in the case of thames _ in the end. in the case of thames water, _ in the end.ater, what - in the end. in the case of| thames water, what went in the end. in the case of- thames water, what went wrong that needs to be put right? that would take more than two minutes, steve, but as you know, they were in asia for inter—konsa, actually, when the privatization effort perception, and at some point they were also in china. quite a lot of it has to do with pricing. it's surprising because right now there's a lot of unhappiness about the plans to raise prices, but i want to sit in real terms, prices relented have not gone up in the uk in the past ten years. i will give an example. in singapore, the water utilities under the government, it's on a zero profit basis, but it is also on a zero subsidy basis, so it is priced to cost recovery, and in 2017, we had one price increase, and recently another price increase, so since 2017, the price of water has gone up about 15% —— about 40%, so even when ever meant runs the water utility, price increases have come quite fast and

thames of how badly it's failed. thames water wants to put up bills by 44%. million in dividends to shareholders . in dividends to shareholders. just this year. the ceo got £1.7 million in his pay when they had 350 pollution incidents . so what 350 pollution incidents. so what we really need to ensure is that elliott management and the other bondholders in the consortium that think they can get rich quick out of our water companies, aren't given a bailout by the government. >> oh, i completely agree with you on that. and you make the very important point that the special administration means that the bondholders can lose everything. now the assets are still there. so where they're losing everything is right. i don't know , but the previous don't know, but the previous management and shareholders have behaved appallingly. they behaved appallingly. they behaved rapaciously. they overpaid themselves. interest rates went up. they had index unked rates went up. they had index linked debt that then made their situation even worse . the situation even worse. the sha

greedy expropriation of funds from thames water.t. the company should go bust. it should be an orderly bankruptcy . should be an orderly bankruptcy. >> i think you're absolutely right. i think when people begin to understand what's happened over the years, how the shareholders have exploited basically captive bill payers , basically captive bill payers, these are monopoly companies. it it's quite a disgrace that they've never really put the money in that was promised by privatisation. they've taken out very healthy dividends over the years basically basically driven that company thames water, with a guaranteed customer base dnven a guaranteed customer base driven it into bankruptcy this yeah driven it into bankruptcy this year. its chief financial officer was paid £1.3 million for the service after they awarded a dividend. this year of about just under £200 million, as the company collapses. so yes, we think it should be allowed to fail and then we should start to take stock of it, do it in an orderly fashion so that the public can

behind thames water.e bills of everyone in britain. so if i lived in bolton my bills would go up. but really i'd be paying for people who live in beaconsfield. >> yeah, exactly . now, you might >> yeah, exactly. now, you might be able to stomach that on a human level. if we saw all the water companies really starting to get to work, really try to increase and improve things . but increase and improve things. but when, you know, actually that money is just going to a bunch of investors who are just going to keep stripping out the money, i mean, what we've got is a situation whereby profits are privatised , but the debts are privatised, but the debts are socialised. yeah. so it's socialism for the corporates and it's capitalism for the individual people . individual people. >> so this is kind of the opposite of what i thought a labour government might do, because i thought there's no way they'd use taxpayers money to help make billionaires wealthier or write off some losses, but that appears to be the oppos

thames, eanane, ent minister at a rowing club on the banks of the thames, eanane, ent mir very for now executives could be sent to prison and banned from getting their bonuses under new government legislation to cut sewage spills. a bill that applies to england and wales would give regulators more power to impose penalties. but activists say the system is broken, and that current regulations aren't enforced. here's our environment correspondentjonah fisher. profits and pollution. for years, our water companies have paid out dividends to shareholders and bonuses to executives while at the same time, discharging sewage into our rivers, lakes and seas. but could that be about to change? at a rowing club on the banks of the thames, environment minister steve reed outlined new legislation to end what he called the disgraceful behaviour of the water companies and their bosses. this new bill is a significant step forwards in fixing our broken water system. it is an immediate down payment on the wider reform that is needed after years of failure and environmental damage. it holds polluting wat

