thames water says it has enou:h with. thames water says it has enough money _ with.s it has enough money in _ with. thames water says it has enough money in the - with. thames water says it has enough money in the bank - with. thames water says it has enough money in the bank to i enough money in the bank to lasted for a little over a year, but at some point it will have to raise fresh money to fund the vast investments that are needed and those investors will want to see a return, which could inevitably mean higher bills. in north london, these blue pipes are replacing those laid when victoria was on the throne and these streets were fields. it will take tens of billions of pounds and thames is not alone, ultimately that money has to come from customers, many high bills, or from taxpayers. simonjack, bbc news. let's talk to the veteran investor justin urquhart stewart, who now runs the investment platform regionally. hello, always good to see you there. ,., ., hello, always good to see you there. h, ., ., hello, always good to see you there-_ as - hello, always good

i mean thames water has £80 billion _ industry? sure.? sure. i mean thames water has £80 billion of debt _ industry? sure. i mean thames water has £80 billion of debt that _ industry? sure. i mean thames water has £80 billion of debt that it - has £80 billion of debt that it needs to service and essentially it is saying it hasn't quite got enough to keep going the company. it has been hit by higher interest rates on that debt and all the money comes out of the customers' bills, so a greater share is going to paying off that debt orjust paying that debt. and so it has asked shareholders to put in equity and so far they're refusing on the grounds that ofwat is saying that they need to put more money in and they need to, they want ofwat to make some concessions. that includes a big increase in customer bills. they want a 56% increase in bills. they want a 56% increase in bill after inflation and concessions on regulatory fines, because... sounds like the burden then is, could be placed on customers. what sort of reaction has there been to t

by the thames. , ., ., thames.is the oxford and cambridge — thames. it is the oxford and cambridge boat _ thames. it is the oxford and cambridge boat race - thames. it is the oxford and i cambridge boat race starting thames. it is the oxford and i cambridge boat race starting in thames. it is the oxford and - cambridge boat race starting in the next couple of hours. we start with the war between israel and hamas, as international pressure mounts for action to address the prospect of imminent famine among palestinians in gaza. we're following a number of developments. the us is said to have authorised the transfer of billions of dollars�* worth of bombs and fighterjets to israel in recent days. the package — reported by the washington post and reuters — comes despite growing calls for us military aid to be linked to changes in how israel conducts the war. it's just days after the un's top court, the international court ofjustice, ordered israel to allow the unimpeded flow of food aid into gaza. israel says un allega

since 1989 since water was privatised, thames water has built up privatised, thames water has built uphe backs of customers. thames water customers pay 25p in every pound to a service that debt. thames water is one of the worst water companies for sewage, it leaks away one fifth of our water, and in the meantime, shareholders have been taking out of the company £7 billion in dividends. and now they are say, they are turning to ofwat and they are we want to increase the bills by a0%, we want to allow shareholders to continue taking dividends and we want to be off the hook for sewage. it's an absolutely unsustainable absurd situation and it highlights everything that is wrong with water privatisation in england. and it's the reason why we actually need the government to bring tens water into public ownership permanently, not by other shareholders but in public ownership to work for people and households who use it and for the environment. the households who use it and for the environment. th— households who use it and for the environment. the people always point out with three — environm

the fact that these thames water shareholders — 1?t these thames water shareholders have _ 1? the fact that these thames water shareholders have refused _ 1? the fact that these thames water shareholders have refused to - 1? the fact that these thames water shareholders have refused to put - shareholders have refused to put this extra money into the company doesn't make nationalisation eventually inevitable —— thames water. but it does make it a lot more likely it would otherwise have been. if it does happen, it wouldn't been. if it does happen, it wouldn't be a willing nationalisation and no doubt ministers would try and get the company back into private hands as soon as possible. some would say that would be the wrong thing to do and there is plenty of nationalised industries and there is plenty of nationalised industries in other countries that show public utilities can be delivered by nationalised companies in an efficient way, especially things like natural monopolies perhaps, where people don't have the ability to move around an

thames water cleans up the mess. thames water cleans up the mess.r than average rainfall across london and ground water levels are exceptionally high for the time of year. the have published plans to upgrade over 250 of their sites. but it does notjust london that this affects. there are thousands maybe millions of people who consider entering public waterways for recreation. almost every day. certainly every weekend. this is a problem that is notjust affecting the capital. in the boat race course. that is bright. taste the capital. in the boat race course. that is bright. we are seeinr course. that is bright. we are seeing the — course. that is bright. we are seeing the decline, _ course. that is bright. we are seeing the decline, fast - course. that is bright. we are i seeing the decline, fast decline course. that is bright. we are - seeing the decline, fast decline of an unregulated industry. environment agency and all four do not have the tp civil subsidy environment agency has lost about seven is its funding so very much a national in many ways

