The government has announced it will be taking action to clean up the country's rivers, lakes and seas.
Plans include new legislation make sure water bosses are held to account where they are failing. A new bill aims to strengthen regulation and put water companies under special measures. It is seen as the most significant increase in enforcement powers in a decade.
The water regulator will have powers to ban the payment of bonuses if environmental standards are not met and increase accountability for water executives.

TV chefs have joined the mayor of London to celebrate the second year of free school meals for all the city's state primary schoolchildren.

Figures from UNISON show that councils across England, Scotland and Wales have a collective shortfall in their finances amounting to more than £4bn for the coming financial year.
The figures are based on information from local authorities.
The report from UNISON, entitled Councils on the Brink warns of ‘the widespread collapse of local government', with cuts expected to services and jobs.

Barnet Council marks a new milestone as residents complete move in to 249 council homes in Colindale.

More than £1.5 million of funding has been provided by the Scottish government for five new place-based partnerships to tackle child poverty.

More than 360,000 council and school support staff across England and Wales have begun voting on whether to take strike action over pay, trade union Unison has said.

The Welsh cabinet secretary has announced £500,000 of funding supporting the creation of 16 new Coetiroedd Bach (Tiny Forests).

More than seven years after the devastating fire that killed 72 people and left 151 homes destroyed, the official inquiry report has been published today.