, by the way, the thames were already app capacity today at 4 pm. mind you the whole thing started with be are being handed out at 12 noon. so 4 hours later, everything app capacity. this is what we're going to see for the next 2 weeks. um no incidence hopefully and this day is a pretty good old and no incidence worth while reporting. instead people making friends in the tens and hopefully they still remember them tomorrow. it's all right, stuff on boston at home or for us at the october 5th stuff we will be living vicariously through you. we do hope you can have some fun as well after you're done a working as thank you so much. thank you. you're up to date on the w news up next, or documentary need see on a night out in the chinese and mega city of chanc king a marietta evans stain. i'll have more headlines for you at the top of the hour from me and the entire news team. thanks for the company. the gas station innovation, green, the green revenue seems global. so listen to a whole lot of crime. it's probably up to speed is secure. subscribed to this channel subscribe to plan. it's a th

, by the way, the thames were already app capacity today at 4 pm. mind you the whole thing started with be are being handed out to 12 noon. so 4 hours later, everything app capacity this is will be going to see for the next 2 weeks. um no incidence hopefully and this day is a pretty good old and no incidence worthwhile reporting. instead, people making friends in the tens and hopefully they still remember them. as of all, it's all right, stuff on boston at home or for us at the october 5th stuff we will be living vicariously through you. we do hope you can have some fun as well after you're done a working, as thank you so much. thank you. and that's the latest on the, the, your news this, our, i married a evans team from me and the entire news team. thanks for watching the living independently rise to our society is full of contrasts and inequality is a big challenge. many problems can only be solved by working together. yes, i think of each other than this leaving. what is home? how do we tackle the major issues about time because there is a significant risk of human extinction from ad

businesses in munich, private people, people from all over the world, coming to party here on the thames, by the way, the thames were already app capacity today at 4 pm, mind you, the whole thing started with be are being and had about the 12 noon. so 4 hours later, everything app capacity this is, will be going to see for the next 2 weeks. um no incidence hopefully and this day is a pretty good old and no incidence worthwhile reporting. instead people making friends in the tens and hopefully they still remember them all us. all right, stuff on boston at home or for us at the october fast stuff and we will be living vicariously through you. we do hope you can have some fun as well after you're done a working as thank you so much. thank you. all right, turning now to some other news and some unusually heavy snowfall has disrupt a traffic in south africa. emergency services, how to help stranded motor is some of them spending the night in their vehicles. the motor way, linking johannesburg to the east coast city of durban, was one of the worst affected by some south africans who are not us

the thames has _ almost 32,019 due to a virus. the thames has the _ almost 32,019 due to a virus.ecessary almost 32,019 due to a virus. i““i;a: thames has the habitat necessary for harbour seals the and grey seals. there might be something causing the decline in harbour seals but overall it shows are an important habitat it is, thames estuary despite how busy it is. , , , . ., , is, thames estuary despite how busy itis. , ,_ ., ,., it is. these shy creatures, over three days _ it is. these shy creatures, over three days in — it is. these shy creatures, over three days in august, - it is. these shy creatures, over three days in august, in - it is. these shy creatures, over| three days in august, in august it is. these shy creatures, over i three days in august, in august they are moulting. they are holed and is yet to count. the poll was done with the armyjoining forces with the zoological society of london to do it from a distance using helicopters and infrared cameras defined find the seals and staying nice and high so not to disturb them and despite the kid faces, these seals ar

well, it government bailout of thames water. well, it comes government bailout of thames water .crap the winter fuel allowance for the winter fuel allowance for the vast majority of pensioners, cutting them off from help with their energy bills. i mean, this is quite remarkable , isn't it is quite remarkable, isn't it really? every single thing is going to go up. you've got council tax as well as this. >> it's going to sink our family budgets . it's quite simply as budgets. it's quite simply as that. he's going to water down our pensions. >> it just keeps getting worse to be honest. >> he's going to go on. and to be honest, i also i attended a meeting with the head of ofwat who was talking about the fact that this was over a year and a half ago, whilst the conservatives were in power, that bills were going to have to go that bills were going to have to 9° up that bills were going to have to go up anyway because of the rising population in the country , rising population in the country, because we've got 67 million people and now we've got the idea that we're going to have to buy,

