The slurry produced has to be stored but it can leak from badly-maintained containers or, if too much is applied to the land or if it rains heavily, it can run off from fields. Serious pollution ...

An unknown quantity of slurry escaped into Bradiford Water at Muddiford, near Barnstaple, in north Devon yesterday. Plaistow Mills fish farm, downstream of the pollution, lost almost its entire ...

The river flows into the sea at Ballyholme Bay. Green Party Councillor Lauren Kendall described the incident as a "major ...

A Lancashire farming business has been fined and ordered to pay over £10,000 for twice polluting a watercourse and violating ...

Pollution from farm based activities often ... The new rules could include preventing farms in Wales from spreading slurry on their fields from mid-October to the start of February, in order ...

Farmers in Wales have been reminded to follow the rules when it comes to spreading slurry and other manure. The call from ...

A Lancashire dairy farm has been ordered to pay out over £10,000 following a prosecution brought by the Environment Agency . E & A Forshaw, which operates a dairy farm in Alston, appeared at Lancaster ...

Farmers are being reminded by Wales' environmental watchdog to adhere to spreading regulations and take precautions to ...