so ofwat some of the details. the 17 water companies england and wales companies in england and wales quotes of standards. quotes fell short of standards. customers are to receive of £114 million off their water bills next year. in those 12 company areas . and out of those 12 areas. and out of those 12 thames water will pay back more than 100 million of that 114 million. so they really are the kind of elephant in the room and they've got the most customers, i suppose. >> yeah , indeed. >> yeah, indeed. >> yeah, indeed. >> as i say here, they supply 1 in 4 people britain with in 4 people in britain with water. obviously across west london. and that thames valley. let's have a look at the 12 underperformers and i'll hilariously try and pronounce some of the welsh. so massive apologies our welsh speaking apologies to our welsh speaking audiences . apologies to our welsh speaking audiences. gb news apologies to our welsh speaking audiences . gb news affinity audiences. gb news affinity water anglian water dwr kumri .

the environment agency, the financial regulator ofwat _ done?e? the environment agency, the financial regulator ofwat have six i financial regulator 0fwat have six cases that are open into illegal sewage dumping. they say that it is their biggest investigation they have ever undertaken stop there is a huge amount of public anger over this. much of that is directed against the government. a lot of people blame the regulators for being asleep at the wheel and being too lenient on water companies. the environment agency says polluting rivers is unacceptable and they want to hold the water industry to account on a scale never seen before, butjust last week account on a scale never seen before, but just last week the government sort of announced they were ripping up some rules to protect our rivers against sewage and farming, animal slurry, protect our rivers against sewage and farming, animalslurry, to protect our rivers against sewage and farming, animal slurry, to allow more housing, the so—called nutrient neutrality issue, we found that 7a author

this is the water companies�* end of year report, written by regulator ofwat.ssesses their performance against a number of indicators such as plugging leaks, the quality of the water supply and whether they have managed to reduce the number of pollution incidents. for most of the 17 companies, it�*s not pleasant reading. there is no top of the class this year, with none getting the highest score. ten were rated as average, and seven told they are lagging behind. poor performance comes with financial consequences. tens, the uk�*s biggest water company, is firmly bottom of the class —— thames. they reported an increase in serious pollution incidents and will have to hand back about £100 million next year. if shared out equally among its customers, it is pocket money, a bit more than a fiver, and will be swallowed up by other inflation linked rises. water and sewage here in wales is a bit different to england. it is run by a not—for—profit company, but its performance still isn�*t good. it has failed to hit its targets. in leaks and has been rated as lagging by 0f

ofwat and the environment agency now has two months to provide an official response.of the spills have been deemed a breach of permit. our environment correspondent, jonah fisher, reports. ma nifestly manifestly unreasonable, and ifeel it's personally reasonable to ask the questions as to why there are allowing this to happen. he the questions as to why there are allowing this to happen.— the questions as to why there are allowing this to happen. he felt -- battlin: allowing this to happen. he felt -- battling the _ allowing this to happen. he felt -- battling the water _ allowing this to happen. he felt -- battling the water company - allowing this to happen. he felt -- battling the water company and i battling the water company and regulators. battling the water company and regulators— battling the water company and l regulators._ the regulators. that's quite a lot. the 79-year-old _ regulators. that's quite a lot. the 79-year-old showed _ regulators. that's quite a lot. the 79-year-old showed me - regulators. that's quite a lot. the 79-year-old showed me what - reg

you may regulator called ofwat. you may have criticisms of ofwat . it's have criticisms of ofwat. off. what that says sets the investment program and they set the investment program for the water industry, talking about the investment program i'm partly on, but this is what on reduced sewage . reduced sewage. >> i mean, surely the regulation surely self—reporting . do you surely self—reporting. do you agree with self—reporting ? do agree with self—reporting? do you do you agree with self—reporting for the sewage industry? >> when the water industry was in public ownership, sewage just went into the sea went straight out into the sea and there were by the side and there were pipes by the side of the seaside resorts? both the investment that has gone in has been billions to stop all of that. >> that's not true if you look at it is. well, hang on. if you look at it, it is true, unfortunately, we are out of time. >> but thank you to my brilliant panellists, though not my panellists. i've got two more coming on later. but don't forget me what you coming on later. but don't forget male