thames water customers pay 25p in every pound to service that debt.eaks away one fifth of our water, and in the meantime, shareholders have been taking out of the company £7 billion in dividends. and now they are saying, they are turning to ofwat and they are saying we want to increase customers' bills by a0%, we want to allow shareholders to continue taking dividends and we want to be off the hook for sewage. it's an absolutely unsustainable absurd situation and it highlights everything that is wrong with water privatisation in england. and it's the reason why we actually need the government to bring thames water into public ownership permanently, not bail out the shareholders but into public ownership to work for people and households who use it and for the environment. officials in the us city of baltimore say all their efforts to find any more people still missing after tuesday's bridge collapse when it was struck by a cargo ship, have been exhausted. divers recovered two bodies trapped in a vehicle in the water beneath. four men who were working

thames water is one of the worst water companies for sewage., shareholders have been taking out of the company £7 billion in dividends. and now they are saying, they are turning to ofwat, they are saying, we want to increase customer bills by a0%, we want to allow shareholders to continue taking dividends, and we want to be off the hook for sewage. it's an absolutely unsustainable, absurd situation and it highlights everything that is wrong with water privatisation in england. and it's the reason why we actually need the government to bring thames water into public ownership permanently. not bail out the shareholders, but bring it into public ownership so it can work for people, for the households that use it and for the environment. the newly—formed presidential council in haiti has pledged to restore public and democratic order once it's installed. the council said it would appoint a new prime minister to organise long—overdue presidential and congressional elections. criminal gangs have continued their campaign of violence in the capital, po

chris weston, chief executive of thames water has been speaking to the bbc.said in conversations with 0fwat regarding our business plan and that is important and that is a process that will go on until the end of this year. and that creates a business plan that shareholders and anyone who might provide equity can look at and determine whether they are going to inject equity into thames. so i think it is premature to go there at the moment. if, at the end of the day, probably well into the end of next year, we were in a situation that we had no equity, then there is the prospect as i think simonjack was saying of special administration, but we are a long way from that point at the moment. a test that spots signs of motor neurone disease before symptoms appear has been hailed a "game changer" by scientists developing it. the tool is able to detect damaged cell proteins in brain—tissue samples, taken during a biopsy. researchers say the test could speed up diagnosis, as identifying the condition in its earliest stages could make treatments more effective. doctor

thames water wants to put up the bills by 70%.sh water is in public ownership. there are problems of there, of course, but it is far away from the disaster uzi in england. if we triggered a special procedure, shareholders lose their investments, creditors who have been reckless in landing and taking money out of the water system can be made to take a haircut. fundamentally, we've got to rethink the public ownership looks like in the 21st—century britain. the top—down system of whitehall control over public services isn't really the best way. what you want to do is make sure that staff at the water companies who knew the service best, bill payers who have a real interest in making sure the service works have representation on the boards of directors who are running our public services. it is notjust water, it is also energy, real, the nhs, that the experimental privatisation just does not have a good track record and it is time to have a serious conversation about to change. have a serious conversation about to chance. ., ~ ,, have

thames is the biggest water company _ for customers?tomers? thames is the biggest water company in the _ for customers? thames is the biggest water company in the country, - for customers? thames is the biggest water company in the country, 16 - water company in the country, 16 million country, £16 billion in debt and that is the problem, it desperately needed an injection of new money. it was meant to get £500 million from its shareholders, which include abu dhabi and chinese state investors, they were going to put £500 million and by tomorrow. but that was conditional on the regulator ofwat agreeing to customer bills going up by 40% over the next five years. ofwat said they were not going to allow that to happen and so the investors have pulled out. they are going to need some money in due course. ten so that it has enough money in the kitty to last the next year—and—a—half nearly but it will need some more money at some stage and without new funding, the pretty new chief executive said nationalisation was possible. it is, i would lik

the thames tunnel, the big sewer under the thames, will fix a lot of the problems with thames water.t fixed. you know, the sewage outlets, the processing of the sewage. and let's actually do that. actually spending billions on actually nationalising it won't cure it. i think ofcom needs more powers. and i also think the government don't give ofcom any more. yeah, sorry . ofcom any more. yeah, sorry. ofwat needs more more powers. and also like i said i think the government, if it put money in then it dictates exactly how that money is spent and you see if you look at it historically, the problem is when you've got water nationalised with the health service , education, health service, education, police, defence, you'll find that it will not necessarily be the priority for spending. so i suggest leave it in private hands, but use use the thumbscrews on those companies to actually invest properly, give less money to their shareholders and to their executives, and actually get their ship in in order. and that would be my solution because i think the billions used just to nationalise it w

for thames water.ners in the supply chain to provide our services for the benefit of customers, benefit of our customers, communities and the environment. and catherine, whilst we've got you did want to talk to you about rishi sunak, who has sparked somewhat of an easter honours row, hasn't he? announcing a knighthood for one of the tory party's biggest donors and for tory mps, the timing of this is very interesting, isn't it? >> yes, it is quite an unusual to have an honours list. now it's reignited speculation. we know there's not going to be a general election in may, but speculation that there might be one in june or possibly july , one in june or possibly july, even though the government is still saying the autumn is the plan. most likely dates, november the 14th or 21st. so let's see. but yes , a big row let's see. but yes, a big row because, alongside the awards to people like sunak, loyalist philip davis who becomes a sir, etc. yeah, there's been a knighthood for mohammed mansoor , knighthood f

