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Anglers and wildlife groups celebrate damning verdict on the Severn Barrage

Anglers and wildlife groups are celebrating the damning verdict of the influential House of Commons Energy & Climate Change Committee on Hafren Power’s proposals for an 18 km concrete barrage across the Severn Estuary which could have seen the end … Continue reading

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Water Report for May shows river flows normal for time of year

The South East Region received average rainfall during May. The soil moisture deficits have risen as a result of higher evaporation and plant growth and there was little response by the rivers to the rainfall. Groundwater levels and flows remain … Continue reading

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Carping on the River Thames – A Seasonal blog

Returning a nice common to the river  Carping on the River – Part 1 By Richard Crimp “When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.” Laozi (Lao Tzu) – 6th century … Continue reading

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Carping on the River Thames – A Seasonal blog (Part 2)

Cormorant drying its wings “One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing.” Socrates – 5th century BC Carping on the River – Part 2   Bizarre really, I tend to box any anxiety I have and … Continue reading

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Carping on the River Thames – A Seasonal blog: The Finale

“It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.” – Gabriel Garcia Marquez Carping on the River – Part 3   The day would start something like this; … Continue reading

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Thames Water fined 27K for pollution and fish kill on a Surrey river

The Environment Agency received a report from a member of the public on the 10 November about sewage pollution in fields where horses were kept. On 14 November, Environment Agency officers visited the site after a report of dead fish … Continue reading

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River waste repels Olympic rower amid Thames Tideway Tunnel works

Andy Triggs Hodge, a gold medal-winning rower at the Beijing and London Olympics, stopped training on Britain’s most famous river when it turned out water wasn’t his biggest obstacle: raw sewage on the Thames was. The capital’s sewer network, built … Continue reading

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Thames Tideway Tunnel – Registration as an Interested Party

Thames Tideway Tunnel – Registration as Interested Party The Thames Anglers Conservancy and Angling Trust are founder members of Thames Tunnel Now, the coalition set up to press for the completion of the Thames Tideway Tunnel which will intercept 34 … Continue reading

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Anglers urged to stand up for the Thames

The Angling Trust, along with Thames Anglers Conservancy(TAC), are calling on all anglers and angling clubs in London and the South-East to speak out in favour of plans to clean up the tidal Thames through the construction of the Thames … Continue reading

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Chemical company to pay almost 100K for polluting 50km stretch of water

Thousands of fish died and thousands more were damaged by agricultural chemicals that leaked into the River Nene in Peterborough and today the company responsible was ordered to pay £92,000 by Peterborough Crown Court. Some of the fish were bleached … Continue reading

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