Update on Welsh Water’s Kingsland - Pinsley Brook sewage spill. Environment Agency: “This is not a permitted storm overflow and as such these discharges are illegal” www.herefordtimes.com/news/2600069...

Kicking the can down the road, 3 YEARS of delay that Wye catchment can’t afford. The problems have been identified for years and we know the solutions: Stop poisoning our rivers with animal manure and sewage. Bring in a WPZ now to give strong regulation & real protection www.uwe.ac.uk/news/river-wye

Just what we don't need. Already, our rivers are overloaded with both human and livestock waste, leading in many cases to #rivercide. Now the government, responding as always to lobbyists, wants to make it worse. Then it wonders why it loses public support. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Welsh Water DwrCymru Kingsland sewage plant month long discharge (Pinsley brook - Lugg - Wye). Over the years she has already noticed a decline in wildlife on the brook, coupled with an increase in "green slime" And it’s still spilling… www.herefordtimes.com/news/2598935...

the UK is set to change planning rules to make it easier to develop intensive livestock farms across the country following a lobbying campaign by Big Chicken my new investigation for the @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Drawing on dozens of scientific papers, the authors warned that environmental policies were insufficient to reverse the decline of the soils, pollinators, water courses and habitats on which farmers depended and said that “transformational change” was required to restore them.

Ministers ignored a report warning that Britain’s food supply is on course to collapse. The report said climate change, habitat loss and geopolitical instability were undermining food security so much that it could be at risk of "catastrophic failure” by 2030. www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

Hard to know which is more shocking - the dire warnings of the potential collapse of our food system in the UK or the fact that governments have tried to cover it up. Their complacency is off the scale. We urgently need to switch to growing more food domestically & to restore nature now

BREAKING: Huge news: The contents of a secret U.K. Govt report on Britain’s ‘critical systems’ and their grave vulnerability have just now been made public by the TIMES, for the very first time. Short impt THREAD…

Rivers are the lifeblood of our landscapes - but in many constituencies like mine, they're under threat. It was an honour to present my petition on behalf of constituents, calling on the govt to take further action to address pollution and save the River Wye and its tributaries.

TONIGHT - free online @riveractionuk.bsky.social River Rescue Kit session: Remember to Remember, a film about Wye Ceremonial Team’s work responding to ecological crisis through creativity, love, and collective action. Plus Q&A. www.eventbrite.com/e/film-scree...

Britain's waterways are vital resources for our communities, local economies, and wildlife - they must be protected, for people and planet. That means taking a truly joined up approach to pollution, tackling sewage and agricultural pollution alike. #WorldWaterDay

Wreath dedication Thames 22/3/26

Add your voice to say ‘NO!’ to more intensive poultry units in the Wye catchment. It would be a great help to our campaign to protect the Wye if we could significantly increase the number of objections to Powys CC here: pa.powys.gov.uk/online-appli...

Very pleased to have played a role in the founding of @cynghrairailwylltio.cymru. Here's what I had to say: "Rewilding is repopulation. The answer to our social and ecological challenges is the same: we need a diversification of rural life, just as we need a diversification of habitat." /1

The Welsh Rewilding Alliance has launched today, sharing a vision for 'a wilder Wales where nature thrives, rural economies prosper, and we all have better access to wild landscapes'

Nature belongs in Wales 🦫 It’s part of our language, our heritage and our culture. Yet our nation is one of the most nature-depleted in the world. Rewilding can change that. Sign up to our newsletter to join the movement and help us bring Cymru back to its trees – link in our bio. #Nature #Wales

Future generations deserve healthy, thriving landscapes 💚 Rewilding could give them that and so much more. In our new report, we’re calling for Wales to commit to becoming a Rural Youth Nation — providing young people with draws and rewards to live and work in rural Wales. #CymruDyfodol #Nature

Catch me on BBC Wales (March 11) - radio, news and website - covering our recent paper on pet-flea treatments, sheep-dip chemicals and some surprising revelations about how they reach streams and rivers www.researchgate.net/publication/...

