Roger Milne

1 week ago | thewaterreport.co.uk | Roger Milne

Seventeen river catchments in Scotland are now at Alert level for water scarcity, according to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). These are: Conon, Spey, Deveron, Ythan, Don (Aberdeenshire), Dee (Aberdeenshire), Esk, Firth of Tay, Firth of Forth, Almond, Tyne (Lothian), Tweed, Esk (Dumfriesshire), Annan, Thurso, Shin and Naver. SEPA highlighted that the water scarcity level across the east of Scotland was particularly serious, with pressure on rivers building fast.

3 weeks ago | acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Brigid Lynch |Julie Bassett |Roger Milne |Alpa Patel

Corresponding Author Brigid M. Lynch PhD Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Physical Activity Laboratory, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Correspondence Brigid M. Lynch, Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Level 8, 200 Victoria Parade East, Melbourne 3002, Victoria, Australia.

1 month ago | thewaterreport.co.uk | Roger Milne

MPs on a UK parliamentary committee have recommended that the Northern Ireland Executive should reconsider introducing domestic water charges. Such a move could go some way to offset publicly-owned NI Water’s chronic underfunding of creaking wastewater infrastructure. However, such a measure is currently beyond the pale politically.

1 month ago | thewaterreport.co.uk | Roger Milne

The Northern Ireland Government has announced it is calling in forensic accountants to investigate why NI Water has gone into the red. The decision by infrastructure minister Liz Kimmins comes after the publicly owned company  informed her department of an estimated overspend of about £3m. At one point, the excess was nearer £5m. The accountants are expected to report within about six weeks. Kimmins’ department has responsibility for water policy and the company.

Feb 13, 2025 | acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Brigid Lynch |Julie Bassett |Roger Milne |Alpa Patel

INTRODUCTION Most studies that have estimated the burden of cancer attributable to physical inactivity have been guided by World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research risk factor grading criteria from their Third Expert Report.1 For example, the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Cancer Risk Factor Collaborators used these criteria, and estimated the cancer disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) attributable to breast and colorectal cancer around the world.