A discharge of effluent into a Surrey river which killed more than 100 fish has been stopped, according to the Environment Agency (EA). Members of the public reported seeing the dead fish on the ...

The Environment Agency issues a flood warning for the River Blackwater in Hampshire. ... external in place across England - nearly 80 in the South West and about 95 in the Midlands.

A 16-hour downpour turned the River Blackwater on November 12, 1901, normally a trickle, into a torrent that spilled over Blackburn's town centre Salford Bridge.