The director of a Stockton-based company was sentenced on Wednesday 24 November at Teesside Crown Court after pleading guilty to waste offences.

Miller Homes Limited has been fined £200,000 for polluting a Huddersfield watercourse for more than 1km, after an investigation by the Environment Agency.

Officers from the Environment Agency and Darlington Borough Council are targeting illegal fishing activity on the River Skerne.

A Dorset man who ran an illegal dumping ground has been ordered to pay more than £3,000.

Environment Agency urges action as Met Office warns of above average likelihood of a wet winter