Science behind the samples
Every year millions of us visit beaches and lakes across England. Over 400 of these are designated as bathing waters and it’s the Environment Agency’s job to test the water at each to see how clean it is and provide …
Cleaner Seas
Don’t tell everyone how great our beaches are or they’ll all want to come!
30 years in the job and I’m still being approached by members of the public commenting on just how fabulous our beaches are. There’s not many people who can count themselves lucky enough to go to the beach every day …
Organisations unite for #binit4beaches campaign
...has on beaches. Hundreds of bags of dog poo were found on the UK’s beaches according to the Marine Conservations Society’s 2016 research; with 792 bags recorded at 364 beaches...
10 years since grounding of MSC Napoli
...call after suffering ‘catastrophic damage’ to its hull. All 26 crew were airlifted to safety in a rescue operation co-ordinated by UK coastguards. Force 11 northerly winds made it impossible...