A guest blog by Ben Bradley, Deepcar, Sheffield Following heavy rain on Thursday, 27 August 2026, I monitored local sewage discharge data and walked down to our local waterways in Deepcar. What I found was a clear picture of an infrastructure system pushed past its limits. Data from the Safer Seas & Rivers Service revealedContinueContinue reading “Sewage Pollution Cannot Become the Norm”
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This Dirty Water is an election issue.
Great Big Green Week got off to a melodious start on Sunday 9th June with the Sheffield Rivers Ramble and Singing Rally. Organised jointly by the South Yorkshire Climate Alliance and the Sheffield Climate Singers, the event was a celebration of Sheffeld’s Rivers. Three guided walks along the Upper Don, the Five Weirs Walk onContinueContinue reading “This Dirty Water is an election issue.”
The looming reality of Doncaster-on-Sea
A guest blog by Bryan Hopkins. A few weeks ago I picked up my grandson from school and on the way home he asked me if I knew the names of the rivers that flowed through Sheffield. “Well,” I said, “there is the Sheaf, the Porter, the Rivelin, the Loxley and they all flow intoContinueContinue reading “The looming reality of Doncaster-on-Sea”
