Water bike owner fined over death
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A man who illegally hired out a water bike to a Welsh teenager, who crashed into and killed his girlfriend is fined Â£523.
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By Dave Black  A development company was ordered to pay more than pounds 17,000 yesterday after admitting a second offence of allowing sewage effluent from a flagship housing project to pollute a Northumberland river.
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A drainage company is fined Â£16,000 after a pensioner was paralysed when he fell down an uncovered manhole.
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By Carl Mario Nudi, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Dec. 19--MANATEE -- A 47-year-old Riverview man was killed early Monday when his motorcycle struck a wild hog in north Manatee County.
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By Robin Fitzgerald, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 20--BILOXI -- An autopsy of remains found floating near the shoreline of the Mississippi Sound in Biloxi showed the cause of death was drowning.
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By The Associated Press  VENTURA -- The family of a sunbather run over and killed by a police beach-patrol vehicle filed a $10 million negligence lawsuit against the city of Oxnard.
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Hundreds of fish are believed to have been killed in a pollution incident in County Antrim.
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Two Austrians and a German were fined for cycling naked along the banks of the River Danube in Serbia where a heatwave has sent temperatures soaring.
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Assembly member Huw Lewis is demanding answers and assurances from Welsh Water following a river chemical spillage.   A death toll of around 1,000 fish was expected after three tonnes of aluminium sulphate leaked into the Taf Fechan from Pontsticill water treatment works on August 13.
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By Cliff Hightower, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Feb. 2--DAYTON, Tenn. -- A chemical plant that was the site of an August  blast that killed a worker may face a fine of $91,000 after state officials  said they found 13 serious violations during an investigation.
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"The club extends its sympathy to his wife, family and friends."  MOTORCYCLING: Latest on Isle of Man TT crash The name of the motorcyclist killed along with two other people following a crash during the Senior race at the Isle of Man TT has been released. via UTV
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By The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Feb. 13--A Priest River building contractor has been fined $7,500 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for violating federal water laws.
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Actor Bruce Willis is fined nearly Â£12,000 for breaking environmental laws by tearing up an island at his home.
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A fishing company has been fined $50,000 for spilling oil into Nelson harbour twice in one day after admitting a checklist was ticked when the safety procedures hadn't been done.
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Water firm United Utilities is given a Â£8.5m fine from water regulator Ofwat for breaching trading rules.
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By SAMANTHA YOUNG  SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Two state divers who died while inspecting an aqueduct that supplies water to millions of people relied on recreational equipment that is considered unsafe for the conditions they faced, industry and diving experts said Thursday.
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By Mike TaugherSTAFF  A federal judge Friday ruled that the permit that allows massive Delta water delivery projects to kill a tiny endangered fish is illegal. It is the second time in two months that a court has declared the state's water projects in violation of endangered species laws.