. _ the river thames. behind us, that is a huge manhole cover. it _ the river thames.struction piece, really. lot of focus on the water industry about the amount of sewage spills. for people not in london, is everyone going to have to get their own super sewer? it cost £5 million and will be massively expensive. this is a big project, a big solution _ this is a big project, a big solution to a big problem. a very crowded — solution to a big problem. a very crowded city like london, that has been _ crowded city like london, that has been polluting the river over recent decades _ been polluting the river over recent decades. this is a big step forward. this kind _ decades. this is a big step forward. this kind of— decades. this is a big step forward. this kind of situation would not work— this kind of situation would not work in — this kind of situation would not work in many other locations. he was sa inc work in many other locations. he was sa in: this work in many other locations. he was saying this is — work in many other locations. he was saying this is a _ work in

so you mentioned the 15 billion figure for thames water alone.hat the regulator should make sure that water companies and their investors can get a return on their capital. it's not primarily about making sure that there is good water, that the rivers are clean, that the beaches are clean. so, you know, at the heart of this is a failure of the experiment of privatisation. we even have a situation where currently on the board of thames water is a director who used to be the chief executive of 0fwat, the regulator. and so this is how broken and captured the regulation system is, when you can be a regulator but then get a lucrative job at a water company later on that you're meant to be regulating, you're probably not going to do a very good job. the government oversees all of this, and it can change it by putting water companies into special administration and bringing about not just temporary, but permanent public ownership, which is like, by the way, what 90% of countries around the world already do. it's the easter weekend, and for many people t

it ahead and we will be live by the thames. , ., ., thames.xford and cambridge boat race - thames. it is the oxford and j cambridge boat race starting thames. it is the oxford and i cambridge boat race starting in thames. it is the oxford and - cambridge boat race starting in the next couple of hours.

the tunnel is under the tidal thames.or as it's better known, the super sewer. the super sewer has been designed and built to intercept the frequent spills of untreated sewage into the tidal thames. it's going to have a profound effect on the health of the river. snaking its way underneath the bends of the thames, the super sewer can hold 600 olympic—sized swimming pools of sewage and rain. it looks like it's getting dark up here. last year, i bicycled with andy along the 7m wide tunnel. here we are at the victoria interception point, which is this connection tunnel here. whoo! echoing. this sort of mega project doesn't come cheap. the super sewer has cost about £5 billion to build and that's going to be paid for by thames water customers through their bills and that's the reality for the rest of the uk as well. if we want to stop sewage spilling into our rivers and seas, water companies and the government have been very clear that it's all of us, who are going to have to pay for it. it smells absolutely gorgeous, really

would you go paddling thames? paddling in the thames? myself anywhere, near a body of water where i could capsize. >> oh, something . >> oh, something. >> oh, something. >> thank you very much for your time. have a good weekend, john, in response , thames water have in response, thames water have said we'd like reassure our said we'd like to reassure our customers that despite this announcement, it's business as usual water . our 8000 usual for thames water. our 8000 staff remain committed to working partners in working with our partners in the supply chain to provide our services benefit our services for the benefit of our customers, communities and the environment. usual, environment. business as usual, they that mean ? they say. what does that mean? pumping sewage into water? pumping sewage into the water? honestly, not one single honestly, there's not one single topic that gets as much topic that gets me riled as much as nation swimming in as this. a nation swimming in its i mean, that's its own filth. i mean, that's what is. disgust

thames water says high rainfall has overwhelmed storm drains.investment by the company. we'd like to see water quality being put above profit. we'd like to see people in towns and villages having their sewage treated, and it being returned to the river after being treated, so that we have healthy chalk streams. and we have communities not walking through sewage on their streets. thames is the biggest water company in the uk, serving 16 million customers. but it also has nearly £15 billion in debts. having paid out millions to former shareholders in years gone by, its current owners were due to pump in £500 million by tomorrow — a first instalment — and over £3 billion in extra cash, but that depended on the regulator approving a 40% increase in bills over the next five years. ofwat said no, and the cash was withdrawn. the new boss says that the investment needed makes higher bills inevitable. i would argue that that is the price that customers have to pay for the investment in our infrastructure that is needed, and the investment that is require

