Lakes
Bathing water regulations in Northern Ireland have ‘fallen out of step with the needs of today’
A Stormont department has been urged to update regulations to protect those swimming in rivers and lakes
South has ‘highest proportion of rivers and lakes with toxic chemical cocktails’
The South West was found to rank poorly across the board, 96% of rivers and 72% of groundwater sites found to have the chemicals cocktails present.
Bacteria can remove plastic pollution from lakes, research suggests
Scientists suggest waters could be enriched with particular species of bacteria in order to remove plastic pollution from the environment.
None of north's water bodies achieve 'good' status
THE north's rivers, lakes and coastal waters have been described as an "environmental disaster" after official figures revealed that none achieved 'good' status.
Kate meets Holocaust survivors who found ‘paradise’ in the Lake District
Kate took a boat trip on Lake Windermere with two elderly men who went ‘from hell to paradise’.
Kate tries out abseiling on a visit to Lake District
The Duchess of Cambridge visited Cathedral Quarry in Little Langdale, Cumbria.
World’s lakes ‘losing oxygen rapidly due to global warming’
Falling oxygen levels may have potentially disastrous consequences for struggling wildlife and drinking water supplies.