, , ., ofwat.e highest proportion of— to wait, isn't it? the highest proportion of or _ to wait, isn't it? the highest proportion of or bathing i to wait, isn't it? the highest i proportion of or bathing waters to wait, isn't it? the highest - proportion of or bathing waters have achieved excellent status. it is at 72%. we have seen improvements made. we are also seeing more places becoming designated. langstone harbour just down the becoming designated. langstone harbourjust down the road of a hayling island you will see the status is excellent for all the bathing waters that have been designated down there. now we still want to see improvement is, of course we do. we want to see improvements for people, we want to see improvements for nature. that is why this systematic approach of a credible plan for water, we are doing plans water body by water body, it does take time, we can see in the river thames, one of the dirtiest rivers, we are seeing regeneration of nature coming back in, but also the s

the regulator , ofwat, says most regulator, ofwat, says most companies are failing to meet targets onales and customer satisfaction is continuing to fall. thames water will have to pay back £101 million with southern water paying million with southern water paying back £43 million. at thames water is the country's largest provider, serving 15 million people in the south of england. and workers in the uk are taking more days off because they're sick than any time in they're sick than any time in the last decade. it's new research from the chartered institute for professional development and shows that staff are taking on average 7.8 days in the last year. that's up from 5.8 before the covid pandemic . 5.8 before the covid pandemic. it's blaming coronavirus , the it's blaming coronavirus, the cost of living crisis and stress. the biggest cause for long term absence is poor mental health. more on all of our stories as always on our website, gb news dot com . direct website, gb news dot com. direct boolean sponsors the finance report on gb news for gold and silver investment . silver inve

the office for environmental protection says that ofwat, the environment agency and the government mayage releases to take place too frequently. joining me to discuss further is environmentjournalist and co—founder of watershed investigations, rachel salvidge. can you expect us how this came about in the first place? because it is quite a complicated issue, if you haven't really heard of this and don't understand the timeline. yes. don't understand the timeline. yes, ou're don't understand the timeline. yes, you're right. — don't understand the timeline. yes, you're right. it— don't understand the timeline. yes, you're right, it has— don't understand the timeline. yes, you're right, it has been _ don't understand the timeline. ye: you're right, it has been a really long running saga. if and campaigners have been alleging for a long time that discharges for untreated sewage pollution were taking place unlawfully. water companies take over sewage, treat it and it goes out into their rivers and it goes out into their rivers and seas treated, but in certain circumstances raw untreated sewa

the e and ofwat interpretations. the e and ofwat are carrying out their own investigations .wo thirds of investigations. two thirds of the british public are dissatisfied with the government's approach to immigration. in the research by the immigration attitudes tracker says it's the highest level of dissatisfied action since before the brexit vote . since before the brexit vote. 56% of tory voters say the government is not doing enough to stop channel migrant crossings and only over a fifth of them say they're satisfied with the government's handling of the issue . this is gb news of the issue. this is gb news across the uk on tv , in your across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play your smart speaker by saying play gb news. now let's get back to mark and . pip to mark and. pip >> ray, thank you very much indeed. >> welcome back to the live desk. >> more now on this astonishing new report revealing that almost 1 in 3 female surgeons in the nhs have been sexually assaulted in the past five years. some of them being abused actual

the governor _ organisations like ofwat.that's what the original investment zones are proposed for about. we should _ zones are proposed for about. we should diverge properly from the eu so we _ should diverge properly from the eu so we can— should diverge properly from the eu so we can increase competitiveness in areas _ so we can increase competitiveness in areas like — so we can increase competitiveness in areas like financial services. finally. — in areas like financial services. finally. we _ in areas like financial services. finally, we should, as many other western— finally, we should, as many other western countries are already doing, delay implementing net zero commitments such as a ban on new petrol— commitments such as a ban on new petrol and _ commitments such as a ban on new petrol and diesel vehicles from 2030 — petrol and diesel vehicles from 2030. other environmental regulations which are the cost of hiking _ regulations which are the cost of hiking living, like enforcing the replacement of gas and oil boiler

the regulator, ofwat standards.ulator, ofwat says most companies are failing to meet key targets on reducing pollution leakages and supply interruptions, while customer satisfaction continues to fall. thames water is the company that must pay back the most £101 million. southern water is next. they've got to pay back £43 million as ulez gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on digital radio and now on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. this is britain's news. channelin news. this is britain's news. channel in 1951, following the second world war, britain became a signatory of the refugee convention, which set out the rights of those seeking asylum and the responsibilities of the signatories granting asylum. >> specifically stipulated >> it's specifically stipulated that it applied to those being persecuted for reasons of race, religion or nationality , religion or nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion. quote as a result of events occurring before the 1st of january 1951