e coli alert in the thames — university boat race crews are told not to enter the water as the amountw sewage spilling into england's rivers and seas more than doubles in a year. after the authorities in slovakia claim this bear that went on the rampage has been shot dead, a row over whether they got the wrong one. on bbc london, 1,300 more officers to boost neighbourhood on newsnight at 10.30, we'll go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on today's big stories, plus a look tomorrow's front pages. good evening. in the last few moments, authorities in the us say two bodies have now been recovered following the baltimore bridge collapse yesterday. investigators have also found the data recorder from the ship that crashed into the bridge. they are hoping it will explain why the vessel lost power soon after leaving the city's port. six maintenance workers who fell into the water when the francis scott key bridge collapsed are all presumed dead. here's our north america correspondent gary 0'donoghue. we've heard from the local authorities that about ten o'clock this m

ellie price, bbc news, on the thames.efensive co—ordinator for the seattle seahawks in the nfl. aden durde, or ad as he's known, is the first british coach to be named as a co—ordinator in the league, just one step below the head coach. my colleague hugh ferris spoke to ad about his rise to the position. it has been a crazy few years and sometimes it is moments like this where i get to stop and think about it. i don't think about it much, to be honest. being back home in london is crazy to stop and think and i don't talk about myjourney much so i am extremely grateful and very excited. it is a new era in seattle with the new head coach, a new co—ordinator, all new, and you have a situation where the new head coach is a defensive head coach. how much does that help you because you will not be calling the plays, which most defensive co—ordinators do. i think we will help each other grow and help each other through the process. being around people with a growth mindset is exciting. it is something that i am really looking fo

river thames is at high tide.hames, though, speaking of the thames, though, the well, they've the labour party, well, they've been their war as been sticking their war in as well . thames water been sticking their war in as well. thames water is threatening to up by threatening to rack up bills by about they've said about 40, and they've said they'll measures they'll place tougher measures on water companies such as thames water to clean up waste. and elevated and that comes as elevated levels coli bacteria have levels of e coli bacteria have been detected in the thames. so it's prompted a warning to today's oxbridge rowers not to engagein today's oxbridge rowers not to engage in their traditional celebration of jumping in the river after the race. so joining me now is chief exec of river action campaign group james wallace . good morning james. is wallace. good morning james. is this a sort of you know, how uncommon is this extraordinary level of e coli in the river? do we see it now and then? does it vary depend

thames water has said improving river health was a "key focus" for the company.joy on dry land. the boat race for the students had changed this year through geography, rainfall through the winter, increasing sewage in the thames. the river action campaign group found high levels of e.coli rowers were told to stay out of the water. cambridge went clear in the men's race and stretched out a lead. they put in so much through four miles. some barely had the strength to finish. they won by 10 seconds, but 0xford had an explanation. we've had a few guys go down pretty badly with the e.coli strain. so, i mean, this morning i was throwing up. it would have been ideal not to have so much poo in the water. but, you know, that's not to take away from cambridge. they were a talented crew. i don't know if we would have had a chance to get them, even if we'd all been on form. so it's no way to make excuses. the women's boat race was close until it changed on a moment. oxford, i'm warning you, oxford. that stern word from the umpire was to stop the boats colliding. oxford fell

thames water says high rainfall has overwhelmed storm drains. company. we'd like to see water quality being put above profit. we'd like to see people in towns and villages having their sewage treated, and it being returned to the river after being treated, so that we have healthy chalk streams. and we have communities not walking through sewage on their streets. thames is the biggest water company in the uk, serving 16 million customers. but it also has nearly £15 billion in debts. having paid out millions to former shareholders in years gone by, its current owners were due to pump in £500 million by tomorrow — a first instalment and over £3 billion in extra cash — but that depended on the regulator approving a 40% increase in bills over the next five years. 0fwat said no and the cash was withdrawn. the new boss says that the investment needed makes higher bills inevitable. i would argue that that is the price that customers have to pay for the investment in our infrastructure that is needed, and the investment that is required to cope with thin

of thames water chris weston told the bbc.— executive of thames water chris weston told the bbc.aid in conversations with - weston told the bbc. we are as i said in conversations with 0fwat| said in conversations with 0fwat regarding our business plan, and thatis regarding our business plan, and that is important. that is a process that is important. that is a process that will go on until the end of this year, and that creates a business plan that shareholders and anyone who might provide equity can look at and then determine whether they are going to inject equity into thames. i think it is premature to go there at the moment. if at the end of the day probably well into the end of next year we were in a situation where we have no equity, then there is the prospect, as i think simonjack was saying, of special administration. but we are a long way from that point at the moment. a teaching union in england says its members are reporting that levels of violence and abuse from pupils have risen sharply since the pandemic. nearly one in five teachers who responded to a survey commiss

