UK Environment Agency workers to stage fresh strike on Feb. 8

LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of staff at Britain's Environment Agency represented by the UNISON and Prospect trade unions will go on strike on Feb. 8 in a dispute over pay, UNISON said on Tuesday.

Staff working in river inspection, flood forecasting, coastal risk management and pollution control will stage a 12-hour strike on starting at 0700 GMT, UNISON said.

Environment Agency staff with UNISON took their first strike action on Jan. 18.

(Reporting by Sachin Ravikumar, Editing by Kylie MacLellan and William James)