Chemicals entered the river from Thames Water's works in Hertfordshire Almost 100 people have reported feeling ill to Thames Water after the contamination of the River Lea in north-east London ...

He and singer Feargal Sharkey, the angling club's chairman, spent months trying to find the pollution's source. Martin said: "It's a chalk stream. It should be gin-clear and it was a few years ago.

“Environment Agency officers have been dealing with the pollution incident in the River Lea since it was first reported last week. “Our officers work 24/7 to protect people and wildlife from ...

Bad for fish, frogs and us.’ An Environment Agency spokesman said: ‘Dissolved oxygen elsewhere on the River Lea suggests pollution has moved downstream and is leaving the river system.

Mr Thomas told the LDRS the River Lea "teeters on the brink" every summer due to the way "industrial amounts" of pollution on roads wash straight into rivers. He added: "Instead of creating areas ...

The Environment Agency is working to clear up an oil spill which has polluted a large stretch of the River Lea between Enfield ... people and wildlife from pollution incidents and have been ...

Pollution, partly caused by bad bathroom plumbing ... external concluded the majority of the six rivers running into the River Lea had "severe problems with water quality". The tests were carried ...

Pollution, partly caused by bad bathroom plumbing ... external concluded the majority of the six rivers running into the River Lea had "severe problems with water quality". The tests were carried ...

Yesterday's starkest images were dead fish close to the oxygenators in the River Lea. Dispiriting for frontline Environment Agency staff when, despite your best efforts, countless fish are killed by ...