ellie price, bbc news on the thames.ondon has been named defensive coordinator for the seattle sea hawks in the nfl. ad as he's known as the first british coach to be named as a co—coordinator in the league. just one step below the head coach. my colleague hugh ferris spoke to ad about his rise to the position. it's been a crazy few years, but like sometimes like it's like moments like this where i get to stop and kind of think about it. i don't really think about it that much. i'll be honest with you. when i'm in america and kind of being back home in london, it's kind of crazy to stop and think, and i don't really talk about myjourney that much, so i'm extremely grateful and very excited for the future. and that it's a new era in seattle. you've got a new head coach or new coordinators. you're all new, essentially the major coaching staff. you've got a situation where the new head coach, mike macdonald, is a defensive head coach. how much does that help you? because you won't be calling the plays, which most defensive

ellie price, bbc news, on the thames.efensive co—ordinator for the seattle seahawks in the nfl. aden durde, or ad as he's known, is the first british coach to be named as a co—ordinator in the league, just one step below the head coach. my colleague hugh ferris spoke to ad about his rise to the position. it has been a crazy few years and sometimes it is moments like this where i get to stop and think about it. i don't think about it much, to be honest. being back home in london is crazy to stop and think and i don't talk about myjourney much so i am extremely grateful and very excited. it is a new era in seattle with the new head coach, a new co—ordinator, you are wrong —— all new, and you have a situation where the new head coach is a defensive had coach. how much does that help you because you will not be calling the plays which most defensive co—ordinators do. i think we will help each other grow and help each other through the process. being around people with a growth mindset is exciting. it is something that i am re

thames water says high rainfall has overwhelmed storm drains. charities say it's down to years of underinvestment by the company. we'd like to see water quality being put above profit. we'd like to see people in towns and villages having their sewage treated, and it being returned to the river after being treated, so that we have healthy chalk streams. and we have communities not walking through sewage on their streets. thames is the biggest water company in the uk, serving 16 million customers. but it also has nearly £15 billion in debts. having paid out millions to former shareholders in years gone by, its current owners were due to pump in £500 million by tomorrow — a first instalment and over £3 billion in extra cash — but that depended on the regulator approving a 40% increase in bills over the next five years. ofwat said no and the cash was withdrawn. the new boss says that the investment needed makes higher bills inevitable. i would argue that that is the price that customers have to pay for the investment in our infrastructure that is ne

ellie price, bbc news, on the thames.ed defensive co—ordinator for the seattle seahawks in the nfl. adden durde, or ad as he's known, is the first british coach to be named as a co—ordinator in the league, just one step below the head coach. my colleague hugh ferris spoke to ad about his rise to the position. it has been a crazy few years and sometimes it is moments like this where i get to stop and think about it. i don't think about it much, to be honest. being back home in london is crazy to stop and think and i don't talk about my journey much so i am extremely grateful and very excited. it is a new era in seattle with the new head quote —— coach a new co—ordinator, you are wrong new, and you have a situation where the new head coach is a defensive had coach. how much does that help you because you will not be calling the plays which most defensive co—ordinators do. i which most defensive co-ordinators do. i think we will help _ co-ordinators do. i think we will help each _ co-ordinators do. i think we will help each

thames water told us it is planning to upgrade it next year.f spills doubling to 3.6 million. these figures are unacceptable and sadly the _ these figures are unacceptable and sadly the result of a lack of investment in the system it combines waste _ investment in the system it combines waste water and gray water it needs upgrading _ waste water and gray water it needs upgrading urgently which is why we plan to— upgrading urgently which is why we plan to sort it out it is with the regulator— plan to sort it out it is with the regulator now and we are keen to get the right— regulator now and we are keen to get the right to _ regulator now and we are keen to get the right to build more capacity in our networks we can bring numbers down _ our networks we can bring numbers down. ., ., ., , .., , down. part of the reason why records have been broken _ down. part of the reason why records have been broken is— down. part of the reason why records have been broken is because - down. part of the reason why records have been broken is because last - have

thames water hospital.water shareholders are refusing to inject extra funding to keep it afloat unless the regulator allows bills to rise by up to 40% over five years. they were due to put in half £1 billion before the end of the month, but have withheld it because they say the business plan is uninvestable . it comes as rowers uninvestable. it comes as rowers taking part in this weekend's boat been warned about boat race have been warned about high of the high levels of e coli in the river thames as a result of the company dumping raw sewage . last company dumping raw sewage. last year's recession was less severe than initially thought, according to new figures from the office of national statistics, which found the economy still shrunk for two quarters in a row. but the total contraction over that six month penod contraction over that six month period dropped from 0.5% to 0.1 percent. a personal message from the king has been broadcast to worcester cathedral, marking the royal maundy service. the queen wa

rainfall through the winter, increasing sewage in the thames.f e.coli. rowers were told to stay out of the water. cambridge went clear in the men's race and stretched out a lead. they put in so much through four miles. some barely had the strength to finish. they won by 10 seconds, but 0xford had an explanation. we've had a few guys go down pretty badly with the e.coli strain. so, i mean, this morning i was throwing up. it would have been ideal not to have so much poo in the water. but, you know, that's not to take away from cambridge. they were a talented crew. i don't know if we would have had a chance to get them, even if we'd all been on form. so it's no way to make excuses. the women's boat race was close until it changed on a moment. oxford, i'm warning you, oxford. that stern word from the umpire was to stop the boats colliding. oxford fell back and cambridge powered on to chiswick. it's their seventh straight win and the men's fifth in six years. but what did change this year was the team's celebration. by tradition, the coxes get thrown