the regulator, ofwat, standards. regulator, ofwat, says most companies are failing to meet key targets on reducing pollution leakages and supply interruptions, while customers satisfaction has continued to fall, thames water has to return the most £101 million, followed by southern water , which has by southern water, which has been told it must pay back £43 million. vehicles scams have soared by 74. costs victims almost £1,000 each on average . almost £1,000 each on average. potential buyers are often being duped by fake posts on social media or online marketplaces advertising vehicles that don't exist. they'll often be encouraged to pay a deposit or even the full amount up front. despite not seeing the car in person. people aged between 25 and 35 are those most likely to be stung. the findings were based on the analysis of scams reported by lloyds banking group. customers between january and june of this year. that's the news you're with gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on digital radio and now on your smar

the regulator, ofwat, says firms across england and wales are "falling short" on performance measurese disputed territory of nagorno karabakh has grown to about 19,000. that's about 15% of the population. adding to the scenes of desperation, at least 20 people died in an explosion at a fuel depot. armenian separatist officials say almost 300 people are in hospital. dozens are in critical condition. the international committee of the red cross says there are hundreds of burns victims and it is looking to help with medical evacuations. the cause of the blast is not known. the roads out of nagorno—karabakh to the border are jammed, with people trying to get out as fast as they can. they fear persecution and ethnic cleansing. here's one refugee describing their experience of leaving. translation: it was horrible, children were starving - and they were crying. the child had a fever so we gave her some medication. we ran away to survive, that is all. envoys from both armenia and azerbaijan have held eu—backed talks in brussels. it's the first meeting between the countries since azerbaijan s

environmental law by the department for environment, food and rural affairs, defra, the environment agency and ofwata popular one on our website today, we will hear more on that later in the programme. a charity in the uk has received the biggest single donation in its history. mary scott donated £1 million to brain tumour research in memory of her late husband mike. it will be used to fund a paediatric research centre. fiona lamdin went to meet mary. he was very kind, very loving, very generous, a clever man. mike and mary were married for 47 years. but four years ago, when mike was in his late 60s, they began to worry something was very wrong. i noticed that he was getting forgetful. he couldn't put emails together very easily. he became very confused. he fell over a couple of times. and he said to me the one day, "i think i'm going mad." a few months later, mike was diagnosed with a grade four brain tumourand given a few months left to live. he used to say to me, "i'm not leaving you. i'm not going anywhere. i'll be ok." of course he wasn't ok. of course, he wasn't ok. he was far from ok. mike di

the regulator, ofwat standards.eet key targets on reducing pollution leakages and supply interruptions, while customer satisfaction continues to fall. thames water is the company that must pay back the most £101 million. southern water is next. they've got to pay back £43 million as ulez gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on digital radio and now on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. this is britain's news. channelin news. this is britain's news. channel in 1951, following the second world war, britain became a signatory of the refugee convention, which set out the rights of those seeking asylum and the responsibilities of the signatories granting asylum. >> specifically stipulated >> it's specifically stipulated that it applied to those being persecuted for reasons of race, religion or nationality , religion or nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion. quote as a result of events occurring before the 1st of january 1951. in other words , it was particularly in response

the regulator, ofwat, says firms across england and wales are "falling short" on performance measureseaking news before we move on, i was selling in the last hour that the canadians have a video of the killing of that seek separatist back in june, killing of that seek separatist back injune, which reporters at the washington post had seen which presumably is a key part of the evidence. in the last few minutes the indian foreigners minister has called on canada to produce the evidence we will look at all evidence, he says. but this is not as a hearing separatist this is not as a hearing separatist this is not a policy of the indian government. the indian foreign ministry saying they will look at all evidence canada puts forward but reiterating they were not to blame for that murder. we will keep following that story. we've been discussing their shutdown. with discussing michigan. at the centre of all these events of course is donald trump. not only is he demanding house republicans shut down the government unless they can force the justice department to drop the prosecutions against hi

