last week, as they were fined £35 million for a spill that killed more than 1,000 fish, the judge said the company had been reckless and deliberately misled investigators from the environment agency. "thames water's record on both sewage and stopping leakages is poor" — those are the words of the economic regulator 0fwat. but the reason that the company's in trouble is money. despite paying out healthy dividends for most of the last 30 years, the company has racked up debts of £14 billion, and it's now under pressure both to make interest payments, and to invest in its creaking infrastructure. where is all that money gone? because it doesn't seem to me that it's gone into infrastructure, and it certainly hasn't gone

into making our rivers much cleaner. and if the water industry says bills will have to rise to fix the system... are you ready to collectively pay more? no, absolutely not. i'm even considering not paying my sewage bill for thames water. why? because they're not doing anything with my money other than paying their shareholders. i don't pay them to pump raw poo into my river. thames water says it plans to invest £1.6 billion in sewage treatment and networks over the next two years. in a statement, it said... "we regard all discharges of untreated sewage as unacceptable, and it's understandable why the public are demanding more from water companies to do better." jonah fisher, bbc news in henley. parents and carers are being urged by a charity to closely supervise their dogs this summer, to reduce the number of attacks on children. parents and carers are being urged by a charity

the dogs trust has found that 84% of parents leave their children alone with dogs — and says that most people are bitten by an animal that's known to them. celestina 0lulode reports from oxford. bounce, full of energy and a zest for life. but things could have been very different for bryn. poor bryn came into us because of circumstances where he was left unsupervised with a child. an incident happened which involved the child then being injured by him. he was unsupervised. so there's never a full understanding of what exactly happened. but the owners were worried. you know, they had a young child, they didn't know what to do. they took him to a vet's for advice and a number of options were there considering euthanasia for him. luckily, dogs trust stepped in and found him a foster home. but, sadly, bryn�*s story is not a one—off. last year, 8,000 people were admitted to hospital with a dog—bite injury, and new data shows that more than 90% of dog bites on children happened at home

by dogs known to them. despite this, 84% of parents told dogs trust that they leave their children and dogs together unsupervised. we have seen an increase in situations where dogs have reacted unfavourably towards children and a number of these times have been when children have been left unsupervised. you know, children are still maturing, they're still developing. children aren't necessarily able to understand how a dog is behaving, what the dog is telling them. and they can misinterpret a simple thing like a dog going back on their back as a �*hello, cuddle me, come and tickle my tummy�*. whereas the dog could actually be saying i'm quite scared of you, please give me some space. bryn�*s now enjoying life with foster carer nicholas. good boy! he's fantastic company. he keeps me fit because we walk a lot and, when i haven't got a dog, i don't do that. so he's just great — he's just great to have around. he's good for my health and good for my mental health and obviously good for his.

so when a forever home is found, will it be hard to say goodbye? it is difficult saying goodbye, because they become very much part of your life. but you know they're going to a good home and you know that you've hopefully changed their lives and set them on a good course. so it's very rewarding, as well as being sad to lose them. you'll remember the murder of ellie edwards — the 26—year—old who was shot dead outside a pub on merseyside as she was celebrating christmas eve. last week the man who killed her was sentenced to 48 years in jail. now for the first time since the trial, ellie s family has spoken about her death, and the devastating impact of gun crime for a new documentary made by bbc breakfast which tells the story of the killing. the message to those people, and it goes across the whole country, really, is the most powerful thing we have is the sense of community.

there's i think a lot of people may be afraid to step out of the door to make that still happen, because they're intimidated by these gangs. but if they were to stick together, then they're going to win every time. they're going to stick together. no one had a laugh like elle. it was elle's special laugh. it was family time over everything. elle's family was her life. i met elle in high school and we just instantly clicked. that's how i met her brother connor. and then we had roman, who's four now, and she absolutely adored him. she loved him so much. and he talks about her and says elle is in the sky. oh, yeah. just doesn't feel the same, just silent. you'd walk in and you'd be

greeted with elle's loud laugh or something silly she'd say and it'sjust not there any more. when did you last speak to elle? christmas eve. like ten minutes before it happened. i'll get upset. yeah. she never opened my last message. for now — we need to be doing something now. my problem is to stop another elle edwards, another ashley dale, another 0livia pratt—korbel. and if i can be part of something that helps stop these kids doing these horrendous crimes, then i'm all for it. i'll do what i can. that was tim edwards, the father of elle edwards, ending that report the new barbie movie gets its european premier tonight. but its not the only toy story being put on film.

