Many popular swimming spots have been flooded with pollution in recent years, which has been blamed on mass sewage discharges ...

The letter will be delivered to the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) as schools from across the UK gather for the the prestigious Schools' Head of the River Race.

James Wallace, CEO of River Action, said ... the true scale of the UK’s water crisis is only now coming to light, thanks to increased real-time monitoring. The numbers are staggering ...

Olympic champion Georgie Brayshaw has stressed the importance of keeping the UK’s rivers clean ahead of the men’s and women’s Boat Race ...

Industry body Water UK has previously apologised for the amount ... companies discharging unacceptable levels of sewage into our rivers, lakes, and seas.” According to the figures, the site ...

🌊 RECOMMENDED: The 10 most beautiful wild swimming spots in the UK. The decision to give the Ouse legal personhood was actually made two years ago when the council passed a rights of river motion.

The UK and Welsh governments have announced a joint £1 million research initiative for the heavily polluted River Wye. The river, which runs for 130 miles from central Wales to the Severn Estuary ...