meanwhile the e and ofwat are carrying out their own investigations . stars of own investigations. meeting at number ten to discuss onune meeting at number ten to discuss online safety today. this as the online safety bill returns to the commons for its final stages . the planned law imposes new legal duties on big tech firms to crack down on online trolls . to crack down on online trolls. michelle donelan. secretary of state for science, innovation and technology , told us it will and technology, told us it will make the uk the safest place in the world to be online. >> they're making sure that illegal content has got rid of as part of our triple shield. the second shield is making sure that platforms actually enforce their terms and conditions. so, you know what you're going to get when you sign up to one of these platforms they can't these platforms and they can't treat groups treat different groups differently. that differently. and thirdly, that we're empowering adults to have more over the content. more control over the content. they see this is gb news across the uk on tv ,

the regulator , ofwat, standards?tor, ofwat, says most companies have failed to meet the key targets of reducing pollution leakage and supply interruptions. customer satisfaction is also down at thames. water will be hit the hardest, having to return £101 million. southern water will have to pay back 43 million. workers in the uk are taking more sick days now than at any time in the last decade. new research from the chartered institute for professional development shows that staff took on average 7.8 sick days in the past year , up from 5.8 the past year, up from 5.8 before the pandemic. it's blaming stress , covid and the blaming stress, covid and the cost of living crisis. the biggest cause for long term absences is poor. mental health and vehicle scams have soared by 74, costing victims on average almost £1,000, a potential buyers are being duped by fake posts on social media advertising vehicles that don't exist. they'll often be encouraged to pay a deposit , and encouraged to pay a deposit, and sometimes they're

as the regulator, ofwat says most companies are failing to meet key targets on reducing pollution leakagesd supply interruptions, while customer satisfaction continues to fall. thames water has to return the most money they're going to have to pay back £101 million. southern water is next. they must pay back £43 million. that's the news. this is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and now on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. this is britain's news . channel news. channel >> thank you, polly, and welcome to farage on gb news. well, this has been a significant day. the home secretary , suella home secretary, suella braverman, has given a major speech earlier today in washington when she's really set out what she believes are necessary, essential changes required to the 1951 refugee convention on that, 146 countries have signed up to. this is not to be ignored. let's just hear from suella with a clip now before i give you my take on what she said. well human suffering . human suffering. >> so why has the international community so far collectively failed to exp

as the regulator, ofwat says most companies are failing to meet key targets on reducing pollution leakagesd supply interruptions, while customer satisfaction continues to fall. thames water has to return the most money they're going to have to pay back £101 million. southern water is next. they must pay back £43 million. that's the news. this is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and now on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. this is britain's news . channel news. channel >> thank you, polly, and welcome to farage on gb news. well, this has been a significant day. the home secretary , suella home secretary, suella braverman, has given a major speech earlier today in washington when she's really set out what she believes are necessary, essential changes required to the 1951 refugee convention on that, 146 countries have signed up to. this is not to be ignored. let's just hear from suella with a clip now before i give you my take on what she said. well human suffering . human suffering. >> so why has the international community so far collectively failed to exp

office for environmental protection says defra , the protection says defra, the environment agency and ofwatall have misinterpreted the law and a pub company is to charge customers around £0.20 more for every pint of beer during peak times. it's called peak time pricing . stone gate, which owns pricing. stone gate, which owns the slug and lettuce chain of pubs, says prices will increase at 800 of its venues on evenings and weekends. it has previous done so during one off events like the world cup, but will now introduce regular surge pricing with gb news across the uk. on your tv, in your car, on your digital radio and now on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. this is britain's news. channel yesterday , as we channel yesterday, as we discussed, the alleged chinese espionage scandal, we thought it only fair to get in touch with the chinese embassy. >> it duly responded this morning as follows the allegation that china spies on the uk is entirely groundless. we urge the uk to stop spreading disinformation and stop political manipulation and malicious slander against china . we asked a

however, the office for environment protection says defra, the environment agency and ofwat may all havenment secretary and he says the breach is shocking to find out that the government itself may have broken the law by their failure to intervene with these water companies who are themselves illegally dumping raw sewage in our waterways. >> just goes to show that it is the government that is at fault for what we're seeing in our rivers, in our lakes, and lapping up onto our beaches at the moment . raw sewage stinks the moment. raw sewage stinks ing toxic sewage that will discuss people up and down this country that this conservative government has allowed this to happen. >> now , the princess of wales >> now, the princess of wales has been seen with an injured hand while on a visit to a prison in surrey today , kate was prison in surrey today, kate was pictured with her right index and middle fingers taped together and she said she'd injured herself at home on a trampoline. kensington palace saying it's nothing serious . the saying it's nothing serious. the future queen went to see how

