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Hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and rachel burden. its an issue weve discussed many times here on breakfast, untreated raw sewage being pumped into rivers and the sea from storm overflows. six water companies in england are now facing legal action for allegations of under—reporting incidents and overcharging customers. water companies are set pollution targets by the environment agency and the regulator 0fwat. if they meet or exceed them they can charge bill payers more. the case could ta...

EXCLUSIVE: Express.co.uks investigation into the ongoing sewage crisis reveals the extent of the problem has been ongoing for much, much longer than initially thought.

Into the beautiful river dee that flows chester for the next 27 years? mr speaker, of course it is not acceptable and that is why this government has gone further than any other government in tackling this issue, committing to monitor 100% of storm overflows in an investment programme of £56 to operate infrastructure and enshrining in law strict targets, as well as introducing unlimited fines for water companies, but when it came to talking about those policies in this house, the party opposite...

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£2 billion in dividends to shareholders so why should consumers have to pay to clean up the mess? consumers are not going to be paying for the fines and penalties that that have been levied. there has been ongoing investment in these things. not farfrom here been ongoing investment in these things. not far from here we been ongoing investment in these things. not farfrom here we have the terms of super sewer, a multi—billion pound project which takes over ten years to do, that will eradicate ...

This week, I backed the next stage of the Government’s plan to tackle sewage pollution by enshrining a target to improve sewage overflows into law.

Two Norfolk beaches, Gorleston-on-sea and Great Yarmouth have warnings placed on them about sewage levels in the water.

Polluting the coastline. peter whittlesea reports. its the latest protests calling on water companies to stop releasing sewage throught the storm overflows. sewage through the storm overflows. here the campaign has barricaded the beach claiming the area was a crime scene where acts against the environment have been repeatedly committed by southern water. they need to investigate infrastructure, population is growing here we have new houses built all of the time, climate change means that when it...

Population is growing here we have new houses built all of the time, climate change means that when it rains it rains really hard. and if they dont upgrade the infrastructure things are only to get a lot worse not better. and we will not put up with them putting sewage in the sea like this forever. a year ago a similar protest was held but campaigners say support is growing because residents believe southern water has failed to act. here we are in 2022 and they havent found sewage instead of pum...

Jenny kirk, bbc look east. hundreds of people held a protest along the beachfront in kent this afternoon against southern water dumping sewage into the sea. theyre calling for improved infrastructure and tougher sanctions to prevent water companies polluting the coastline. peter whittlesea reports. its the latest protests calling on water companies to stop releasing sewage throught the storm overflows. here the campaign has barricaded the beach claiming the area was a crime scene where acts agai...