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water were there before thames water took and what thames water took over, and what thames water areg are doing now is, is making meant patching the meant they're patching the system for the thames system except for the thames tideway, actually replaced. >> thames >> the thames tideway is a pretty project. many pretty big project. many billions pounds. billions of pounds. >> one. yeah, but >> that's one one. yeah, but it's enormous system. it's it's one enormous system. it's about money that about 14% of the money that they've put in the they've actually put in the pockets the shareholders. pockets of the shareholders. >> they deserve >> and that's why they deserve to go bankrupt. >> 86% that money should have >> 86% of that money should have been on the infrastructure. >> it interesting? i mean, >> isn't it interesting? i mean, this coincidence, but the this pure coincidence, but the bonds apparently at bonds apparently trading at 15 in the which represents bonds apparently trading at 15 in th

.— thames water.what is your feeling in — thames water. what is your feeling in terms _ thames water. what is your feeling in terms of - thames water. what is your feeling in terms of how- thames water. what is your| feeling in terms of how brits are going to afford the cost of living crisis? those prices are going up for monthly bills now. wejust heard as going up for monthly bills now. we just heard as well but some bills are coming down, we heard about the government helping people in terms of reducing the cost of past energy cost but also in the cost for a getaway, then there's a chance you'll face confusing airline fees and charges not often published by airlines. what might begin as an affordable bargain — can quickly become a rather unpleasant surprise. a recent study by the ancillary opportunistic... i seen to be opportunistic... i think we lost the connection. we will come back. i am so sorry. we seem to have lost the audio. let's move onto next story. we were promised self—driving cars. but

ok, so kemble is the parent| company of thames, the biggest water company of thames, the biggest waterbasically, it submitted a plan to regulators saying it wanted to see thames water, the company that it owns, see their customers' bills go up above inflation over the next five years, inflation over the next five years, in order so it could finance improvements and put the company back on a secure footing. the regulator said no, and at that point, kemble, the parent company, said without that, we are not going to put any money in and they will run out of money. they told us that week that this would happen, and at the dominoes are falling. they can't refinance a £190 million loan due at the end of this month, and today they informed us that they have not paid the interest on £400 million worth of loans elsewhere. that renders the company effectively insolvent. it doesn't mean that the company itself goes bust yet, it is ring fenced and has enough cash and overdraft facilities to last until may of next year. at some point, it will need to raise fresh cash. it is very unclear when that m

plus thames water wants you to pay for its mistakes.e a much better idea for how to deal with incompetent businessmen. they well. bison. george. or very welcome back. and dawn says on her male mug. i fetched three of my grandchildren from school today. three different ages, three different schools. none of them knew it was saint george's day. just disgraceful. this is not taught in schools, but it's what i expect these days. and ryan says nothing against saint george, but i think a public houdayin george, but i think a public holiday in june to commemorate magna carta would be a much better celebration of englishness than a saint's day. surely an indisputable contribution of england to the evolution of democracy the world over. evolution of democracy the world over . we used to have a bank over. we used to have a bank houday over. we used to have a bank holiday for empire day, which i wouldn't be entirely opposed to because whisper it quietly, but it's also my birthday, so that would be very gratifying from my point of view. and i ought

thames water is safety trust.water is warning bills could sky rocket by more than 40% as it puts forward an investment plan amid a funding crisis. the troubled water company has proposed an increase in spending worth £1.9 billion, on top of its existing five year business plan . it five year business plan. it would see extra money spent on environmental projects in an effort to treat sewage spills and chronic leaks. effort to treat sewage spills and chronic leaks . communities and chronic leaks. communities secretary michael gove has previously said that customers must not be forced to cover the costs of the company's mismanagement. thames water is struggling to prevent a total collapse of its business amid £15 billion of debt , collapse of its business amid £15 billion of debt, and the foreign secretary is visiting central asia to boost british ties with the region. lord david cameron will travel to tajikistan, kyrgyzstan , tajikistan, kyrgyzstan, uzbekistan, turkmenistan, kazakhstan and mongolia on his five day