they've been warned about in the thames. about the e.coli in the thames. >> we all care for our >> ifare for our country, we care for our rivers, our streams, the beauty of it, the and when we hear the nature. and when we hear about this, what really want, about this, what we really want, andrew, people to be andrew, is we want people to be held we want held to account. yeah, we want the agency to do the environment agency to do what right say when these what is right to say when these things are going wrong, for things are going wrong, not for it to have to be exposed by. i think it was in this case, sky's investigation into this. that isn't should finding isn't how we should be finding out these things. so i out about these things. so i think questions need think strong questions need to be asked and held be asked and people held accountable. and not only accountable. and then not only that, stop this happening. that, let's stop this happening. >> and that from my understanding, had understanding, and we've had a couple got fergal couple of we've got fergal sharkey huge campaigner s

rainfall through the winter, increasing sewage in the thames.ent clear in the men's race and stretched out a lead. they put in so much through four miles. some barely had the strength to finish. they won by 10 seconds, but 0xford had an explanation. we've had a few guys go down pretty badly with the e.coli strain. so, i mean, this morning i was throwing up. it would have been ideal not to have so much poo in the water. but, you know, that's not to take away from cambridge. they were a talented crew. i don't know if we would have had a chance to get them, even if we'd all been on form. so it's in no way to make excuses. the women's boat race was close until it changed on a moment. oxford, i'm warning you, oxford. that stern word from the umpire was to stop the boats colliding. oxford fell back and cambridge powered on to chiswick. it's their seventh straight win and the men's fifth in six years. but what did change this year was the team's celebration. by tradition, the coxes get thrown in the river. but this year on the thames, they're staying o

. >> the sewage was going in into the river thames as they were rowing. the river thames as they werethe river thames as they were rowirmean, crass is the river thames as they were rowir mean, crass is this the river thames as they were rowirmean, crass is this ? >> i mean, how crass is this? how crass is it? >> so, no, we need a major, major change. and i hope that the party, once they get the labour party, once they get to , will make those to government, will make those changes in a robust way. >> well, labour party , >> well, the labour party, though, aren't proposing to take us european union. us back into the european union. >> , you say brexit >> i mean, you say brexit is partly for this partly responsible for all this waste pumped into our waste being pumped into our rivers. it was happening before brexit, come jim , you brexit, though. come on jim, you know, many people agree with you on particular issue. but on this particular issue. but when bring brexit into it i when you bring brexit into it i think slightly do think that's slightly unfair. do you not not really know 2016

rainfall through the winter, increasing sewage in the thames.. rowers were told to stay out of the water. cambridge went clear in the men's race and stretched out a lead. they put in so much through four miles. some barely had the strength to finish. they won by 10 seconds, but 0xford had an explanation. we've had a few guys go down pretty badly with the e.coli strain. so, i mean, this morning i was throwing up. it would have been ideal not to have so much poo in the water. but, you know, that's not to take away from cambridge. they were a talented crew. i don't know if we would have had a chance to get them, even if we'd all been on form. so it's in no way to make excuses. the women's boat race was close until it changed on a moment. oxford, i'm warning you, oxford. that stern word from the umpire was to stop the boats colliding. 0xford fell back and cambridge powered on to chiswick. it's their seventh straight win and the men's fifth in six years. but what did change this year was the team's celebration. by tradition, the coxes get thrown in t

high levels of e coli bacteria have been found on the river thames course.ink the national health service is not working in the uk. a survey — which questioned people in england, scotland and wales last autumn — showed satisfaction with the nhs has dropped to a record low. just a quarter of those asked said they were happy with it. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, is here and has been looking at the results, and it's a pretty grim picture. yes, sophie. the british social attitudes survey is seen as the gold standard tracking public opinion on the nhs for more than 40 years. this chart shows satisfaction with nhs services. early on, there wasn't data for every year. but you can see, sometimes, the satisfaction rate was well above 50%. but that has fallen sharply in the last couple of years to just 24%. the survey methodology changed slightly during the pandemic. and you can see here the reasons given by people who were unhappy with the service. more than 70% saying it was long waits for gp and hospital appointments. next came those who said more staffing and mone