he lamented the demise of the thames into and i quote , a thames into and i quote, a stygian pool reeking he asked for leave horrors, and he asked for leave to introduce a bill that, in his words, would attempt to terminate a state of affairs so unsatisfactory and fraught with so much danger to public health. the legislation became law on the 2nd of august. of that year in steps civil engineer sir joseph bazalgette, tasked to revolutionise the sewage system . revolutionise the sewage system. between 1859 and 1875, 82 miles of underground sewers and over a thousand miles of street sewers were built under .bazalgette's guiding hand , stopping the free guiding hand, stopping the free flow of sewage into the thames. this prevented bacteria entering drinking water, saving thousands of lives from cholera . of lives from cholera. bazalgette's work was remarkable , bazalgette's work was remarkable, but it was not in isolation . but it was not in isolation. water infrastructure was being built right around the country near manchester. john frederick bateman was masterminding the longendale chain,

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that's it. lumped with southern water or thames water . that's it. stuff thames water. that's it.o choice. unfortunately right now the conservative leadership election continues to build tension within the party after, of course, yesterday priti patel was knocked out of the contest. her fellow candidates paid tribute to her efforts in the aftermath of her elimination, but she still hasn't publicly come out in support of any other candidate. well, let's see if our westminster correspondent olivia utley can provide more insight to that. good afternoon olivia. anyidea to that. good afternoon olivia. any idea who priti may be backing as the days roll on? >> we still just don't know and it'll be really interesting to see whether her supporters, she had 14 supporters yesterday vote in a pack altogether , or if in a pack altogether, or if their vote is split across the candidates . candidates. >> priti patel was seen as one of the right wing candidates in the race, so it's assumed that her backers will, on the whole , her backers will, on the whole, go for either robert jenrick or kemi b

look, i'm not in favour of excrement floating down the thames or any other, any other river. these people have actually been taking money out, which i very much doubt, certainly not true of thames water taking money out to which they weren't entitled, rather than investing in, in in making sure that our water water was clean when it rained . but if clean when it rained. but if somebody could prove to me how you can produce a water system when it buckets with rain and there is nowhere for the water to go but to go out to sea, could somebody explain to me how thatis could somebody explain to me how that is going to be changed, no matter whether it's labour, green, reform or the afd running the country? well, i can't explain anything now because i'm all discombobulated with images of you and your speedo in the local leader. >> over to you, tom. >> absolutely. i think there'll be people having their tea and watching this, thinking , i'm so watching this, thinking, i'm so glad that i don't have to watch kelvin mackenzie and his budgie smugglers getting attractive site. actually, m

sir ian mckellen has lived next to the river thames for more than a0 years. the same, this guy is changing all the time and the river traffic is always interesting. fix, the river traffic is always interesting.— the river traffic is always interesting. the river traffic is always interestinu. �* , interesting. a place where the hard-working _ interesting. a place where the hard-working actor _ interesting. a place where the hard-working actor can - interesting. a place where the hard-working actor can relax l ha rd—working actor can relax during hard—working actor can relax during a force career break. in june, he suffered a nasty fall while on stage in the west end. i fractured my wrist — it's what every kid does when he falls off his bike — and chipped a vertebrae. and do you remember how it happened? aye, i'm moving about, got my foot caught in the remains of a chair, which i tried to kick off — and in doing that i propelled myself forward, as it were on a skateboard, on the newspaper—shiny surface, down to the forestage and then off the stage, which was a

so thames water's on its knees and it needs help.the government can do pretty much whatever they want. they can make literally make their own laws . so in the case of own laws. so in the case of thames water that can be acquired, there's no legal obugafion acquired, there's no legal obligation to repay off the company's debts. just just bring it back under public control. i think governments are sometimes scared of rattling the markets. they're scared of being seen to too be interventionist in case it scares off other investment. but this isn't a government dabbung but this isn't a government dabbling in private businesses that make chocolate or sell shoes. this is a utility that is filling our streets and beaches with sewage. nobody in the investment community would think this was a bizarre or unfair act, or be fearful of our government. they've got to do it. they don't have to spend money. let's do it now. >> you think they would? look these fines, hundreds of millions of pounds aren't really worth very much at all, are they?i worth

