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Popular seaside tourist spots including Hove, Folkestone and Newquay were among those drenched in filth after the heavy downpours of rain in recent days.

As water companies wash their hands of responsibility for sewage spillages, a swimmers’ coalition SOS Whitstable is fighting back...

Sewage spills at a beauty spot totalling more than 1,200 hours in a month have been branded an “assault on the environment” by campaigners.

The sewage spills were legal and were caused by Storm Babet and Storm Ciaran, Southern Water says.

Campaigners say Southern Water outflows into protected wildlife site are an ‘assault on the environment’

Whistable in Kent was among the list of the ‘best and worst seaside towns in Britain released earlier this year.

‘Well I’m glad that’s been cleared up. Now I can stop talking about shite and go back to talking about music. Happy days’ – Feargal Sharkey.

Information commissioner had demanded that the water company publish 53 documents last year

The number of times water companies breached their permits on sewage-spilling storm overflows more than doubled last year, an increase that has been labelled a

New data shows Isle of Wight as the worst affected area for number and length of CSO releases by Southern Water in the South East