{"id":705749,"date":"2026-07-22T19:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T19:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/705749\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T19:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T19:17:09","slug":"environment-agency-investigation-into-oil-in-sankey-valley-canal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/705749\/","title":{"rendered":"Environment Agency investigation into oil in Sankey Valley Canal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The pollution was reported in the Sankey Valley Canal this yesterday, Tuesday.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It was spotted by concerned passers-by near to the Warrington Hospital entrance of Sankey Valley Park.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It was said to have a \u2018diesel-like\u2019 spell.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Environment Agency has now told the Warrington Guardian that officers have attended the site and confirmed the presence of oil pollution.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  They said they are now considering appropriate next steps.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A spokesperson said: \u201cOur officers have attended the site and confirmed the presence of\u00a0oil pollution. Samples have been taken for investigation, and we have located the source of the pollution.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cWe are now considering appropriate next steps, including any appropriate enforcement action.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We thank the public for reporting environmental incidents. Anyone can report pollution to the Environment Agency\u2019s 24-hour incident hotline on 0800 807060.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The pollution was reported in the Sankey Valley Canal this yesterday, Tuesday. It was spotted by concerned passers-by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":705750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-705749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=705749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/705750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=705749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=705749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}