and waste 13.7, metric tons. northside down stream on the river thames. i'm stopping at another major denmark tower bridge instead of paying 13 pounds for just to get inside. i am enjoying stunning views of the city from its walkways and from beside the bridge for free. a free way to travel in london is our cost on foot, but the public transport system is affordable to if you're looking for the cheapest option, you get on $1.00 of those stuff is that car bosses or to type thing adventure and then says for the best use add to the upper deck and sit in the front. all you can take the 2 of us halfway. it's the orders in the wide photos and under the public transport works with cash list payments. there are automatic price caps, so you never pay more than necessary. a day ticket for the bus and underground and the central zones one and 2 costs 8 pounds 10. next, i want to explore more of london off the beaten track. i'm joining an odd walk in the east and the yeah. and the shortage neighborhood. i just have friends, palms, the streets and to a sort of open ac

in the thames you could easily catch sturgeon, in our latitudes - carp, salmon, trout, grayling, breamtench or pike. what recipe is this pike prepared by? the recipe is described here, our pike is open-faced, seasoned in dry white wine, sparkling, with lemon, this is clearly, clearly not a poor man's recipe. yes, because to take a pike and pour it over, well , a festive dish, festive, a holiday already once a year, yes, we tried, we didn't sleep all night, we caught it, well, you marinated it in white wine, and in sparkling wine and baked it in the oven, you didn't bake it, the pike is boiled, but it is cooked, that is, you cooked it in white wine, yes, i couldn't, honestly, fish soup is good, but the head of everything is the ear, this is one of the most ancient russian liquid dishes about the parents of all russians soups. in the middle ages, fish soup was prepared using a strong rooster broth and it was incredibly tasty and aromatic. in the finished dish, the rooster meat had a fishy flavor, but the fish itself was neutral. i wonder what recipe they used to prepare this dish for the

in 1986, he became the fastest person to parascend under ten bridges on the river thames.t goes into your arm for 24 hours. just a few years later, he was diagnosed with lung cancer. he let the cameras in to film his treatment — the first time someone so high profile had been so open about living with cancer. it started, really, when i was having a bath, because you wash your hair and rub it and as i was rubbing the hair, when i brought my hands back down to look at them, they were just covered. they were just like ape hands, you know? in the last months of his life, he embarked on a tour of hope, travelling around the country, raising awareness. there's nothing worse than somebody that lies down screaming and grumbling and saying, why me? much better to get up and start flailing your arms again, isn't it? roy died two days after his 62nd birthday, but his legacy continues in the foundation set up in his name. it provides support to patients and has helped introduce lung cancer screening. and a major part of the roy castle lung cancer foundation is the research that goes o

on the banks of the thames, the environment minister steve reed introducedew legislation to and whated the disgraceful behavior of the water companies and their bosses. >> this new bill is a significant step forward in fixing our broken water system. it is an immedia down payment on the water reform needed after years of failure on environmental damage. it holds polluting water companies to account after years where there has been no accountability. >> the new bill will give regulators more power to take action against the water companies when they pollute. executives who block investigations could be sent to jail. bonuses will be conditional on the company meeting environmental and financial standards. watching on, the chief executive of seven trent water. last year, she took on more than 3,000,000 pounds. >> ms. garfield, are you where would you won't be getting three point 2,000,000 pounds next year? introducing these new laws and tougher penalties certainly looks like a step toward cleaning up our waterways. but there is plenty of evidence that the water companies have been break

in 1986, he became the fastest person to paraascend under ten bridges on the river thames.tment started as quickly as possible. they stick a needle in your arm, it goes into the vein and and it goes into your arm. just a few years later, he was diagnosed with lung cancer. he let the cameras in to film his treatment — the first time someone so high profile had been so open about living with cancer. it started, really, when i was having a bath, because you wash your hair and rub itand, as i was rubbing the hair, when i brought my hands back down to look at them, they were just covered. they were just like ape hands, you know? in the last months of his life, he embarked on a tour of hope, travelling around the country, raising awareness. there's nothing worse than somebody that lies down screaming and grumbling and saying, why me? much better to get up and start flailing your arms again, isn't it? roy died two days after his 62nd birthday, but his legacy continues in the foundation set up in his name. it provides support to patients and has helped introduce lung cancer screeni

