As we reach the first anniversary of our fight to tackle water pollution, we review any steps that have been taken to overhaul the damage done to UK waterways
If you were going to design Britain s sewage system from scratch today, the one we have, to put it mildly, isn t the design you d pick. But for most of the country, it s simply too late. Most urban areas have systems that "bake in" sewage spills pretty much forever.
The way we use energy is changing. As electric heat pumps and electric vehicles become more popular, and as the government tries to phase out fossil fuels to reach its net zero target, some estimate that our electricity demand will increase by 50 per cent by 2035. But can our energy system take that strain?