog ahead of an Environment Bill debate today in the House of Commons

Lawyers have accused the Environment Agency of 'wasting time and taxpayers money' after the regulator lodged an appeal against a High Court ruling, which found that it had failed to protect the life of a five-year-old child in its regulation of the Walleys Quarry landfill in Newcastle-under-Lyme

Natural Resources Wales is facing potential legal action over a 'litany of failures' after an investigation into a huge pollution incident which killed 45,000 fish and devastated an ecosystem collapsed. Here’s what you need to know

Data shows a stretch of river in West Yorkshire is the most polluted bathing area in the country, regularly awash with very high levels of harmful bacteria