Isle of Sheppey, an English island in Kent, sits in the Thames Estuary. It’s tied to the mainland by bridges, hosts a dockyard and prisons, and sits at the heart of regional trade and governance.
A government-wide crackdown on illegal waste dumping is expanding, with new powers to seize assets, higher fines, and regional enforcement to tackle organised waste crime that has blighted communities across England. The effort follows a BBC investigation identifying several supersites and a rising tide of waste crimes.