plus thames water wants you to pay for its mistakes.a much better idea for how to deal with incompetent businessmen. they well. bison. george. or very welcome back. and dawn says on her male mug. i fetched three of my grandchildren from school today. three different ages, three different schools. none of them knew it was saint george's day. just disgraceful. this is not taught in schools, but it's what i expect these days. and ryan says nothing against saint george, but i think a public houdayin george, but i think a public holiday in june to commemorate magna carta would be a much better celebration of englishness than a saint's day. surely an indisputable contribution of england to the evolution of democracy the world over. evolution of democracy the world over . we used to have a bank over. we used to have a bank houday over. we used to have a bank holiday for empire day, which i wouldn't be entirely opposed to because whisper it quietly, but it's also my birthday, so that would be very gratifying from my point of view. and i ought t

thames water either the ones putting _ job. thames water either the ones putting the — job. and it should be up to them to stop it happening — and it should be up to them to stop it happening but— and it should be up to them to stop it happening but also _ and it should be up to them to stop it happening but also to _ and it should be up to them to stop it happening but also to let's - and it should be up to them to stop it happening but also to let's us - it happening but also to let's us know— it happening but also to let's us know about _ it happening but also to let's us know about the _ it happening but also to let's us know about the level— it happening but also to let's us know about the level of- know about the level of contaminants. - know about the level of contaminants.- know about the level of contaminants. a, a, know about the level of contaminants. ., ., ., contaminants. you have tried to find out what the — contaminants. you have tried to find out what the level _ contaminants. you have tried to find out what the level as _ contaminants. you have tried to find

it comes amid criticism on water quality in the river thames.age outages, the level of certain viruses and bacteria in this river are so high, james will come onto that in the second, because it is notjust here, that being even close to the river can make them sick. i want to make sure that everyone has the information they need to know how to be here safely, but, really, that shouldn't be our job. thames water are the ones putting the sewage into the river, it should be up to them to at least stop that happening but also to let us know what the level of these contaminants are. there are nearly one and a half million people in england, scotland and wales claiming carers allowance. the amount they receive is just under £82 a week. today mps will debate increasing the allowance in line with the national living wage, as carers face growing demands on their finances amid the cost of living crisis. abi smitton has been speaking to some of those affected. choir sings every monday morning, northamptonshire carers choir meets to rehearse. for many of th

they were like thinking about it. >> they're like like thames >> they're like like the thames has thes haswait a the. >> they're like like the thames haswait a minute. the. >> wait a minute. >> wait a minute. >> just this is >> isn't it just this is a hangover isn't? >> of course it's got to be. i mean, come on, it's a tough race. they lose it. >> and they did lose it. >> and they did lose it. >> yeah, yeah. we've all made excuses for losing our i'm, you know, the idea that the know, i mean the idea that the thames they thames is dirty, therefore they all always going all got i mean it's always going to dirty. to be dirty. >> the thames has never been clean mean when they were clean when i mean when they were looking the face guy, clean when i mean when they were lookifound the face guy, clean when i mean when they were lookifound ate face guy, clean when i mean when they were lookifound at least face guy, clean when i mean when they were lookifound at least three guy, clean when i mean when they were lookifound at least three bodies clean when i mean when they were lo

the club trains on the river stour, but often races on the thames, where on saturday, cambridge beatfterwards, the oxford men's captain said illness hadn't helped. 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. members of sudbury rowing club say the stour is much cleaner than the thames, but even so there are problems here. when they empty the sewage in the storm drains, it gets pretty fouled up and it's full of all sorts of nasties. and what's that like to be rowing through? well, it's pretty disgusting, really. afterwards, you've got to wash your boat down, clean all the faeces off the blades. and also you've got to really clean your kit out afterwards. is it getting worse? yes, most definitely. the number of raw sewage spills into england's rivers and seas more than doubled last year compared to the year before, according to the environment agency. in 2022, there were 1.75 million hours of spills. in 202

