Top of the Poops in the Media
Ilkley Clean River Group
Yorkshire Water Performance Continues to Fail
23 Oct 2025
River Hope
River stewardship using citizen science - River Hope
31 Aug 2025
Swansea Bay News
Almost half of Brits say they would never swim in the sea - with the number rising sharply amid sewage scandal - Swansea Bay News
10 Aug 2025
the Guardian
Raw sewage reported ‘seeping’ on to beach from Welsh Water pumping station
7 Aug 2025
The Cardiffian
These three Welsh constituencies are the worst in England and Wales for sewage spills - The Cardiffian
19 Jun 2025
Impact Reporting
The Social Value Tea 🍵: Week of June 4, 2025
4 Jun 2025
the Guardian
Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane review – streams of consciousness
28 Apr 2025
Tonbridge Bean
Sewage in Tonbridge Rivers: What’s Happening?
21 Apr 2025
Lancs Live
Water company bosses could face imprisonment in new crackdown from Labour
19 Dec 2024
EconoTimes
Water companies now have to release live sewage spill data – here’s why more transparency is the key to cleaner rivers - EconoTimes
25 Nov 2024
Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment
Kemi Badenoch’s climate scepticism: a growing problem for the Conservative Party and its voters - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment
12 Nov 2024
Cornwall Live
Inside the Cornish 'sewage capital' where locals are furious
22 Sept 2024
LabourList
'Rising water bills and the sewage crisis show firms should be nationalised now' - LabourList
12 Jul 2024
The Guardian
‘People are incandescent…’ How sewage spills became a vote-winner for the Lib Dems
7 Jul 2024
Extinction Rebellion UK
Don't Pay for Dirty Water - Extinction Rebellion UK
1 Jul 2024
ElDiario.es
'Broken Britain': el país donde 'nada funciona' se dispone a decir adiós a 14 años de Gobierno conservador
29 Jun 2024
Plymouth Live
Punk rock idol slams South West Water during visit to Plymouth
13 Jun 2024
Isle of Wight County Press
The Solent and Island beaches crowned the most polluted by Southern Water
28 May 2024
Pembrokeshire Coastal Forum (PCF)
Press Release – Protest in Broad Haven on May 18th to demand increased sewage treatment capacity for The Havens – 08.05.2024 - Pembrokeshire Coastal Forum (PCF)
13 May 2024
CNN
It’s been two years since the UK’s poop-engulfed beaches became a national scandal. Now it’s even worse | CNN
4 May 2024
Yorkshire Bylines | News and views from the heart of Yorkshire
Feargal Sharkey takes stand against ‘pollution for profit’ actions in Yorkshire rivers
19 Mar 2024
The Times
Bosses of polluting water companies face ban on bonuses
11 Feb 2024
The Times
Clean It Up campaign one year on: what progress has been made?
11 Feb 2024
Verso
Talking shit
26 Sept 2023
Dorset Eye
Wimborne’s First Ever Human Poo Chain - Dorset Eye
4 Sept 2023
Geographical
Britain's top ten dirtiest beaches
4 Sept 2023
XR
Information Resources ... | Rebel Toolkit
4 Sept 2023
Thames21
Combined sewer overflows, explained - Thames21
9 Aug 2023
the Guardian
Yorkshire Water ad ridiculed over clips of Herefordshire and Russian bar
26 Jul 2023
The i Paper
More than 1 in 10 have fallen ill in UK's rivers, first findings of citizen sewage survey show
9 Jul 2023
Yorkshire Bylines
Profits over pollution: why Britain is losing its battle to save its rivers
30 May 2023
Bradford District Green Party
Yorkshire Water should be apologising for higher bills
30 May 2023
Birkenhead News
New Brighton coastal bathing area most polluted in country
18 May 2023
BBC News
Yorkshire Water boss apologises for sewage discharges into rivers
18 May 2023
BBC News
Yorkshire Water boss declines bonus after criticism
18 May 2023
BBC News
Yorkshire Water boss declines bonus after criticism
18 May 2023
West England Bylines
Sewage Watch – Our polluted rivers and beaches - Week 3
28 Apr 2023
inews.co.uk
12 tips on how to wild swim in rivers and cut risk of getting sick from pollution
22 Apr 2023
West Somerset Free Press
Hundreds of sewage dumps in river Tone revealed
12 Apr 2023
The Bolton News
United Utilities: Bolton areas are top 2 for sewage in waterways