the actor said that "as a proud welshman, driving the sheep across the thames was the highlight of hisst of us have stayed dry this weekend, low pressure is sweeping in across england and wales and northern ireland as we speak. that's going to hang around for the first few days of this upcoming week, so monday and tuesday certainly looking wetter and windier — rather cool, but mid—week, high pressure will build in and that'll settle things down and we'll see increasing amounts of sunshine, but some nights will be cool with mist and fog returning. but up until tuesday, england and wales will have heavy but up until tuesday, england and wales will bear the brunt of some heavy and persistent rain — again, falling on saturated ground, we're likely to see the risk of further localised flooding in places. worth staying tuned to the forecast over the next few days. this area of low pressure is the culprit, which will become slow—moving as it pushes across england and wales during the course of the night, and the rain will be heavy and persistent accompanied by strong, gusty winds, up to 60mph

sir ian mckellen has lived next to the river thames for more than 40 years.is notoriously hard—working actor can relax during an enforced career break. injune, sir ian — who is 85 — suffered a nasty fall whilst on stage in the west end. it was a shock. i fractured my wrist — it's what every kid does when he falls off his bike — and chipped a vertebrae. and do you remember how it happened? i am moving about, got my foot caught in the remains of a chair, which i tried to kick off — and in doing that i propelled myself forward, as it were on a skateboard, on the newspaper—shiny surface, down to the forestage and then off the stage, which was a three—foot drop. partly broken by a member of the audience on the front row. i was extremely lucky in that i was wearing a padded suit because falstaff — the part i was playing — is fat. it wasn't that i'd got dizzy or anything like that. it was a pure accident. i shall take the rest of the year off and then get back to work in january. retirement is not on sir ian's agenda. i shalljust keep at it as long as the legs and t

and you push hezbollah north of the river which is not that a big river, it is not like the river thamesthen when they stay there it becomes a war of attrition, and i honestly fail to see what a ground operation would produce other than fatalities on the israeli side. 0ne fatalities on the israeli side. one more sentence, if i may, and again, it really goes down it boils down to what the definition of ltd is. if it is a five kilometre wide incursion to clean up hezbollah outposts, 0k, to clean up hezbollah outposts, ok, you go in and you go out, it isa ok, you go in and you go out, it is a search and destroy type of operation, using the old vietnam term. but if it is bigger than that, i can only see risks and i do not see benefits. i5 see risks and i do not see benefite— benefits. is it likely to be bi aer benefits. is it likely to be bigger given _ benefits. is it likely to be bigger given the - benefits. is it likely to be bigger given the stated i bigger given the stated objective he has repeated now so many times since a week ago, ten days ago, that he insists now their aim ten days

come with her renders the gods tortured to arise and the prisoners they send them the consultation thames. so most of them died. it was incredible genocide. the, the, in the headlines philadelphia international, at least 5 people are dead and 19 more wounded. this b is really a force or fourthly strikes several cities approach syria, pulse overhead in this alice program here sitting on the train dollars worth of news or to the guitar economy. someone keeps telling me, you know, for anything you think we can win this. they need or help us, any sort of instagram, right, this, spilling the beans, because for nato, it's all about ukraine's resources. apparently, that's the key of once again, demanding more weapons from western sponsors. also us to don, reject king of the united nations. cool for a peace permission to enter the country, slamming to the international body for its bias and violating the boundaries of its mandate.