a thames water spokesman said...atural resources and want to be part of the solution. wendy hurrell, bbc news. organisers of the uk's largest indoor arena have apologised for cancelling tickets to a test show hours before it was due to start. co—op live in manchester is set to have over a 23,000 person capacity, and 11,000 were due at last night's event. but bosses said it was a "difficult decision" to cancel some tickets at short—notice — they've invited those affected to another preview show next week. you can get more on that on the bbc news website and app. mountain rescue volunteers are calling for extra signs to be added to some of the lake district's most popular — and dangerous — hiking trails. a teenage walker has spoken about his terror after falling in freezing conditions on the descent of scafell pike. it took 19 hours for volunteers to get ben longton and his two dogs to safety. mark mcalindon has the story. this was the moment that ben longton was finally lifted out of piers gill below the summit of sca

our business editor says thames water does have enough cash in overdraft facilities to see it throughrely on thames water for their waste and water services at this point, but we recently heard that thames water said bills need to go up and that its investors wouldn't give it more money unless bills to customers rose. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. in taiwan, emergency workers are still trying to reach about 600 people either trapped in highway tunnels — or cut off in remote areas after wednesday's earthquake. almost all are guests and staff of a remote hotel who are unable to leave because of damaged roads. two more bodies have been found, taking the toll to 12. more 1,000 people were injured in the island's biggest quake in more than a quarter of a century. strict building regulations in taiwan helped prevent a major catastrophe. earlier, our asia correspondent rupert wingfield hayes gave us an update from the city nearest the quake's epicentre — hualien. well, it seems the situation has improved quite a lot today with those people who are trapped up in a gorg

we saw in 2019, thames happen.9, thames valley police said that anybody that was to reproduce the oxford engush that was to reproduce the oxford english dictionary definition of what a woman is, an adult human female could face criminal charges . female could face criminal charges. this is female could face criminal charges . this is in a female could face criminal charges. this is in a country that we claim is free, that we claim we protect freedom of expression. and yet these kind of ideologies that are a harmful to women, but b are not helpful to women, but b are not helpful to any kind of minority , are to any kind of minority, are continuously permeating public institutions. i'm glad that now something is happening and clearly the anti—woke brigade are finally winning . are finally winning. >> and why is it important, as a woman, that the nhs understands the importance of biological sex? why does it matter to you that the literature around menopause doesn't talk about sort of, you know, people with cervixes an

and you've got, thames isn't it? of the triangle, you've got the government on another , and government on another, and you've got off.what on the other. and thames water are basically saying to the government, unless you give us more money, then we're going to basically blow ourselves up before the election. and you're going to look really stupid and everyone's going to blame you, and they're going to blame privatised ation. where's all the money for thames water gone over recent years? well, much of it has been paid out in dividends to not just shareholders, pension funds, insurance companies and so on, but also dividends to overblown in my view, management teams over many years . and that's over many years. and that's where the money has gone. and as somebody who broadly supports , somebody who broadly supports, you know, free market solutions, who broadly supports a sort of pro—business agenda like yourself, i'm sure when you get situations like this where in my view , again, it's opinion, but view, again, it's o

a thames water spokesman said...atural resources and want to be part of the solution. the distributor of two of the uk's most popular vape brands says it is well—equipped to survive the ban on disposables products. elfbar and lost mary have already launched reusable versions of their popular disposable vapes. the company behind both brands said it was "addressing demand" for a tool to help smokers quit. but councils have warned the government that it shouldn't let producers exploit loopholes in the ban. our business reporter, esyllt carr, has more on this. that ban on disposable vapes was announced earlier this year and is due to come in across the uk from next april. and now we're sort of getting some indication on how some of those companies behind the products are planning to respond. and elfbar and lost mary together make up nearly half the british market. and one of their main distributors in the uk is a company called green fun alliance. now, their accounts show that sales almost tripled to more than £117 milli

thames water.hink of this now. journalist and author harriet sergeant, former bbc chief political john political correspondent john sergeant, entrepreneur sergeant, and entrepreneur and social joanna joana social commentator joanna joana jarjue. £15 billion for a takeover of thames water. john sergeant good or bad ? sergeant good or bad? >> well, it's terrible, isn't it? i mean, what it means is that after all this period of privatisation, it seems to have failed that they shareholders have wanted money. the bosses have wanted money. the bosses have wanted money. the bosses have wanted enormous salaries. the public certainly want investment. we've not had a reservoir built for 30 years. all this water that's come down from the sky. so much rain is going straight into the into the sewage. so it's out into the seas and the rivers. so it's not a matter of saying, oh, don't worry, there'll be no hosepipe ban this summer because we've had so much rain. no, the systems are close together . they systems a