the regulator , ofwat, says companies regulator, ofwat, says companies are failing to meet key targetsin leakage and supply . on reducing pollution in leakage and supply. thames on reducing pollution in leakage and supply . thames water, and water supply. thames water, the biggest offender , must the biggest offender, must return the most. more than £101 million, followed by southern water, which must pay for 83 million. sir alok sharma, who was the president of the climate change summit of world leaders cop 26, has announced he won't stand as an mp at the next general election . general election. >> his announcement comes days after he raised concerns about rishi sunak weakening key net zero policies. he's a former cabinet minister and he says it's not been an easy decision. but he will still champion climate action for the remainder of his time in parliament. >> every year, 24,000 women in the uk die from cancer, which could be avoided . well, a new could be avoided. well, a new report on gender inequalities has found six out of ten deaths can be avoided through prevention and diagno

however, the office for environmental protection says defra, the environment agency and ofwat may allhave misinterpreted omitted the law . misinterpreted omitted the law. a pub chain is to charge customers around £0.20 more for a pint of beer during peak times. stone gate , which owns times. stone gate, which owns the slug and lettuce chain of pubs, says prices will increase at 800 of its venues on evenings and at weekends. it's called peak time pricing. it's done so previously during one off events like the world cup. we will now introduce regular surge pricing, as it's called out on tv , as it's called out on tv, online, dab+ radio and the tune—in app. this is gb news, britain's news . britain's news. channel the establishment media might try and turn a blind eye, but the invasion of great britain via our southern border has continued at pace. >> this week. our home and security editor mark white has revealed that more than 3250 illegals have crossed the engush illegals have crossed the english channel in 11 straight days of small boat activity to coincide with the longest run of go

however, the office for environmental protection says defra, the environment agency and ofwat may allhave misinterpreted omitted the law . misinterpreted omitted the law. a pub chain is to charge customers around £0.20 more for a pint of beer during peak times. stone gate , which owns times. stone gate, which owns the slug and lettuce chain of pubs, says prices will increase at 800 of its venues on evenings and at weekends. it's called peak time pricing. it's done so previously during one off events like the world cup. we will now introduce regular surge pricing, as it's called out on tv , as it's called out on tv, online, dab+ radio and the tune—in app. this is gb news, britain's news . britain's news. channel the establishment media might try and turn a blind eye, but the invasion of great britain via our southern border has continued at pace. >> this week. our home and security editor mark white has revealed that more than 3250 illegals have crossed the engush illegals have crossed the english channel in 11 straight days of small boat activity to coincide with the longest run of go

myself, we have a clear output to learn by the 31st of march 2025, and we will submit our findings to ofwatmoving in as we speak. and strong winds and heavy rain pushing up from the south—west. satisfy it is quite mild. south—westerly wind direction driving and some warmth from the near continent. take a look at the radar. the rain is very fragmented. we are expecting it to pep up later today. by lunchtime it would be moving across wales, northern england, northern ireland, and south—west scotland. central and southern parts of england and wales will continue to see some well broken cloud, a windy afternoon but a warm one. temperatures may peak at 21 or 22 degrees if the sunshine continues. some of the rain really quite heavy, particularly into the evening, accompanied by gusts of winds of 50 to 60 mph. heavy bursts in northern england and western scotland. here it will lingerfor much of the evening and through rainfall total will tarted up. there rainfall total will ta rted up. there are rainfall total will tarted up. there are weather warnings. 100 millimetres of rain on top of what has a

now, this as the office for this comes as the office for environmental protection and ofwat have potentially of this, is sewage. so in light of this, is it time to bring water companies back into public ownership ? and back into public ownership? and let's see what my panel make of that. joining me, matthew lanza, and fabulous daisy and also the fabulous daisy cundy, matthew laterza. it's a quick one. >> so yeah, i'm not sure. i mean, i bring them back mean, whether i bring them back in ownership, one in public ownership, that's one of u—turns, of keir starmer u—turns, actually. he actually. well, he said he wouldn't. he would. no wouldn't. he said he would. no and isn't enough money and now there isn't enough money to do but look, it's to do it. but look, it's outrageous. is outrageous. the government is fiddling about fiddling around saying about whether or whether they break the law or not. 1 million times in three not. so 1 million times in three years, the companies have years, the water companies have released they're released sewage. they're making huge to huge profits. and we need to