Bad week for

Livestock farmers

Defra’s Environmental

Land Management scheme is ‘not fit for purpose’, says the National Beef Association, with no address on support after the withdrawal of the Basic Payment Scheme Clean swims

Almost half of England’s 76 blue-flag beaches are affected by sewage spills, finds Surfers Against Sewage, who claim that Environment Agency weekly tests may discount 15% of samples where pollution is ‘exceptional’ or ‘untypical’