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Scarborough beach. (Pic credit: James Hardisty)

Yorkshire beaches downgraded in latest water quality ratings

The sewage spilled into Hookstone Beck in August 2016

Yorkshire Water hit with record £1m penalty after sewage spill killed 1,500 fish

Athough there is no firm evidence that Top Withens was the basis for Wuthering Heights, the Bronte Society has erected a plaque at the spot

Top Withens: Why farmhouse with Bronte link will not be rebuilt despite concerns

Bridlington's South Bay

Yorkshire Water to cut sewage discharges into sea at Yorkshire resort

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

George Jabbour next to a tanker in Sinnington preventing the discharge of sewage into the river.

Cross-party consensus on tackling pollution of rivers - George Jabbour

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (left) and Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX in-conversation in central London, at the conclusion of the second day of the AI Safety Summit on the safe use of artificial intelligence. Picture: Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA Wire

Impressive progress made at Rishi Sunak's AI Safety Summit: Olga Watterich

Doncaster Council’s planning committee has approved the details of the first stage of a major Edenthorpe housing development which will eventually see up to 600 homes built. CGI rendering of the estate in Edenthorpe. Credit: Avant Homes

First phase of major 600 home Yorkshire development approved by councillors

Yorkshire Water serves more than 5m customers

Yorkshire Water has taken 'clear action' to improve its finances

Yorkshire Water is looking to reduce sewage discharges by 35 per cent by 2030

Regulator ‘satisfied’ Yorkshire Water is recovering £940m of loans

County Hall, Northallerton

North Yorkshire Council vows to do more to tackle water pollution

Yorkshire Water is looking to reduce sewage discharges by 35 per cent by 2030

Yorkshire Water customers told they must pay more to help cut sewage discharges

Keyland Developments, the property trading arm of Kelda Group and sister company to Yorkshire Water, has launched to market a Hull site which is home to one of Europe’s largest Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). (Photo supplied by Keyland)

Keyland launches to market major battery energy storage facility

Yorkshire Water has announced that it has partnered with free online web platform, IE Hub.

Yorkshire Water announces partnership aimed at helping customers manage bills

Chris Harrap, Head of Estates and Environment at Tyers Hall Farm, Jenny Palmer, Agricultural Officer at Don Catchment Rivers Trust and Ann Hanson, Farming and Wildlife Adviser at Yorkshire Farming and Wildlife Partnership.

Farmers left wondering what do about payment changes form cluster

Councillor Darryl Smalley

Yorkshire Water block residents bid to get council to adopt their estate

The village has had problems of raw sewage in the streets

Raw sewage spilled into North Yorkshire streets 600 times in five years

Tony Fisher (LDRS image)

Yorkshire Water told to “clean its act up” after sewage spotted in River Foss

An artist's impression of how the managed wetland site in Pudsey will look

Yorkshire Water to create new wetland on site previously allocated for housing

Yorkshire Water's reservoirs were only 35 per cent full by the end of September 2022. Pictured is Ladybower Reservoir in the Peak District near Sheffield. Picture: Tony Johnson

Yorkshire Water close to breaching operating licence during last year's drought

Reservoir Farm, near Settle

Former reservoir for sale has residential and commercial property potential
The site of an empty reservoir that spans 5.6 acres set on a hillside on the edge of Settle isfor sale and full of potential for alternative uses, subject to securing necessary planning consents.

Bridlington South Beach. Picture is from East Riding of Yorkshire Council\'s press office

Investigation to find the cause of Bridlington South Beach’s poor bathing water

The South Bay at Scarborough pictured in July 2023. PIC: Tony Johnson

Scarborough South Bay bathing water rating needs to be deferred - YP Letters

Water providers could owe £800m in compensation to bill payers for ‘unfairly overcharging customers’

Bill payers could be owed £800m in compensation

Yorkshire Water and five other water companies are facing an enormous legal action after it has been claimed they have underreported sewage spills.

Yorkshire Water amongst water companies facing legal action

Lee Pitcher is the Labour Party’s parliamentary candidate for Doncaster East and Axholme.

Transformation of water management needed - Lee Pitcher

Scarborough Marine Drive, 2023. LDRS

“Confident” upgrades in sewage quality will achieve “significant improvements”

Coun Steven Leigh

Councillor: Discharge of sewage into rivers at times of heavy rain needs to stop

Topcliffe, near Thirsk, which has been beset by foul odours Picture: Google

Doomsday Book village beset by smells of raw sewage

Bishop Monkton

New 23-house scheme in Yorkshire village could exacerbate sewage 'abomination'

Yorkshire Water is facing questions about its finances.

Yorkshire Water's finances to remain ‘under the spotlight’

Swim Works project manager Caroline Kindy at the old Thornton Reservoir water treatment site

Yorkshire Swim Works: Search for new site after disused reservoir sold
A group who crowdfunded to realise their vision of turning a disused water treatment works into an outdoor swimming pool have been left disappointed after the site was sold to a mystery buyer.

