Environment Agency

The region is officially in drought but a hosepipe ban is currently not being considered

Midlands enters drought after driest June in years

(Photo: Pexels)

The harsh penalties for breaking hosepipe bans, how much you could pay

Severn Trent

Severn Trent creates new jobs and is on the hunt for skilled electricians and ma...

Andrew Bowman is confronted and attacks two Environment Agency water bailiffs whilst fishing at Poole Hall Fisheries near Alveley - assisted by his dad Sidney Bowman.

Anglers turn violent after being caught fishing with no licence

Fly-tipped rubbish and waste is seen beside a road in Colnbrook, near Heathrow, west of London on May 11 2020.

Watch: How do we dump Britain’s fly-tipping epidemic?

The Crooked house

Crooked House boss's company goes bust with debts of £1.2 million

Severn Trent issues storm and flooding advice to customers as heavy rain expecte...

Experts commented that it was 'remarkable' that neither of them had died in the powerful explosion.

Footage shows moment gas tank explodes and is catapulted into the air

Severn Trent Flooding Advice

Severn Trent issues storm and flooding advice to customers as Storm Bert is expe...

Horrified residents are demanding action after their neighbours turned their home into a makeshift TIP with tonnes of rubbish dumped on the driveway.

Nightmare tenant with rubbish dump in front garden gets EVICTED

Horrified residents are demanding action after their neighbours turned their home into a makeshift TIP with tonnes of rubbish dumped on the driveway.

Next door has a rubbish dump in the garden...it's making our kids sick

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Water companies want to raise bills by 84% - as sewage spills continue

Foam floating along the River Tame after reports of pollution

Watch: Drone footage of shocking river foam in town

The huge pile of waste - a massive 4,000 tonnes - on land near Fradley

Birmingham company fined £18k for failing to clear waste

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

Emergency crews at the scene after Walsall Council issued a danger to health warning following a toxic chemical spillage in a canal.

Company takes full responsibility for Cyanide Spill in 14-mile canal

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

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

Toxic blue-green algae poses a life-threatening risk to dogs. (Photo: PONTUS LUNDAHL/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images)

Warning for dog owners after blue-green algae outbreaks across the UK

Clean Up Britain founder John Read wants more to be done about motorway litter

Rubbish dumped on motorway...what do we pay our council tax for?

Discharge is seen flowing into the River Thames at Crossness sewage treatment works in March 2024 (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Ofwat investigating every England and Wales water firm over pollution

A visualisation of what the development could look like. Taken from design and access statement prepared by Associated Architects on behalf of University College

New student accommodation blocks set to be built in Birmingham

(Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Water bills are going up across the UK - what it means for you

Protestor Simmo Burgess outside Walley's Quarry Landfill Site.

Video: Residents of UK’s smelliest town can’t go in their gardens

Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey falls into lake.

Watch: Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey falls into lake

Map of paid FPNs for fly tipping in the West Midlands in 2023.

A fine waste of time: One in 1000 fly-tippers in the West Midlands pay a fine

Solihull ‘blue lagoon’ investigation underway as beauty spot polluted

CCTV shows the moment a fly-tipper dumps a truck full of branches and hedge trimmings onto a busy road in Aston, Birmingham, on May 4, 2024

Watch: Brazen fly-tipper dumps hacked up trees across Birmingham road

Sewage spills rise in Birmingham

Environment Agency data unveils alarming Birmingham sewage rate

Watch incredible moment couple spot dolphins in a river miles from sea

Floods hit Birmingham - Full list of alerts & rail disruption

The flooded car in Hall Green, Birmingham

One Storm Henk food warnings & 4 flood alerts remain for Birmingham

Storm Henk batters Birmingham

Storm Henk Birmingham: trains disrupted as flooding hits city

Storm Henk in Birmingham

Birmingham Storm Henk weather: Hour by hour forecast with flood alerts

Flooding is expected in parts of Birmingham

Flooding expected in seven areas in and around Birmingham

Birmingham City Centre

Storm Babet in Birmingham: Rain, thunder and floods expected

Severn Trent

Severn Trent faces legal action over pollution leak claims

Water providers could owe £800m in compensation to bill payers for ‘unfairly overcharging customers’

Bill payers could be owed £800m in compensation

Thames Water face £3.3m fine over sewage spill that turned rivers ‘black’ and ‘grey’

Thames Water face £3.3m fine over sewage spills

Warning issued after beach bug kills dog and makes eight others ill

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

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