A warning has been issued to 'keep out of the water' due to potentially toxic blue green algae in Windermere. Cyanobacteria can be harmful to humans, animals and the environment.

The storm overflows taskforce set up by the government to tackle raw sewage discharges by water companies in England has only met once in the last year, a freedom of information request has revealed.

Thousands of emergency overflows are not monitored for raw sewage discharge with information taken from only 10% of the total in England, a freedom of information (FOI) request has revealed.

Sewage discharge into UK’s rivers may be ten times higher than previously thought according to research by the Marine Conservation Society.

That’s a wrap! Thank you all for joining us on the Glebe. What an amazing day to show United Utilities a United Lake District and demand an end to sewage pollution in our precious lake.

Steve Coogan, Lee Mack and Paul Whitehouse joined our Save Windermere event on the Glebe in Bowness-on-Windermere to demand and end to sewage pollution in Windermere. Read all the press from the day here.

Save Windermere featured on ITV Evening News, 29 May 2023, following a demonstration to end sewage pollution on the Glebe in Bowness-on-Windermere, attended by celebrity supporters of the campaign; Steve Coogan, Lee Mack & Paul Whitehouse.

Save Windermere featured on Channel 4 Evening News, 29 May 2023, following a demonstration to end sewage pollution on the Glebe in Bowness-on-Windermere, attended by celebrity supporters of the campaign; Steve Coogan, Lee Mack & Paul Whitehouse.

Save Windermere featured on BBC Evening News, 29 May 2023, following a demonstration to end sewage pollution on the Glebe in Bowness-on-Windermere, attended by celebrity supporters of the campaign; Steve Coogan, Lee Mack & Paul Whitehouse.

Save Windermere featured on Good Morning Britain, 29 May 2023, ahead of a demonstration against sewage pollution on the Glebe in Bowness, attended by celebrity supporters of the campaign; Steve Coogan, Lee Mack & Paul Whitehouse.

The Financial Times has obtained official data revealing that only four water companies faced prosecution by the environment watchdog for breaching overflow permits between 2018 and 2022, despite the occurrence of hundreds of thousands of sewage spills during that period.

Eleven billion litres of raw sewage were discharged from a sample of 30 water company treatment works in one year, new research suggests.