25 January 2024
Salmon conservation and its ripple effect on river health
The decline of salmon populations is gathering more and more public attention. To some, this may see…
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23 October 2023
Angling Trust welcome U-turn on housebuilding pollution rules
The Angling Trust has welcomed the government U-turn, announced at the weekend, to drop plans to abo…
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10 October 2023
Jamie Cook responds to Barbel Society rant on river…
The Angling Trust have responded to an article published online by the Angling Times in which Steve…
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19 September 2023
Investing in the future of our rivers
There are many activities the Environment Agency undertakes with your rod licence money that are les…
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12 September 2023
Sewage law-breaking needs to ‘mark beginning of the end…
Today’s announcement from the UK’s environment watchdog that sewage releases may have broken the law…
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29 August 2023
Government grants house builders a charter to pollute
The government’s plan to rip up the regulations to protect our rivers by weakening the requirements…
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02 August 2023
Angling Trust presents special awards to mark one year…
The exceptional contributions made by anglers, clubs and partners have been recognised by the Anglin…
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22 July 2023
River Severn pollution report makes grim reading as anglers…
A worrying level of pollution has been recorded on the Severn and its tributaries during a year of w…
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14 July 2023
Have your say: tell the government to include all…
In August 2022, the government published its Storm Overflow Reduction Plan. At the time, we expresse…
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19 June 2023
Fish kills: Let’s be clear – they are not…
A little spell of hot weather with some thunderstorms, some of which are locally heavy. The result?…
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04 April 2023
Government Plan for Water will fall short without money…
The Angling Trust has welcomed the publication of the Government’s Plan for Water but warned that it…
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04 April 2023
Anglers take part in big clean-ups on rivers and…
Over 350 bags of rubbish, 25 tyres, an avocado toilet and an abandoned sign saying ‘Cleaning in Prog…
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