Wainfleet residents return home after flooding

More than two months’ worth of rain fell in three days last week, causing a breach of the flood bank on the River Steeping.




Officers head to the beach all in the name of science

Beach users in Suffolk and Norfolk might be surprised to see Environment Agency staff stride into the sea in their waders, but they are testing water quality.




Ipswich company pays nearly £20,000 to charities after packaging law infringement

An Ipswich packaging company has offered to pay nearly £20,000 to two environmental charities after admitting it had contravened regulations




Unlicensed waste carrier sentenced to pay £4,200 penalty

A man from New Balderton, Newark has been sentenced to pay £4,219.53 after he was found guilty in his absence of transporting controlled waste without a licence in Newark, Nottinghamshire.




Suspended prison term for north London fly-tipper…

…while his nephew risks jail if he offers to take YOUR waste away