Windermere, part of the Lake District National Park Unesco World Heritage Site, is home to more than 14,000 people. Its scenery, rare species and cultural heritage attract seven million visitors ...

The permits also outline when water companies can dump ... on the western shoreline of Lake Windermere remains unchanged since 1989. An Environment Agency spokesperson said the watchdog has ...

Tourists making a trip to the Lake District this summer might be looking forward to cooling off in the deep blue waters of Lake Windermere. But as the temperatures rise, holidaymakers might be ...

Blue-green algae, which can be poisonous to humans and animals, formed on Lake Windermere in abundance as recent heatwaves coupled with masses of human effluent created the ideal conditions for ...

Algal blooms feed on nutrients from phosphate, and Mr Staniek says about 40% of the phosphate in Windermere, in the Lake District, comes from sewage from waste treatment sites owned by United ...

A water company has been accused of illegally dumping millions of litres of raw sewage into a World Heritage Site lake. United Utilities left raw sewage spilling into Windermere in the Lake ...

Sewage was illegally poured into the Lake District's famous Lake Windermere for a record number of days last year, campaigners say, citing new analysis. They looked at official data released by ...