it is a huge tunnel — it's nearly 16 miles long and it stretches underneath the thames.and it'll take the sewage to be treated to a works in beckton in east london. leana hosea co—runs watershed, its an investigativejournalism unit focusing on water issues. this explanation about this spills being down during heavy rain, as i understand it, the high court ruling was switched should only be dumped in exceptional circumstances and exceptional weather. so unique that they cannot be foreseen. and i don't classify it as exceptional circumstances, do you? it classify it as exceptional circumstances, do you? it is illegal for companies _ circumstances, do you? it is illegal for companies to _ circumstances, do you? it is illegal for companies to release _ circumstances, do you? it is illegal for companies to release and - circumstances, do you? it is illegal for companies to release and the i for companies to release and the circumstances and this is what the uk industry body and what we also found out really over time is that water companies are notjust water companies are not

thames water crisis deepens as shareholders refuse to inject extra money into the uk's largest water company. medics warn of hospitals near collapse in gaza as air strikes and fighting intensifies between israel and hamas. the france school headscarf row — now the france's prime minister pledges legal action against a pupil. hello. we start in the us city of baltimore where rescue divers have recovered two bodies from the water beneath a bridge which collapsed when it was struck by a cargo ship. the bodies of two men were found in a pick—up truck submerged in the icy waters of the patapsco river. four workers remain missing. these are live pictures from the scene where the search for the men has been suspended due to bad weather conditions. salvage crews are working to address dangerous materials and accident investigators are on the scene. our north america correspondent david willis reports 25 feet beneath the surface, near what had been the centre of the bridge, divers recovered a red pickup truck with two bodies inside it. maintenance workers, who'd been repairing potholes at the

the times has clean your own mess, thames water told the i has taxpayers may be forced to bail out thamesily in bills. and finally, the daily star. the full nelson, which was about the storm. nelson those were your front pages. that is it for tonight's show. thanks to cressida and to a lesser extent, louis. headliners is back tomorrow p.m. louis. headliners is back tomorrow pm. just tomorrow at 11 pm. just kidding. at kidding. if you're watching at 5 am, stay tuned for a.m, then stay tuned for breakfast. but for now, it's good god good night. good morning and god bless. mike. bless. i'm mike. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers , sponsors of boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello. very good evening to you. welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. there will some showers will still be some showers around weekend, around this weekend, but generally through the easter penod generally through the easter period it is going to be a bit dner period it is going to be a bit drier and a bit warmer than it has be

data shows that every year, billions of litres of effluent flow into the river thames from this thameswest london, but for those kinds of releases to be justified, it has to have been heavily raining. there was very wet weather in the uk in 2023. it was the sixth wettest on record, according to the met office, but nonetheless, there are questions about the legal compliance of english water companies. evidence collected by the bbc last year suggests three major water companies discharged sewage hundreds of times in 2022 on days when it was not raining. and the environment agency's conducting its largest criminal investigation into potential widespread regulatory noncompliance by water companies. hence the ministerial warnings of water company bosses�* bonuses being potentially withheld. there is a wider relevant financial context. at privatisation in 1989, the water companies had no debt. now they have collective borrowings of £60 billion and there is a particular problem at thames water, which has £18 billion of debt which it's struggling to service. some analysts argue this has contri

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taxpayers may be forced to bail thames water bail out thames water as customers face 40% hike in billsces thames water bailout boss warns of 40% bailout as boss warns of 40% bill rise. i mean can this really be alex batty 40% rise for what? stuff coming out my tap? >> absolutely not. no way is the taxpayer bailing out these people. absolutely astonishing. been raking in huge amounts of money. and the final insult allowing of, know , allowing masses of, you know, sewage to go everywhere. no way. i'm i can't can't see anyone. anyone is going put with anyone is going to put up with this and there's a sort anyone is going to put up with thizyou and there's a sort anyone is going to put up with thizyou know, d there's a sort anyone is going to put up with thizyou know, sortere's a sort anyone is going to put up with thizyou know, sort of's a sort anyone is going to put up with thizyou know, sort of fat sort of, you know, sort of fat cat tier of people who've been raking off, paying themselves tier of people who've been rakingamountsing themselves tier of people who've been rakingamounts of

rainfall through the winter, increasing sewage in the thames.iles. some barely had the strength to finish. they won by 10 seconds, but oxford had an explanation. we've had a few guys go down pretty badly with the e.coli strain. so, i mean, this morning i was throwing up. it would have been ideal not to have so much poo in the water. but, you know, that's not to take away from cambridge. they were a talented crew. i don't know if we would have had a chance to get them, even if we'd all been on form. so it's no way to make excuses. the women's boat race was close until it changed on a moment. oxford, i'm warning you, oxford. that stern word from the umpire was to stop the boats colliding. oxford fell back and cambridge powered on to chiswick. it's their seventh straight win and the men's fifth in six years. but what did change this year was the team's celebration. by tradition, the coxes get thrown in the river. but this year on the thames, they're staying out of the water. joe lynskey, bbc news. catalans dragons have moved to second in the super

