Serious pollution incidents by water companies were up 60% last year, according to the latest data from the government. These are events considered by the Environment Agency to have a “serious or persistent” impact on the environment, and which result in the loss of aquatic life and risks to human health. Earlier on Friday, the […]

Shivani Chaudhari BBC News, Essex BBC Crowds gathered at the scene in Epping on Thursday Hundreds of people have taken part in protests near a hotel used to house asylum seekers in a town. Protesters from far-right and pro-refugee groups gathered in Epping, Essex, on Thursday. BBC Essex political reporter Simon Dedman, who was at

As the day wore on, the length of time spent on the course increased and the afternoon groups were the ones which bore the brunt of the delays. McIlroy was playing alongside England’s Tommy Fleetwood and American Justin Thomas, with the group needing four hours just to get through the opening 11 holes. “That is

A hosepipe and sprinkler ban affecting more than 1.4 million people has come into force. South East Water said demand for drinking water had reached “record levels” since May due to extended spells of warm and dry weather. The temporary ban will affect households in Kent, East Sussex and West Sussex, the firm said. Under

PA Media The prison is referred to as “overcrowded, with a record of poor performance over many years” A cockroach-infested prison that illegally detained inmates for longer than their release date in “frightening conditions” has been put into special measures. Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor served an urgent notification on HMP Pentonville in Islington,

England fans may had doubt but they did not show it at Stadion Letzigrund as those behind the goal to Wiegman’s right sang her name as they trailed 2-0. When things eventually started going to plan, England still relied on plenty of luck. The ball didn’t quite drop for Sweden on set-pieces, and as extra

Moving abroad would put on ice any ambitions to play for England. Italy, who he also qualified for and who Louis now represents, would be tricky given the logistics. All Lynagh’s chips would be on Aussie green and gold. On Saturday, five years on from that video call, they pay out as he starts for

Gemma Dunstan BBC Wales Investigates Ffion Lloyd-Williams BBC News BBC News Ros Hemmings and her daughter Debbie Adams look back over family photos A family who claim The Salt Path author Raynor Winn stole tens of thousands of pounds from their business say trusting her was their “biggest mistake”. Ros Hemmings and her daughter Debbie,

Paul Adams Diplomatic correspondent in Kyiv BBC/Xavier Vanpevenaege Ukrainian soldiers can trade videos of confirmed kills for points, which they can use to buy equipment The images come in every day. Thousands of them. Men and equipment being hunted down along Ukraine’s long, contested front lines. Everything filmed, logged and counted. And now put to

Reuters The fighting was sparked by a dispute between the Bedouin and Druze communities A monitoring group says 594 people have been killed during the recent violence in southern Syria that took on a sectarian dimension. The UK-based Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (SOHR) documented a significant outbreak of brutality in the killings that have