Environment Agency

“only around one in seven classed as being in good ecological condition”

“15% of rivers are classed as good”

“fewer than 7% of lakes reached that level”

“No single waterway passed a separate test for chemical pollution”

“around half of rivers still exceeding safe levels”

“down about half from 2019”

“only 8% in Germany and just 1% in the Netherlands”

“half of England was in drought.”

“There are currently 1,353 of these restrictions in place.”

“nearly 80% of England's rivers are seeing flows below normal or lower”

“The EA says that by the company's own assessment, it avoided penalties of the order of £45m, and on the EA's assessment the figure is higher.”

“The EA advised against bathing at Seaton Carew North, Seaton Carew Centre, Seaton Carew North Gare, Redcar Coatham, Redcar Lifeboat Station, Redcar Granville, Redcar Stray, Marske Sands and Saltburn.”

“whose numbers it says have dropped dramatically”

“£8.2m project”

“protect up to 160 homes”

“two steel gates, weighing 300 tonnes”

“There are more than 450 sites across the country where regular testing is carried out”

“The Environment Agency said a 6km (3.7 mile) stretch was affected in what it described as a 'significant incident'.”

“30 'vole hotspots'”

“the remaining two populations in Devon still very small,”