11 Apr 2023
Cambrian News
Ceredigion river and sea pollution among worst in Wales and England
10 Apr 2023
The Guardian
Ministers treating coastal areas like ‘open sewers’, says Labour
6 Apr 2023
Manchester Evening News
'It's covered in human waste' - MPs fume over state of south Manchester river
6 Apr 2023
The Mirror
New sewage scandal as data shows waste is dumped on to coast every three minutes
5 Apr 2023
The Times
Sewage discharged in coastal areas for one million hours in 2022
5 Apr 2023
Cambrian News
Alarm as regional levels of sewage pollution among worst in England and Wales
3 Apr 2023
Bylines Cymru
Welsh rivers see some of the worst sewage dumping in the UK
3 Apr 2023
West Wales Chronicle
West Wales’ Rivers Are Some Of The Most Sewage Filled In The UK
3 Apr 2023
The Mirror
Brits warned to avoid 83 beaches across country after sewage leaks including 'UK's best' - Mirror Online
15 Mar 2023
BBC News
Rhyl seawater quality 'sufficient', despite sewage listing
1 Mar 2023
i News
UK rivers: 20 waterways at high risk from wildlife-killing pollution, from sewage to chemicals
27 Feb 2023
BBC News
Yorkshire rivers among worst for sewage discharge, figures show
23 Feb 2023
ITV News
Rhyl and Morfa Nefyn among the worst areas for sewage pollution
23 Feb 2023
The Cardiffian
Chicken poo and sanitary towels: The 'diabolical' state of Wales' polluted rivers left for volunteers to clean up - The Cardiffian
22 Feb 2023
The Star
Sheffield pollution: More than 2,000 sewage 'incidents' recorded on River Don
21 Feb 2023
CJS News
"Wet wipes, condoms and a chemical cocktail": Pollution in the River Taff - CJS News
21 Feb 2023
The Star
Table of shame highlights number of sewage 'incidents' reported on Sheffield's River Don in a single year
21 Feb 2023
CJS News
"Wet wipes, condoms and a chemical cocktail": Pollution in the River Taff - CJS News
21 Feb 2023
Birmingham Live
Top of the poops - Beloved Midlands river pumped with more sewage than any other
20 Feb 2023
Time Out
Revealed: these are the 20 most polluted rivers in the UK
20 Feb 2023
Wales Online
Welsh rivers pumped with sewage named among UK's most polluted
19 Feb 2023
Stoke-on-Trent Live
'Top of the poops' - River Trent named among most polluted in England
18 Feb 2023
Yorkshire Live
Two filthy rivers pumped with fetid sewage by Yorkshire Water more than 8,000 times
17 Feb 2023
The Mirror
UK's 20 most polluted rivers revealed in Top of the Poops league table
16 Feb 2023
inews
Only 6% of Britain’s rivers on course to be healthy by 2027 as UK’s firms pump more raw sewage
10 Feb 2023
nation.cymru
Sewage dumped on Wales’ Blue Flag beaches 579 times, say Welsh Lib-Dems
28 Nov 2022
Wales Online
The worst places for raw sewage being dumped into rivers and seas in Wales
25 Nov 2022
Surfers Against Sewage
Water Quality Report 2022
30 Oct 2022
Kenilworth Nub News
'Enough is enough' local MP calls for action on sewage discharge into local rivers
13 Sept 2022
Advertiser and Times
New Forest West climbs sewage dumping league table
6 Sept 2022
Central Bylines
Sewage central: how our region is being affected by the water scandal
30 Aug 2022
The Stray Ferret
Andrew Jones MP hits back over sewage vote - The Stray Ferret
27 Aug 2022
Lynn News
Sewage dumped into West Norfolk rivers by Anglian Water more than 1,000 times in 2021
26 Aug 2022
Chronicle Live
Chi Onwurah slams Government after data reveals hundreds of sewage dumps have polluted Newcastle's waterways
26 Aug 2022
V2 Radio Sussex
Chichester the worst affected area in West Sussex for sewage waste
22 Aug 2022
GreenMatters
U.K. Water Companies Discharged Scary Amounts of Raw Sewage Into Water in 2021
2 May 2022
The Guardian
Raw sewage ‘pumped into English bathing waters 25,000 times in 2021’
2 May 2022
BBC News
Protests over water firms dumping sewage in rivers
23 Apr 2022
The New Statesman
Mapped: Sewage dumps and spills in England and Wales
1 Apr 2022
The Independent
Shellfish areas polluted by sewage tens of thousands of times last year
25 Nov 2021
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