The Environment Agency

Yorkshire Water says temporary usage restrictions possible as reservoir stocks fall.

Yorkshire Water declares hosepipe ban - date hosepipe ban begins
A video details the rules of a hosepipe ban in the UK.

Hosepipe.

Watch: Could a hosepipe ban be imposed?

Bridlington.

The 27 UK areas where flood warnings and alerts have been issued

Car are flooded outside a newly converted Meadow Mill on Water street in Stockport as emergency teams arrive to rescue people trapped inside. January 1 2025.

Fire crews use boats to rescue flood-trapped residents in flats

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for wind.

Storm Darragh: Yellow weather warning in place for wind

Scarborough Harbour and South Bay.

Sons of Neptune says water quality has improved at Scarborough

A person walks his dog along the beach in Filey, East Yorkshire.

Yorkshire flood alerts for Bridlington, Whitby and Filey beaches

Yorkshire is set to get hit by more wet weather this week

Yellow weather warning as Yorkshire set to get battered by rain

Handout photo issued by Paul Jones-King of damaged caused to his home from flooding following heavy rain on Wednesday in Loftus, North Yorkshire. Paul Jones-King/PA Wire

Nurse ‘stood and cried’ as house flooded in minutes in North Yorkshire

A proposal to create a 49-cabin holiday park off Bawtry Road, Selby has attracted objections PIcture: Google

49-cabin holiday park could ‘exacerbate flooding issues’

The Environment Agency says a massive increase in housebuilding across Harrogate and Knaresborough is worsening pollution in the River Nidd.

Glut of housebuilding in Harrogate worsening Nidd raw sewage problem

A hosepipe disconnected from an outside tap during a hosepipe ban in the UK. PIC: Adobe

Water companies must pay for infrastructure improvements - YP Letters

The government body’s concerns over Akebar Country Park’s proposals to extend its holiday park with 27 more lodges or caravans at the 29-acre site outside Patrick Brompton, near Leyburn follow community leaders repeatedly questioning the long-term demand for such additional tourism facilities.

Objections to award-winning Wensleydale holiday park caravan park’s expansion

A drought order has been applied for by the Envrironment Agency in Yorkshire

Drought order sought at Yorkshire reservoir after 'exceptional shortage of rain'

The Environment Agency is keeping an open mind about the cause of the mass deaths Picture: Gary Longbottom

Cyanide ruled out as cause of mass deaths of crab and lobsters

Dead crabs washed up on the beach at Saltburn

Tees Estuary mass marine deaths: Sewage and underwater cables ruled out as cause

There is a Met Office amber warning in place for heavy snow across Yorkshire. Photo: Ilkley.

Yorkshire amber warning for heavy snow: Full weather forecast and flood alerts

The Esk estuary

A new saltmarsh habitat is to be created near Whitby

The native white-claw crayfish population has been decimated by the invasive American Signal crayfish.

Disease deadly to native crayfish has been confirmed in a North Yorkshire river

The Environment Agency has issued two Flood Warnings for the Scarborough area on Saturday night.

Flood warnings issued in Scarborough as strong winds and 'powerful' waves are pr...

Flood alert issued for Yorkshire as water firm puts out urgent advice
The Environment Agency has issued a flood alert for parts of Yorkshire as the region prepares for thunderstorms to hit.
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Flood warnings are in place.

Yorkshire flood warnings remain as river levels set to 'peak'

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Harworth gets income boost as businesses set up home in park

A new poll points to public anger over the response to the floods

Public angry at Government flood response

An army chinook helicopter airlifts equipment needed to repair the Foss Barrier on the River Foss in York following the weekend flooding.Picture: Anna Gowthorpe/PA Wire

York flooding: Now is not the time to question Foss Barrier decision, says counc...

People wade through flood waters at Mytholmroyd in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, where flood sirens were sounded after torrential downpours.

Yorkshire braves the deluge

Flood warnings are in place across Yorkshire

Flood sirens sounded as Calder and Aire rise

Former NFU President Peter Kendall. Photo: Rui Vieira/PA Wire

Agency commits to work with farmers

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Humber flood defence work continues

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Private investor pays out £1.75m to seal deal for Olympia House

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Schoolchildren to learn about dangers of flooding during tour of defences

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Warning over use of illegal kiln dust
The Environment Agency is warning farmers and landowners to ensure that cement waste materials are not being spread on their land illegally.
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Landfill operator in tests over ‘escape of putrid blue liquid’

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Farm Of The Week: River that’s causing flood of problems

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Stalled anti-flood scheme under review

City weir surveyed after fears over fish access to upstream breeding waters

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'Watertight' defences cut flooding risk

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Business: Thirty jobs lost as waste company goes into administration

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