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Thames Water fined £4 million after catastrophic sewage blunder Favourite recreation spot and chalk stream hit by 79 million litres of sludge. From: 27 May 2021 Can't see the wood for the sewage - the judge fining Thames Water £4 million called the pollution "utterly disgusting" Thames Water has been fined £4 million after untreated sewage escaped from sewers below London into a park and a river. A court heard dozens of high-priority alarms would have told staff about the incident, but were either missed or ignored, leading to pollution of a popular park, woodland and the Hogsm...

Norfolk man guilty of illegal waste operation A Dereham garage proprietor admits to storing waste illegally, despite repeated warnings from the Environment Agency. From: Stockpiled end of life motor vehicles and vehicle parts at Colin Barnes site. On 12 May 2021, at Norwich Magistrates Court, Colin Barnes, of CT Barnes Autos admitted storing end of life motor vehicles and car parts illegally. The end of life motor vehicles were stored with tyres, gear boxes and suspension units at his site in Podmore Lane, Scarning. Deferring sentence until November 2021, Magistrates warned Barnes...

Construction Recovery in Full Swing as Proposal Activity Soars - PSMJ Survey Share Article PSMJ Resources' Quarterly Market Forecast found record-setting growth in proposal activity across many markets and submarkets for the 1st Quarter of 2021, with Housing leading the way. NEWTON, Mass. (PRWEB) May 13, 2021 Proposal activity for architecture, engineering and construction (A/E/C) firms improved for all markets and nearly all submarkets in the 1st Quarter of 2021, with its overall Net Plus/Minus Index (NPMI) rising from 5% in th...

A Devon businessman has been ordered by Exeter Crown Court to spend £85,344 of his own money removing waste he illegally deposited on a floodplain near Cullompton, after actions were said to have increased the risk of flooding to nearby communities. Tim Manning must also pay a total of £26,180 in fines and costs and carry out 100 hours of community work for depositing more than 4,000 tonnes of waste soil, stones and rubble on land at Five Bridges, Willand Road, Cullompton, Devon. The illegal tipping took place close to the Spratford Stream, a tributary of the River Culm and caused the...

Dumper told to remove waste from floodplain at cost of £85,000 A Devon businessman has been ordered by Exeter Crown Court to spend £85,344 of his own money removing waste he illegally deposited on a floodplain near Cullompton. From: More than 4000 tonnes of waste was dumped onto a floodplain Tim Manning’s firm deposited more than 4,000 tonnes of waste soil, stone and rubble on land at Five Bridges, Willand Road, Cullompton in Devon - which increased the risk of flooding to nearby communities. He must also pay a total of £26,180 in fines and costs and carry out 100 hours of co...