Environmental campaigner Feargal Sharkey

Yorkshire Water's 'ridiculous' advert criticised by campaigner Feargal Sharkey

Yorkshire Water is facing questions about its finances.

Yorkshire Water pays out £62m in dividends after sharp rise in profits

The station building was restored in 2011-12, and Yorkshire Water say the faulty pipe was identified and recommended for replacement around this time

The Mallard at Moorthorpe Station re-opens after weeks of water supply problems

Water samples being collected from the River Nidd at Duffers Pool at Darley, near Harrogate. PIC: James Hardisty

Voters should remember Government failings on sewage - YP Letters

Julie Medford, Labour councillor for Normanton, looking out across fields at Heath Common which could be the site of energy storage farm.

Warning of ‘vapour cloud’ explosion risk at proposed energy storage farm

Moorthorpe Station has become home to several businesses since its derelict buildings were renovated in 2012

Pub at Yorkshire station forced to close due to failed water connection

Yorkshire Water's performance improved in the last year according to a report from the Environment Agency.

Yorkshire Water rating improved in latest Environment Agency report

Human waste leaked out onto Avenue Crescent in Chapel Allerton, on Sunday, June 18

Yorkshire Water blames customers after sewage spills out onto street

Oscar Boatfield pictured Fly-Fishing on the River Nidd, Pateley Bridge. .Picture by Simon Hulme

Shocking sewage figures 'may still be too low'

David Clayden, Chairman of the Nidd Action Group and Secretary of the Harrogate Fly Fishers' Club which was Founded in 1887. David is campaigning for the River Nidd to be granted bathing water status so that its water quality can be monitored. Pictured David Clayden, collecting water samples from the River Nidd at Duffers Pool at Darley, near Harrogate. Picture By Yorkshire Post Photographer, James Hardisty. Date: 29th June 2023.

Rising flow of fury on sewage in our rivers

Yorkshire Water is facing questions about its finances.

Yorkshire Water attempts to reassure customers amid questions about debts

Swinsty Reservoir, Otley. (Pic credit: Bruce Rollinson)

Swinsty Reservoir: History behind Yorkshire’s oldest reservoir

The derelict water treatment works at Thornton Moor Reservoir, near Bradford, are for sale

Old water treatment works site in moors goes up for auction

Rise in home working to blame for new hosepipe ban, water firm says. (Photo: Getty Images)

Nationalisation fears over water company financial trouble

A Surfers Against Sewage activist holds a board reading "End sewage pollution" during a protest against sewage pollution in Brighton, southern England, on May 20, 2023. England's privatised water companies pledged this week to make massive investments to stop raw sewage being pumped into waterways as concerns mount about water quality and laxer environmental protections post-Brexit. (Photo by Ben Stansall / AFP) (Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)

Do you trust the water companies with your money?

Yorkshire Water has blamed a technical fault for a spate of water main bursts in Hull

Yorkshire Water blames spate of burst water mains on faulty gear

People relaxing on the South Bay beach. PIC: Richard Ponter

Tourist summer boom could be wrecked by sewage pollution - Andrew Vine

Surfers in Scarborough

Scarborough surf school 'struggling to make a penny' after water quality warning

Increase in population leads to increase in river pollution.

Increase in population leads to increase in river pollution - YP Letters

The River Wharfe, pictured in summer 2022, has been the subject of a number of sewage releases (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Cheap apologies from water firms contrast with rising bills: Andy Brown

Bishop Monkton

Housebuilding in flood-hit village could be paused until sewage system repaired

Recent testing of water pollution in the River Nidd has shown the harmful bacteria E. coli is at ‘concerningly high’ levels

Councillors call for building moratorium in sewage-hit Yorkshire village

Remnants of the 17th century village of West End. (Pic credit: Christopher Furlong / Getty Images)

Thruscross Reservoir: History behind amazing hidden Yorkshire village

Five homes in Walton, near Wetherby, are regularly unable to use their toilets and showers when the sewage system is overwhelmed in heavy rain, a council planning meeting was told.

Excrement dumped on Yorkshire village gardens

Recent testing of water pollution in the River Nidd has shown the harmful bacteria E. coli is at ‘concerningly high’ levels

Raw sewage 'equivalent of 317 Olympic pools' dumped into Yorkshire river

Jon Trickett is the Labour MP for Hemsworth. PIC: Tony Johnson.

Public ownership needs to be considered when it comes to water - Jon Trickett

Earlier this month, Nicola Shaw, Yorkshire Water’s CEO, said in a letter to customers there had been “a huge amount of criticism, of and anger at, the water industry over recent months”.

Yorkshire water boss sewage apology criticised by Yorkshire councillors

'The signalman’s red flag finally drops this weekend on TransPennine Express'. PIC: PA

Matter of time before a water firm suffers the same fate as TPE - David Behrens