mattel, which owns barbie, is raiding its stable for the big screen with movies based on toys, like polly pocket and hot wheels in the works. what marvel did for superheroes, mattel is hoping to do for toys, as michelle fleury reports from new york. it's the real world. it's the summer of barbie. why are these men looking at me? yeah. they're also staring at me. a chance to relive your childhood with one of the most hotly anticipated movies of the season. and my heels are on the ground. at the star—studded la premiere, actor and producer margot robbie channelled her inner barbie, expressing surprise at the warm reception. i'm even shocked. yeah, very shocked. and every barbie needs a ken. this one played by actor ryan gosling. look around. you know, it's this is it's pretty unique. not if mattel�*s business plan succeeds because it reportedly has 45 films in development based on its huge catalogue of toys

like hot wheels, barney the dinosaur and polly pocket, each with some big names attached to direct. increasingly, studios and streamers are really looking for existing intellectual property concepts and characters that audiences are already familiar with as a kind of incentive or an assurance that they will actually show up to watch the thing when it comes out. marvel cinematic universe is the most successful franchise in the world, followed by star wars, both owned by disney. what marvel has done for superheroes, mattel wants to do for toys, but can it pull it off? you know, that's certainly an aspirational model for them. i think they're looking to that and saying we want to have this franchising potential. i think something like he—man, you know, they're hoping that that could yield many films and tv shows and all the rest of it. but i don't think you're going to see a crossover between barbie and polly pocket anytime soon. but i don't think you're going to see a crossover between barbie the hype, the merch and barbie's

bubble gum pink is everywhere this summer here in manhattan. anyone can take their turn in barbie land thanks to this pop up barbie cafe. it's all part of mattel�*s strategy to turn a company that makes toys into a company that manages film franchises. we have tickets for opening night. so what do these barbie superfans think of mattel�*s hollywood dreams? would you see a hot wheels movie? i would. i have two little boys, so we would be right there at opening night. i think if theyjust keep on with the the way that they've been going, the track that they've been on, i think that they have definitely a good opportunity to make other successful movies. what's your advice to mattel? keep the core, keep the heart of it, and then you could broaden it, but don't don't lose sight of why this is so successful. did you do this to me? no, max, your father gave you these powers. - i'm just here to showl you how to use them. but mattel has been here before. anyone remember max steel, the 2016 superhero movie based on its action figures? the film bombed.

the toymaker is hoping for a happier ending this go around. michelle fleury, bbc news, new york. now it's time for a look at the weather. the clouds have been building again. that has led to more showers are breaking out. some thunder showers into the afternoon. temperatures around 17 to 22 degrees, below—average for the time of year. very different to other parts of europe. the heat has been drawn up from north—west africa, these are the temperature anomalies so the reds are where it is hotter than normal, and it is me mainly across southern parts of europe where we are getting temperatures into the mid—20s. briefly the heat may build but not in the north—west of europe and not in the uk. we will stay on the coloured side of things. that means more showers as we head into this evening. some of them will be heavy. they tend to become fewer

overnight tonight. the winds ease a bit as well because it is breezy out there at the moment, and we will see clearer skies with temperatures at ten or ii clearer skies with temperatures at ten or 11 degrees. by the time we get a thursday morning, there will be some sunshine around in the morning but once again we see the cloud increasing. there will be some showers breaking out in that westerly breeze. thunderstorms are more likely in scotland, the showers not so heavy elsewhere and they will drift their way into eastern england during the afternoon. temperatures not changing too much, 18 to 22 degrees. some showers around, many not as many and may be feeling warmer tomorrow because it will not be as breezy but then as we head into friday, we have this area of low pressure coming our way. that will pick up the winds, particularly in the south—west and that is where we will see heavy rain. wet weather developing a other parts of the uk through the day. the strongest winds are going to be across the south—west of england and into parts of wales. maybe not for away from a

50 miles an hour around the coast and the could be heavy rain across the south—west and over the hills of wales. the risk of some thunder in that rain, too, and again, those temperatures were disappointing that this of year. that low pressure will hang around into the weekend. not a typical summer weather pattern this weekend. top knitted by low pressure, that will run northwards across the uk. a lot of isobars on the chart, it will be unusually windy for this time of year. the rain that comes with that low pressure could be heavy and thundery. it turns drier in the south later but it does stay on the cool side.

live from london — this is bbc news. live from london — this is bbc news. president zelensky has welcomed security guarantees from the g7 group of wealthy countries, group of wealthy countries, but says they're no substitute for ukraine joining nato. but says they're no substitute i would like to have a success on group of weal1 have jntries, this summit for everyone, for our soldiers, citizens, children, for everyone.

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