Niamh Garrity

Environment correspondent

Niamh writes for the Daily Meridian. 2 articles.

Exposed banks at a reservoir in England during low water.

EnvironmentReservoirs at 58% as water firms warn hosepipe bans may last into winter

Six months of below-average rainfall have left storage across England at its lowest October level since 1995, with four companies saying restrictions will not lift before January

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EnvironmentWild beavers cut flood peaks by a fifth in first year of licensed releases

Eleven families released in Dorset, Devon and Northumberland have built 47 dams, slowed winter floods and raised water tables in a summer of drought, Natural England reports

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