At the Welsh Rewilding Alliance, we have five core principles which guide everything we do 💪 They make sure the work we do benefits nature, people and Cymru. If you want to see a wilder Wales, join us. Sign up to our newsletter via the link in our bio. #Rewilding #WelshRewildingAlliance #Cymru

Our latest newsletter is out featuring opportunities to work with us at Friends of the River Wye, plus C4 drama Dirty Business, legal challenges on the Wye taken by River Action and Fish Legal and more… Please subscribe if you don’t already! mailchi.mp/69987df9d60b...

Very happy to be representing @righttoroam.bsky.social as a member of this new rewilding alliance, and to have authored its launch report: The Welsh Way to Wild. 1) Read the report and sign up to the mailing list at: rewildingalliance.cymru 2) Give the alliance a follow: @cynghrairalwylltio.cymru

We are proud to be supporters of the Welsh Rewilding Alliance @cynghrairalwylltio.cymru a growing movement uniting organisations, landowners, communities and decision-makers to restore thriving ecosystems, boost rural livelihoods and celebrate Welsh landscapes & wild nature. rewildingalliance.cymru

📢 It’s International Women’s Day, & we’re celebrating the incredible women standing up for our rivers. ✊💙 From swimmers to scientists, campaigners to citizen scientists, lawyers to storytellers - women across the UK are leading the charge clean up our rivers, lakes & seas. #InternationalWomensDay

“The EA’s own plan accepts that the Wye will not recover under current approach. When the law requires action, regulators cannot...postpone hard decisions yet again. After years of delay & continuing damage to a protected river, that is no longer lawful.” Fish Legal 💪 fishlegal.net/2026/03/05/e...

Hello—Is a River Alive? is published in paperback in the UK today. It’s dedicated to the rivers & their guardians. Thanks to all who’ve supported its journey into the world: read it, talked about it, got in touch. It’s @waterstones.bsky.social book of the month. “Hope is the thing with rivers…”

Today, full legal protection has been granted in Wales and beavers are recognised as a native species by the Welsh Government. This brings Wales in line with Scotland & England, ensuring cross-border consistency. Find out more 👇 1/4 beavertrust.org/historic-mom...

👉 YOUR VOICE MATTERS: Help end the toxic sewage sludge scandal! 💩 Toxic #SewageSludge is STILL spread on farmland in England under outdated rules. The risks have been known for years. Solutions exist. Now the Government must decide whether to strengthen the rules… 🧵1/2 bit.ly/4aYbNZj

“Prof Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to clean water, has singled out the English system for criticism, saying water should be managed as a publicly owned service, rather than run by private companies set up to benefit shareholders.” www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

⚠️ This green water isn’t sewage pollution. But it’s just as deadly. This is phosphate pollution - and it’s choking the Rivers Wye and Severn. ☠️ One major source? Industrial poultry units. 🐔💩. Last year, around 200 local residents objected to the expansion of 3 poultry mega-farms in Powys.. 1/2🧵

We’re watching #DirtyBusiness tonight at 9pm. Are you? 👀💧 To launch @channel4tv.bsky.social's explosive new factual drama, 4Creative has unveiled The Fountain of Filth on London’s South Bank - a bold installation forcing Britain’s #sewagescandal into the spotlight.. 🧵1/2

TV tonight: a furious drama about water companies dumping raw sewage

Our North Hfdshire MP @EllieChowns has been a strong advocate for the Wye & Lugg, pressing Parliament to take action to stop pollution and restore our rivers. On Valentine’s Day she joined our Citizen Scientists for hands-on water testing 💧 📸 just.jon.simpson #LoveTheLugg

Absolutely brilliant to spend Valentine's Day on a mission to #LovetheLugg, meeting with local businesses, volunteers, farmers, and citizen scientists whose work shows just how vital the rivers are to wildlife, culture, and the local economy. Huge thanks to everyone involved!

