Campaigners have described the amount of untreated sewage that is being pumped into the River Ouse in East Sussex as "a horror". There have been more hours of spills from one outfall known as Ham Lane ...

A multimillion pound investment in a sewage treatment plant will boost a river’s water quality, Southern Water has said. The company said three major projects worth £7.3 million at the Barcombe site ...

East Sussex Highways first reported the emergency road closure, on social media, on Friday, December 19. A post on X at ...

A district council in England has passed a motion to grant its local river the rights to flow freely, to be free from pollution and to enjoy its native biodiversity. The move by Lewes District Council ...

In a major move for rivers up and down the land, last week it was announced that Sussex’s River Ouse is set to be granted its own rights. A new charter that has just been approved by Lewes district ...

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Is a river alive? Does it have rights? According to Lewes District Council, the answer is now ‘yes’. The River Ouse in Sussex has been granted ‘rights’ — eight of them, to be precise — including the ...

The small village of Southease can be found in East Sussex is littered with cute cottages and other buildings dating back ...