Nothing reported yesterday or so far today as conditions remain much the same but levels dropping still.  Apart from the very bottom river that is with a big 9m tide up as far as the Florence.  Perhaps this may bring in some new fish otherwise we are up the creek.

LATEST.   Fish reported from the Red Lion beat today.  a 12lb fish to Derrick Maund on a Willie Gunn tube.    A much bigger fish was lost by another angler earlier in the week.

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FROM THE TELEGRAPH

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A ban on muck-spreading this autumn has been lifted by the Government in a victory for farmers. Food producers have been grappling with rising costs for fertilisers, fuel and animal feed due to the war in Ukraine.

Farmers have argued that they should be allowed to use manure as an organic alternative to artificial fertiliser, for which gas is a key ingredient, as it becomes more scarce.

(B) Sewage discharges will be cut by 80 per cent under government plans to tackle river pollution, but not for another 30 years. George Eustice, the Environment Secretary, said the Government was acting after The Telegraph launched its campaign for action to clean up England’s rivers amid growing public concern. It comes as new data will show water companies pumped sewage into rivers more than 370,000 times in 2021.

Earlier this year The Telegraph revealed companies were releasing sewage more than 1,000 times a day on average in 2020, despite being told to do so only in exceptional circumstances such as heavy rain.

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The Government has launched a public consultation to help develop a plan to reduce sewage discharges into rivers and other bodies of water from storm overflows in England.

Find out more about the consultation, and share your views: https://consult.defra.gov.uk/water-industry/storm-overflows-discharge-reduction-plan/

The consultation is open until 11.45pm on 12 May 2022.

The Government is required to publish a plan by September 2022 to reduce sewage discharges from storm overflows in England. It has said its plan will include new targets for water companies to reduce their reliance on storm overflows and tackle the ecological and public health harm caused by these discharges.

This consultation seeks views on these targets and other elements of the plan ahead of its publication.

Once the consultation has closed, the Government will publish a summary of the responses and next steps on the GOV.UK website: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/storm-overflows-reducing-sewage-discharges

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The consultation is being run by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA). DEFRA is responsible for government policy on environmental improvement and protection in England. The devolved administrations in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are responsible for environmental policy in those nations.

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