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It is not the first time the Environment Agency’s enforcement regime has been called into question. In 2024, the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP), an independent public body, ruled that the EA was not applying legislation properly as to when sewage could be legally discharged. It said the EA was allowing water companies to spill in “normal” weather rather than “exceptional circumstances” – as the law states.In light of the OEP report the EA issued new guidance last year, external making it clear that spills should not take place during normal weather.But in an email exchange with the BBC the…

Victoria Monét is officially entering a new era. The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter has announced her sophomore album, Frequency of Love, which will arrive on Oct. 2 via Lovett Music/RCA Records.                              She also shared the lead single, “Reach Out,” produced by frequent collaborators Kaytranada and D’Mile. The accompanying Dave Meyers-directed video features choreography by Sean Bankhead. The visual follows the singer as she performs in an all-black ensemble, leading an army of backup dancers on a journey to send a message to a long-term love interest. “I am so thankful to everyone who was a part of this piece of art!! I couldn’t…

NewsFeedFor decades, neo-Nazis and far-right extremists flocked to the Austrian home where Adolf Hitler was born to glorify the Nazi leader. Now, the building has been transformed into a police station following a $22.8-million renovation.Published On 22 Jul 202622 Jul 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Katsina State Governor, Dikko Umaru Radda, has commissioned the Cassava/Gari Processing Centre in Batsari Local Government Area, reaffirming his administration’s commitment to agricultural value addition and economic development. Governor Radda named the facility Abba Sayyadi Ruma Cassava/Gari Processing Centre in honour of the late former Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources, Dr Abba Sayyadi Ruma. Speaking during the commissioning ceremony, Governor Radda described the project as another fulfilment of his administration’s promise to improve the lives of citizens through practical and sustainable development initiatives. “Today is a celebration of vision. It is the fulfilment of a promise. It is another…

ToplineElon Musk on Wednesday deflected questions about a direct merger between his SpaceX and Tesla during the automaker’s earnings call, following months of speculation about a future tie-up of his two firms as the world’s richest person said there is increasingly more “overlap” between them.Musk told investors there is “more and more overlap” between his two companies. Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.Key FactsMusk, in response to a question from Wells Fargo analyst Colin Langan about a possible merger between Tesla and SpaceX, said: “We can’t talk about, you know, combining companies and that kind of thing on…

Salad is usually synonymous with healthy eating. Except now, as the US grapples with an expanding outbreak of cyclosporiasis that’s sickened more than 7,100 people in Michigan alone, likely caused by iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms.In fact, leafy greens are frequently implicated in instances of foodborne illness. There was a 2022 multistate E. coli outbreak tied to romaine served on Wendy’s sandwiches and 173 cases of norovirus linked to Illinois eatery D.C. Cobb’s. In 2021, BrightFarms recalled packaged salad greens sold in several states after 31 people got salmonella. And in 2019, a total of 167 people were infected…

Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has expressed confidence that Nigeria will eventually elect a president and vice-president on a Christian-Christian ticket, insisting that the country’s Constitution does not require religious balancing in political appointments or electoral tickets. Sule stated this on Tuesday during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today while responding to criticism by the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) vice-presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, over issues of political representation. The governor dismissed the criticism as a normal feature of opposition politics. “I think it is normal for Senator Kwankwaso, whom I respect a lot, to say that because he’s…

Australia’s emergency services and military personnel are being trained to read paper maps, navigate without GPS support and sail by the stars in case something knocks out the nation’s space capabilities.A panel at the 19th Australian Space Forum in Adelaide on Wednesday was asked to consider what would happen “if we suddenly lost access to critical space infrastructure – no satellites, no GPS, no remote sensing, no secure communications?”Sign up for the Breaking News Australia emailThe experts warned that Australians are unaware just how dependent they are on space, and how vulnerable that connection is to enemy attacks and solar…

Nigeria international Tolu Arokodare reportedly brought a Wolverhampton Wanderers training session to an abrupt end after refusing to leave the pitch while demanding a transfer to Italian side Fiorentina. According to the BBC, the 25-year-old striker staged the protest during Monday’s training session by sitting on the pitch and insisting the Championship club allow him to complete a move to the Serie A outfit. His actions prompted newly appointed Wolves manager Cesar Peixoto to cancel the session as the club’s preparations for the new season were disrupted. The report added that Arokodare will not be part of the squad for…

Singer D4vd had a multimillion-dollar recording deal, an executive at his former label testified on Wednesday, as prosecutors sought to establish the musician had a financial motivation to kill Celeste Rivas Hernandez.The scope of how much Interscope Records was paying the singer, born David Anthony Burke, came into clear view on the second day of a hearing to determine whether there was probable cause for him to stand trial for the murder and sexual abuse of Rivas Hernandez. The label terminated his contract in December 2025.The teenager’s body was found last year in gruesome conditions in a car registered to…