内容摘要：While anyone can buy an e-scooter, they can only be used on private land and not on public roads or pavements.

While anyone can buy an e-scooter, they can only be used on private land and not on public roads or pavements.

"Our belief as a parish [council] is not enough is being done to alleviate this problem."Sewage spills can be contaminated by human waste, wet wipes and sanitary products, which can pose a serious risk to wildlife, swimmers and others who use UK waterways.

In a statement, the Environment Agency said: "Storm overflow spills are measured by event duration monitors and 100% of storm overflows across the water network are now fitted with these, meeting the target set by the government to do so by the end of 2023."A free exhibition that tells the story of the south of England, from Jurassic dinosaurs through to early humans, has opened.The University of Southampton's Hidden in Stone, which features a cast of Dorset fossil hunter Mary Anning's Plesiosaurus

can be visited at the city's God's House Tower for eight weeks.It showcases dozens of specimens from Lyme Regis in the west, across the Isle of Wight to Hastings in the east, and north into Hampshire.

Exhibition lead professor Neil Gostling said he hoped it would inspire the next generation of scientists.

University paleobiologists and archaeologists have been working with artists, including Anthony Hutchings, to transport visitors back across the past 200 million years of life, normally hidden in stone.By changing position and conceding there is a housing emergency, ministers avoided what could have been a difficult moment in parliament.

First Minister John Swinney told BBC Scotland News: “What we want to do today is to reach out to other parties and to recognise the significance of the challenge that exists.”He added: “We have to recognise that the government does not have a limitless amount of money and we can’t invest everything if our capital budget is being reduced by the UK government.”

Last year, Argyll and Bute, City of Edinburgh and Glasgow City councils all declared housing emergencies.Fife Council made the same move in March followed by West Dunbartonshire earlier this month.