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they are heavily indebted with about 60 million customers in the thames valley and london, they say they led speculation it could be taken over by the government. the model train maker hornby has blown the situation in the red sea or a drop in sales. the 100—year—old company says disruption to shipments through the middle east have delayed deliveries of stock. hornby reported sales for the first three months of the year were down by 8% on the same period last year. those are your top business stories only on bbc news. around's present has met with the pakistani prime minister in his first visit since the military strikes in january. first visit since the military strikes injanuary. during his stay, he will also meet pakistan's president who was elected in march, spoke about the need for better communication between the two countries. let's get more from our pakistan correspondent. the iranian a pakistani flags are flattering side by side all across roads throughout islamabad. both countries want to signal that this visit is about a sign of friendship. historically the two have had a rela

a thames water spokesman said... these _ degradation around. a thames water spokesman said. ..n isolated case, what does it mean for you? what does it mean for us, it means that water users all over the country are frustrated and very angry they cannot use the water in the way they want to. beaches and rivers and lakes are beautiful places, but people across this country they love them and it is super important to them to be able to use them well and immerse themselves, for swimming and surfing and sailing and canoeing, all these activities are great for our mental health and hugely positive or physical health. the situation as it stands the sewage scandal is ruining the situation, not only for people but the environment, it's an absolute disgrace. in but the environment, it's an absolute disgrace.— but the environment, it's an absolute disgrace. in terms of the safe , absolute disgrace. in terms of the safety. how _ absolute disgrace. in terms of the safety, how safe _ absolute disgrace. in terms of the safety, how safe do _ absolute disgrace. in terms of the safety, how safe

still thames water as well, isn't it?obably still is. >> probably still is. >> yeah. because they're using victorian water pipes. that's it. you, you know, you leave out the most important thing. it's the most important thing. it's the victorian . everything is the victorian. everything is victorian water pipes. >> so it's great great pipes. >> so it's great great pipes. >> then it's their old pipes. they need to be fixed. the point is that somebody made some money off of this. and, because they, they, they gave it to a private company to handle it instead of having the government hand. yeah. and that's the thing. the important thing is that people have walked away with profit whilst leaving the company 15 billion in debt. and now there's nothing you can do about it. like they they serve as our own poops back into our water. and if you think, well, you know what, i hope they, i hope they go under. and then we'd somehow get a worse mortgage from it. so there is no way to get revenge on these people. that's the annoying thi

you're thames. know what you're thinking. when will these kids who to oxford and cambridge who go to oxford and cambridge university to get a break in life? it an life? but it is an embarrassment. we can't hold an event now. the event on our rivers now. the rowers safety advice rowers were given safety advice before the race that they should avoid any splashed water avoid getting any splashed water in their mouths during a rowing race. you might as well tell them to try not to rush. leonard jenkins of the oxford men's team, said it would a team, said it would be a lot nicer if there wasn't as much poo in the water. how terrible that that needs to be said. the only time that would be is only time that would be worse is if read in if you read that in a tripadvisor review cafe on tripadvisor review of a cafe on wednesday. environment agency figures revealed raw sewage spills doubled last year in england to 3.6 million hours of spills, compared with 1.7 5,000,000 hours in 2022. i was shocked that it hap

a thames water spokesman said...rescue volunteers are calling for extra signs to be added to some of the lake district's most popular — and dangerous — hiking trails. a teenage walker has spoken about his terror after falling in freezing conditions on the descent of scafell pike. it took 19 hours for volunteers to get ben longton and his two dogs to safety. mark mcalindon has the story. this was the moment that ben longton was finally lifted out of piers gill below the summit of scafell pike last month, a moment he didn't think would come. i thought i was dead, i didn't think anyone would call, so i thought, i'm just going to go sleep cos it'll be a less—painful death than staying awake. in deep snow, ben had lost the path on his way down. the fall broke his femur and left him trapped in the notorious ravine alongside his two dogs. look at you. hello. i'm penny. ben came to meet the mountain rescue volunteers who'd spent 19 hours first identifying where he was and then working out how to get him out. it was extremely

