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Harborough MP Neil O'Brien has secured a meeting with the Environment Agency to discuss concerns of suspected pollution in the town

MP arranges meeting with Environment Agency over Harborough pollution concerns

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Homes plan with ‘serious flooding concerns’ recommended for approval

The clean-up begins

Environment Agency dealing with oil spillage on the edge of Harborough

Council leader Cllr Phil Knowles and Ullesthorpe ward councillor Rosita Page visited the site of a recent fly-tip in the Harborough district, near Ashby Parva.

Maximum penalty for fly-tipping looks set to increase to £1,000

Manor Oak Homes has submitted a proposal to build 85 homes on 30 acres of fields separating the Farndale View and Farndon Fields estates. (Image: Insitu Design).

'85-home plan is unsafe, unsustainable and unsound' says Harborough councillor

Andrew Bowman is confronted and attacks two Environment Agency water bailiffs whilst fishing at Poole Hall Fisheries near Alveley - assisted by his dad Sidney Bowman.

Anglers turn violent after being caught fishing with no licence

Very low water level (photo: Adobe)

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Fly-tipped rubbish and waste is seen beside a road in Colnbrook, near Heathrow, west of London on May 11 2020.

Watch: How do we dump Britain’s fly-tipping epidemic?

Flooding in Great Glen (below) and Market Harborough (above, photo by Holly Godden).

Drop-in event in Harborough village aims to answer questions on flood prevention

Eco-friendly housing (photo: Adobe)

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The pub was severely damaged by floodwater.

Great Glen 'flood hero' to reopen pub this Friday after community clean up
The owner of a pub in Great Glen – who made headlines after rescuing a driver stranded in floodwater - is planning to welcome customers back on Friday after the community rallied to help clean up his flooded pub.
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Fields are still flooded in the Welland valley

Three flood warnings are still in place in the Harborough area

Experts commented that it was 'remarkable' that neither of them had died in the powerful explosion.

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Horrified residents are demanding action after their neighbours turned their home into a makeshift TIP with tonnes of rubbish dumped on the driveway.

Nightmare tenant with rubbish dump in front garden gets EVICTED

Horrified residents are demanding action after their neighbours turned their home into a makeshift TIP with tonnes of rubbish dumped on the driveway.

Next door has a rubbish dump in the garden...it's making our kids sick

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Water companies want to raise bills by 84% - as sewage spills continue

Invest in flood protection in the home (photo: Adobe)

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Foam floating along the River Tame after reports of pollution

Watch: Drone footage of shocking river foam in town

Swimmers have been urged to avoid 19 beaches across the UK due to serious health concerns. (Photo: Andrew - stock.adobe.com)

Warning to avoid 19 UK beaches

Gary Hough, 62, looks up to the skies outside his home surrounded in seagull

'Horrified' residents invaded by 'apocalyptic' swarm of seagulls

Tanks

Severn Trent’s progressing with £450m spills programme in Leicestershire

Toxic blue-green algae poses a life-threatening risk to dogs. (Photo: PONTUS LUNDAHL/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images)

Warning for dog owners after blue-green algae outbreaks across the UK

Clean Up Britain founder John Read wants more to be done about motorway litter

Rubbish dumped on motorway...what do we pay our council tax for?

Discharge is seen flowing into the River Thames at Crossness sewage treatment works in March 2024 (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Ofwat investigating every England and Wales water firm over pollution

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Protestor Simmo Burgess outside Walley's Quarry Landfill Site.

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Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey falls into lake.

Watch: Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey falls into lake

Watch incredible moment couple spot dolphins in a river miles from sea

Flood warnings still remain in place in the Harborough district.

Two flood warnings remain in place in the Harborough district

A map from the Environment Agency showing the flooding

Flood alerts in the Harborough area following heavy rainfall

Sir Paul McCartney (photo: Getty Images)

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Residents have reported oil in the River Swift. Photo by Samantha Bobat.

Inspectors moitoring River Swift near Lutterworth after recent oil spillages

The practice is allowed during wet weather to prevent pipe networks from backing up.

Council leader urges government to demand transparency on sewage dumping figures

Water providers could owe £800m in compensation to bill payers for ‘unfairly overcharging customers’

Bill payers could be owed £800m in compensation

Flytippers could be given a fine

Crackdown on fly-tipping across Leicestershire

Thames Water face £3.3m fine over sewage spill that turned rivers ‘black’ and ‘grey’

Thames Water face £3.3m fine over sewage spills

Warning issued after beach bug kills dog and makes eight others ill

Family playing at the seaside in winter, Instow, Devon, UK. (Photo by: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

England’s most polluted beaches revealed

Raw sewage was dumped into Harborough's waterways 479 times in the space of just one year.

Raw sewage dumped into Harborough's waterways 479 times in 2022

There are 5.2 million homes across the UK that are at risk of flooding (photo: Adobe)

Warning of risk of flooding for homes next to waterways

Houses in Ironbridge surrounded by flood waters as River Severn levels started to rise following heavy rain.

Watch: Areas engulfed by water as rivers burst banks

A flood alert has been issued in Harborough

Flood alert issued after heavy rains lead to high river levels
It follows heavy rain.
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Flooding in Alfriston. Picture by Eddie Mitchell

Environment Agency urges households to prepare for winter flooding

Angling has the younger generation hooled

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Plan ahead to cut down on food waste (photo: Adobe)

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Drivers are being warned that low-lying land and roads in the Welland Valley could be flooded today by the swollen River Welland after heavy rainfall overnight.

Drivers warned that low-lying land and roads in the Welland Valley near Harborou...

The rubbish was dumped in Gallowfield Road, near Gartree Prison, to the north of Market Harborough.

Woman fined after fly-tippers dump her rubbish in the Harborough countryside

Cleaning the River Welland has started again after flooding stopped work earlier this month.
PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER

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Parts of the country will see snow and icy conditions (Photo: Getty)

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Site manager Michael Reardon where worked has started on the River Welland.
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The fly tipping in Welham Lane in Great Bowden.

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