earlier the month, thames.m reach club, as fulham reach boat club, assessed a small stretch of the river a little bit further along at hammersmith bridge and found that e—coli is present in ten times a higher volume than is safe from the environment agency's standards, so there have been warnings and instructions, particularly regarding the health of the athletes. so when they are getting into their boats, they've got to wear wellington boots and they've got make boots and they've got to make sure wearing sure that they're wearing plasters well cover any plasters as well to cover any cuts bruises . now, we've been cuts or bruises. now, we've been speaking to the people on land here about what they think of the state of the rivers here, the state of the rivers here, the river thames, but also across england as well. >> i hope still have a >> i just hope they still have a good race and no one goes in the water and gets sick. >> disgusting, absolutely disgusting. and last night when i was walking along the road wh

thames water is dumping sewage in thames, single in the thames, and every single member i member ofc that i spoke said that they thought spoke to said that they thought privatisation has failed. so do you accept that it is a failure, i think it has been horribly abused and maybe we were naive in not foreseeing the ways in which it would be abused. >> virtually no other european nafion >> virtually no other european nation doesn't have a effectively nationalised water system. >> in fact, no, no other nation has the nhs. i'm not particularly impressed by that argument. thank you. thank you very much. it sounds as though the tories may be washed away by, by the by the tidal flow . by, by the by the tidal flow. thank you very much. albie amankona. paul connew and darren grimes . king amankona. paul connew and darren grimes. king charles is appearing in public this morning for easter sunday service at for the easter sunday service at saint george's chapel, windsor castle . it's his first proper castle. it's his first proper pubuc castle. it's his first proper public engagement since he wa

taxpayers may be forced to bail thames water bail out thames water as customers face 40% hike in billsames water bailout boss warns of 40% bailout as boss warns of 40% bill rise. i mean can this really be alex batty 40% rise for what? stuff coming out my tap? >> absolutely not. no way is the taxpayer bailing out these people. absolutely astonishing. been raking in huge amounts of money. and the final insult allowing you know , allowing masses of, you know, sewage to go everywhere. no way. i'm i can't can't see anyone. anyone is going put with anyone is going to put up with this and there's a sort anyone is going to put up with thizyou and there's a sort anyone is going to put up with thizyou know, d there's a sort anyone is going to put up with thizyou know, sortere's a sort anyone is going to put up with thizyou know, sort of's a sort anyone is going to put up with thizyou know, sort of fat sort of, you know, sort of fat cat tier of people who've been raking off, paying themselves tier of people who've been rakingamountsing themselves tier of people who've been rakingamounts of themse

standards because it already sends refugees to rwanda for michael, gove has described the management of thamesater as a disgrace after calls to increase customers bills to plug a major funding gap, the firm's bosses have admitted it could face the risk emergency risk of emergency nationalisation as the company's cash crisis deepens . cash crisis deepens. shareholders have refused to give the company half £1 billion of extra funding, describing the rescue plan put in front of them as uninvestable . instead, they as uninvestable. instead, they want the regulator, ofwat, to increase consumer bills by up to 40% over the next five years. the mp andrew bridgen, has been ordered to pay over £40,000 in legal fees to the former health secretary, matt hancock, after the first stages of a legal battle. mr bridgen initiated the case to so—called clear his name after the former health secretary allegedly accused him of anti—semitism. it's after a spat on the platform x, formerly known as twitter, and in one tweet he made about the covid vaccine, suggesting , quote, was vaccine, suggesting, quote, was the b

the times has clean your own mess, thames water told the i has taxpayers may be forced to bail out thamesdaily in bills. and finally, the daily star. the full nelson, which was about the storm. nelson those were your front pages. that is it for tonight's show. thanks to cressida and to a lesser extent, louis. headliners is back tomorrow p.m. louis. headliners is back tomorrow pm. just tomorrow at 11 pm. just kidding. at kidding. if you're watching at 5 am, stay tuned for a.m, then stay tuned for breakfast. but for now, it's good god good night. good morning and god bless. mike. bless. i'm mike. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers , sponsors of boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello. very good evening to you. welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. there will some showers will still be some showers around weekend, around this weekend, but generally through the easter penod generally through the easter period it is going to be a bit dner period it is going to be a bit drier and a bit warmer than it has

michael gove has described the management of thames water as a disgrace.he firm's bosses have admitted it could face the risk of emergency nationalisation , of emergency nationalisation, even as its funding crisis deepens. it comes after shareholders refused to give the troubled company half £1 billion of extra money, describing a rescue plan as uninvestable. instead, they want the off off what? the regulator to increase customers bills by up to 40% over five years, which has so far been resisted. the communities secretary says thames water must take responsibility for its failings. >> for years now we've seen the customers of thames water taken advantage of by successive management teams that have been taking out profits and not investing as they should have been. so the answer is not to hit the consumers. >> the answer is for the management team to look to their own approach and ask themselves why they're in this difficult situation, and of course, the answer is because of serial mismanagement for which they must carry the can. >> teenagers being arreste