having said that, at some point thames water will need more money.ing war gamed by defra and ofwat and by the treasury. so, yes, as the chief executive told me last week, is nationalisation a possibility eventually?— nationalisation a possibility eventuall? , ,, ., ., ~ eventually? yes. simon jack, thank ou. senior doctors in england have ended their pay dispute. consultants belonging to two major trade unions have voted in favour of a deal which means some will receive a pay increase of nearly 20% for the financial year 2023—24. our health editor, hugh pym, is outside st mary�*s hospital in london. explain what it all means. this is the end of— explain what it all means. this is the end of a _ explain what it all means. this is the end of a one _ explain what it all means. this is the end of a one year dispute - the end of a one year dispute between senior doctors in england and the government and the health secretary, victoria atkins, has said it�*s a fair deal for consultants, patients and taxpayers. looking back at the last financial year, the or

the development does not immediately affect thames water's 16 million customers.t with joe frazier, which became known as the thriller in manilla, are up for auction in new york. bidding has already topped the equivilent of over £3 million. the auction ends next week. a rented flat in birkenhead on the wirral transformed into a fantasy world by its artistic tenant has been given grade ii listed status after a campaign to save it. the unique work by ron gittins was only discovered after his death five years ago. the flat is the first example of what's called 0utsider art, which is work created by someone with no conventional training, to be nationally listed. here'sjudith moritz. welcome to number 8 silverdale road. seemingly unremarkable, perhaps in need of a lick of paint — at least from the outside. because all the decorating effort here has gone into the interior design, frescoes, freezes and fireplaces that i guarantee you won't have seen the likes of before. oh, wow! oh, my gosh. what's this? so this is ron's lion fireplace. don't you have one? laughter. it's

the ability to adapt to the far uneven flow of the thames is important. the specifics of the regatta force the rowers to work their oars to the limit from the very start , because if the opponent manages to break away by more than a body length, it will be almost impossible to catch up with him. that's exactly what it turned out to be. scenario for the men's race this year. the cambridge rowers quickly secured a lead and maintained it until the finish. more in addition, the light blues achieved a golden double for the second time in a row, winning the women's race as well. now their advantage in the historical confrontation has become even more solid. the overall score of victories for men is 87:81, and for women cambridge. wins completely, 47:30. victor gusev, sports news, channel one. this is an anti-fake program and here we are waging our fight against fakes and disinformation. in mariupol, supposedly. destroys a unique historical landmark, an ancient mound, it is allegedly being destroyed by excavators, andryushchenko, of course, writes about this, i’

thames water issue, it's thames water issue, but it's going back.ver i've discussed this have this in recent days, people have said is said the infrastructure is not there the waste, there to deal with the waste, but that a result of mass but that is as a result of mass uncontrolled migration. >> think think uncontrolled migration. >> populationthink think uncontrolled migration. >> population going think uncontrolled migration. >> population going up, nk look, population going up, you've reservoirs. look, population going up, you'can't reservoirs. look, population going up, you'can't have reservoirs. look, population going up, you'can't have one reservoirs. look, population going up, you'can't have one without rs. you can't have one without the other. build other. you've got to build reservoirs. to reservoirs. you've got to improve electricity grid improve the electricity grid and that you that hasn't happened. so you can't other. >> well, sadly, bazalgette's toilet down toilet system, was flushed down the river. thank you. so, emma and that's all

