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Rivers are especially vulnerable to water abstraction and global heating, but now there is hope for River Chess

Comedy livestreamed... - Watch Sandi Toksvig perform stand-up in a river

Lockdown has shown many people how important nature is for one’s mental wellbeing, and there are many spots locally to connect with nature.

Carolyne Culver The Green Party has announced its candidate for the Chesham and Amersham by-election to replace the late Dame Cheryl Gillan as MP. Carolyne Culver, who is the Green group leader on West Berkshire county council, is set to stand for the party after being selected with 96% of the vote by Chiltern Green Party on May 4. Ms Culver is a HS2 campaigner and will be endorsed by the Stop HS2 campaign in the election – the only candidate to do so, according to the party. She said: “Demanding that government scraps HS2 and instead invests in local services will be at the heart...

Water companies poured raw sewage into rivers for 3 million hours last year, MPs are told The regulator the Environment Agency is failing to hold firms to account, the environmental audit committee was told on Wednesday The huge Mogden treatment plant sent the equivalent of 400 Olympic swimming pools worth of raw effluent into the Thames over two days in autumn   Sewage is allowed to be discharged only during periods of heavy rain