Pollution doesn’t stop at the farm gate. But NRW thinks its regulatory responsibility does. Unless challenged, this creates a regulatory gap, allowing #factoryfarms to expand while rivers continue to suffer. READ MORE: riveractionuk.com/news/river-a... #rescuebritainsrivers

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 River Action has launched a legal challenge against Natural Resources Wales (NRW) after it approved three poultry mega-farm expansions in the Wye and Severn river catchments.. 🧵1/2 riveractionuk.com/news/river-a...

It's still a shock to find a new PFAS forever chemical hotspot, even when it's inevitable. A bit of digging around paper mills, which often use PFAS, revealed the banned carcinogen PFOS at levels as high as 3,000ng/l in groundwater in south Cumbria www.theguardian.com/environment/...

You’ve been misled by this little red tractor.. The advertising watchdog has ruled that @RedTractorFood misled shoppers with its environmental claims But these retailers still use the @redtractorfood label to reassure shoppers that their food meets environmental standards.. 🧵1/2

Herefordshire's Local Nature Recovery Strategy is being finalised: HAVE YOUR SAY! To make the LNRS the best it can be, it needs people, with local knowledge, to submit feedback before the consultation closes -Sunday 22 March www.herefordshire.gov.uk/lnrsconsultation

Here is the link to the first-ever online screening of RAVE ON FOR THE AVON - a joyous, defiant documentary about a community fighting to protect the river they love. The film also features Kim Kaos aka Goddess of the Wye. Thursday Feb 19 7:30 PM via this link: www.eightysita.com/event-detail...

🚨RED TRACTOR MISLEADS ON ENVIRONMENTAL CLAIMS It’s time Tesco, Asda, Aldi, Lidl, Morrisons and other supermarkets own up to Red Tractor’s #greenwash and up their standards - By Amy Fairman, Head of Campaigns at River Action UK. READ MORE 🔽 #rescuebritainsrivers ecohustler.com/culture/red-...

Can healthy rivers exist without healthy wetlands? 🌱🌊 Wetlands are among the UK’s most powerful natural allies in supporting healthy rivers. They’re under threat, but restoration IS possible. This #WorldWetlandsDay, be part of the change.🌍 👉 visit wwt.org.uk

There is huge local effort in North Herefordshire to tackle agricultural pollution in the Wye & Lugg - but we need proper government support for the solutions local people want: farmer-led landscape recovery projects; more funding and teeth for the EA, and a WPZ for the Wye.

Policy must be based on evidence to be effective – so why, given agricultural pollution makes up 40% of the pollution in our waterways, did the government’s Water White Paper dedicate only a single page to addressing it?

Together with cross-party MPs in the River Wye catchment, I wrote to the Minister for Water and Flooding to request a meeting to discuss how we can make progress in restoring the Wye and tackling flooding. We cannot stand by whilst the Wye continues to decline.

Excellent letter from three of our Wye MPs! Look forward to the Minister’s response

BREAKING! Wow. Citizen scientists across the Wye catchment have now taken over 50,000 samples and tested them for water quality. What a phenomenal show of people power. Read all about it: friendsoftheriverwye.org.uk/news/wye-cit...

🚨Government water reforms do not go far enough.🚨 The Water White Paper finally admits the scale of the freshwater emergency - but it still falls short of the urgent, radical action our rivers desperately need... READ MORE: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

⚠️The River Wye, one of the UK’s most iconic and protected rivers, is on the brink of ecological collapse. We need action NOW. The Govt must ensure the upcoming White Paper tackles agri-pollution at its source and delivers real protection for the Wye, before it's too late. @savethewye.bsky.social

2/2. Ministers must now act decisively. With the Government due to publish its long-awaited report on reforming the water sector, we will be watching closely to see whether they deliver the measures needed to #rescuebritainsrivers & end pollution for profit. ❌ 💷 💩 www.theoep.org.uk/news/oep-con...