kemble has run out of money and has submitted a plan to regulators that it wanted to see thames water'st five years in order that it could finance improvements and put the company back on and more secure footing. the regulator said no, and at that point kemble said that "without that, we're not going to put any money in and we are going to run out of money". so they basically told us last week that this was going to happen and now the dominoes have begin to fall and it is going to play out. they can't refinance a £190 million loan which is at the end of this month, and today, they informed us that they have not paid the interest on £400 million worth of loans elsewhere. that renders the company effectively insolvent. that doesn't mean that the actual company itself which supplies the water and waste services goes bust yet. it is ring—fenced and has enough cash and overdraft facilities to last until may of next year. but at some point, it will need to raise fresh cash and it is unclear where that money will come from. both the regulator and the new chief executive have admitted that nati

foggy albion, as you know, it changes rapidly; the ability to adapt to the far uneven flow of the thames is important. the specifics of the regatta force the rowers to work their oars to the limit from the very start, because if the opponent manages to break away by more than a body length, it will be almost impossible to catch up with him. this is exactly the scenario for the men's race this year. from cambridge. they completed a golden double in a row, winning the women's race as well. now their advantage in the historical confrontation has become even more solid. the overall score of victories for men is 87.81, and for women cambridge wins overwhelmingly. 47:30 viktor gusev, sports news, channel one. i'm larisa guzeeva, let's get married. good afternoon. today the bride is irina. and our fiance is alexey. years, even after he received irrefutable evidence of his lover’s betrayal, he left her only when he completed the renovations in her apartment. alexey, assistant chief engineer at a shopping center, works part-time with his husband for an hour, lives in ivanteevka, near moscow, beli

thames water must be allowed to fail.larified jk rowling will not be arrested on the snp's new authoritarian hate crime act. but tonight i'll be asking what would happen if i were to follow the law for england live on gb news. but when it was broadcast in scotland, could i be breaking the law? and could the labour party be facing new divisions? on the question

you can get more details on who is in the running for the thames valley mayor, —— tees valley mayor,yor elections across other parts of england and of course local elections, plus those elections for police and crime commissioners, both in england and wales. full details on all of those, whether there is an election going on in yourarea, whether there is an election going on in your area, you can check on the bbc news website or app. we will have full coverage of those elections here on bbc news. staying in the uk, a financial watchdog is warning firms they must have their houses in order before new regulations aimed at protecting victims of fraud come into force in october. the payment systems regulator says traditional high street banks have made significant steps in refunding victims in recent years, but smaller, online—based money transfer services — or so—called electronic money institutions — still have a long way to go to catch up. earlier i spoke to dan whitworth, from radio 4's money box programme, who's been looking into this. this comes down to protecting victims of fraud.

it follows the taking of water samples from thames water's little marlow treatment works. right now to stay out of it until it's been given a chance to clear. there's a lot of animals that can't stay out of it. we have otters down this stretch, a whole variety of different water birds. and, you know, fish are floating up to the surface dead. so anything that's living here right now is at risk. thames water has told us little marlow sewage treatment works is fully compliant with its effluent quality and its storm discharge permit, as set by the environment agency. a london charity is among those calling for the government to continue providing free period products in schools. the service began in 2020 but is due to end injuly. the department for education says any extension "will be confirmed in due course". we actually know that three million days are lost per year at school due to periods and young people not being able to access the care that they need. so it is vital that this scheme is not only kept in place but actually improved. now you might remember him from his fu

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unprecedented coming together last month's boat race was overshadowed by concerns over sewage levels in the thamesics, organisers may have to postpone or even cancel the swimming leg of the triathlon if pollution levels in the river seine don't improve. we wa nt we want to influence the water companies to make sure everyone who has a voice in leadership role or has a part to play in this, if they have not stepped up, they must because this is the time. up, they must because this is the time-— the time. even the biggest sorts the time. even the biggest sports events _ the time. even the biggest sports events are - the time. even the biggest sports events are not - the time. even the biggest. sports events are not immune the time. even the biggest - sports events are not immune to such. finally — leading formula one designer adrian newey is negotiating an exit from red bull, which would leave him free to join another team next year. his early departure from the world champions is expected to be announced within days following talks over his contract. newey�*s next team is not yet decided but ferrari

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to thank the public and the media for drawing attention to the case and they also wanted to thank thamesthe brother—in—law of scotland's first minister, has been charged with abduction and extortion following an incident in which a man fell from a block of flats and later died. ramsay el—nakla, who is 36, is expected to appear at dundee sheriff court today. ryan munro was seriously injured in the fall in morgan street on 10 january and died a week later. three others, aged 38, 50, and a1, were previously arrested and charged over the same incident and appeared in court last week. mr el—nakla is the brother of first minister humza yousaf�*s wife nadia el—nakla. in a landmarkjudgment, the european court of human rights has ruled that switzerland violated the human rights of a group of elderly women in the country — by failing to adequately fight climate change. the court said switzerland's efforts to meet its emission reduction targets had been woefully inadequate. the judgment said the women had also been denied access to justice — as their case had been rejected by all swiss courts. the

, thames water. country, thames water. >> okay, so if we look at thames water again this is thames waterching this, older people etc, people have a relationship with these water companies, these brands. we've been brought up with thames water. we like them. but what we have is that these have to remember is that these water completely water companies have completely been by these, been hijacked. now by these, profiteers. so, you know, we have, you know, 31% of thames water owned by the, ontario municipal municipal retirement scheme. so, you know , the people scheme. so, you know, the people in canada's pension is actually profiting from the destruction of our of our waterways here as well , you know, we've got a we well, you know, we've got a we ourselves here of a university superannuation scheme, which is about 20% invested in it, but the rest fidelity investments, the rest fidelity investments, the chinese investment corporation , which owns about corporation, which owns about 8.6. 9, all of these, international interests that that own the water companies . that own the water companie

want to thank the public and media for drawing attention to the case and they also want to thank thamese this arrest. ., ~' , ., arrest. thank you. the brother-in-law - arrest. thank you. the brother-in-law of - arrest. thank you. the - brother-in-law of scotland's arrest. thank you. the _ brother-in-law of scotland's first brother—in—law of scotland's first minister has been charged with abduction wallowing an incident when abduction wallowing an incident when a man fell from a block of flats and died. he is expected to appear in court later. ryan munro was injured in the fall and died a week later. others were previously arrested and charged following the same incident. he is the brother of humza yousaf�*s wife. simon harris is due to replace leo varadkar who is stepping down for personal and political reasons. these are live pictures from the irish parliament as those proceedings are under way and the formal swearing in will happen in the next couple of hours. we can hear at what of leo fry to say. we are telling — hear at what of leo fry to say. , are telling the corner on climate,

unprecedented coming together last month's boat race was overshadowed by concerns over sewage levels in the thameslevels of e.coli detected. and, at this summer's paris 0lympics, organisers may have to postpone or even cancel the swimming leg of the triathlon if pollution levels in the river seine don't improve. a host of sports now adding their voices to those calling for change. dan roan, bbc news. lebronjames has refused to talk about his future after the los angeles lakers were knocked out of the nba play—offs by last seasons champions the denver nuggets. the nuggets narrowly won the fifth game of the best of seven series 108—106 to take an unasailable series lead. the nba's all—time leading points scorer was chasing his fifth title and his first with the lakers since 2020, but now faces questions on whether he will play ever again. i don't have an answer to your first question. i haven't given it much thought. some pound point i will sit down with my agent. i let's speak to our royal correspondence sarah campbell who is where the king hasjust correspondence sarah campbell who is where the kin

it's not unique to thames water.ected by it and end up being more expensive for you and me. >> well, the political or the financial commentators are saying is the country can't afford it. the country can't afford it. the country can't afford to take it back. but it's the right thing to do. it should be the right thing to do. and these people should be stripped of owning these utility companies. it's absolutely if you start looking into what they do not do, the pollution that they cause and what they're not prepared to do, they're not prepared. all this rainfall. and ilaugh prepared. all this rainfall. and i laugh about this every single day it rains. >> why haven't they built reservoir? >> yeah, but the thing is, come the summer, we're going to have hosepipe bans. >> i bet you there's a heatwave this weekend. we'll all be in complete panic mode. >> and the thing is, you'll be told it's your fault you're having too many showers, or you're having a bath when you shouldn't or you're watering your garden or whatever it h