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us come with her and the gods, tortured to arise, and the prisoners they send in the constitution thames. so most of them died. it was incredible genocide. the the much working is lucian. goodness. he goes to bone. you see you she goes to the graham interested, there's him in phoenix on each of the, of the, of, with each of us listening to folks from shield one credit. you're not the 1st to shift this weekend on my sister generally nothing but soonest. you use a shed dimension, gives you that temper or my feelings, a couple of things. and so there's the 1st case to go in. this room was changing the subject open. this was the rush to function, supposedly the position of general questions on some issues. if she was thinking of a b as he must be less trust knowing the field the most, don't you and you consider them, you could teach less to use to shoot you some level one of those questions the slough was too busy and you were speaking about the new position of the young you smoke session, that was my mom's side and i will just talk to, you know, the book showing really stood out there to be

the actor said that "as a proud welshman, driving the sheep across the thames, was the highlight of hispeople came together for the performance at a stadium in auckland. the haka is a traditional dance associated with new zealand's indigenous maori people. it's been made famous by the all blacks rugby team who perform it before their matches. the previous record of 4,000 people was held by france. the organiser of the new zealand attempt said it was like a national treasure that had been taken from them. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. hello. another area of low pressure is moving in and that will affect much of the country for the start of the upcoming week. cool, wet and windy at times, but by mid week an improvement with high—pressure moving in, and there should be high spells of sunshine. winds picking up further south and west. rain will pile into northern ireland, wales and south—west the ireland, wales and south—west rain will be heavy a times, the rain will be heavy at times, persistent too. gusts of strong wind up to 60 mph. a drier night to come across north

with her renders the gods to which it to arise and the prisoners they send them the constitution thames. so most of them died. it was incredible genocide. the welcome back to going underground. i'm still here with the founder and director of the switch institute for peace and energy research stroke a daniel again. so i ensure up to do as dr. against or in part one. when you talk about co ask, which is the most recent uh, offensive by as a lensky is a british a you, us, um, to forces opponent in the, in the propaganda media of the west and your, of the nato countries. yeah, yeah. you, we, we took it, all right, but coming back to that point, i'm, you know, on rumble and instagram, telecom and other channels. it's obviously a very easy to debate. what was going on before this invasion really started. and if it was just and a decision by presidents or landscape, and it was a purely ukrainian oppression, but could also be that the british and americans. so nato countries used as a lensky to attack russia and that, you know, during the cold war, it would be, you know, on think about, that's

sir ian mckellen has lived next to the river thames for more than li0 years. to retire? there may well come a time when... phone rings. ..the phone stops ringing. that's your agent. am i going to retire? no. it's such a part of my life, acting. but injune, sir ian — who is 85 — was forced to take a break from the profession he loves. he fell off stage during a performance of player kings at london's noel cowerd theatre. thank you for inviting us in to your lovely home. how are you? er, yes, i think i'm fine. it was a nasty fall and it was a shock initially, but i fractured my wrist — it's what every kid does when he falls off his bike — and chipped a vertebrae. and do you remember how it happened? aye, i'm moving about, got my foot caught in the remains of a chair, which i tried to kick off — and in doing that i propelled myself forward, as it were on a skateboard, on the newspaper—shiny surface, down to the forestage and then off the stage, which was a three—foot drop. partly broken by a member of the audience on the front row. i was extremely lucky in that i

and that morning of the 5th ofjuly, that big event at the tate modern on the banks of the thames — hereing. "on we go to glory." there's a real doubt setting in about whether or not this is actually going to turn out to be an administration that can govern with confidence and can govern convincingly, and that they actually know what they're doing. and some people's answer to that right now is notjust i'm not sure, but it doesn't look like it. because here's the case for what they have been doing after the riots. they used the experience of the of the pm, who had been the dpp, because obviously being the bbc — we love a series of letters that confuse everyone. so, he brought in a series of wildly serious sentencing obviously with the police arresting people, and that was seen to have been a swift crackdown on social unrest. then they've sorted out a series of strikes in the public sector — the train drivers, the doctors and also other problems that were going on, slowing the country down. now, noise is off about that, but that's not the same as being criticised for taking a box to watch

roads near the thames in west london could flood at high tide.hile devon, the south—west and west sussex remain under alerts. meanwhile scotland will see the best weather where temperatures could reach 27 degrees. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> cheers! britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report , and here's financial report, and here's a quick snapshot of today's markets. >> the pound will buy you $1317! >> the pound will buy you $1.3171 and ,1.1881. the price of gold is £1,904.09 per ounce, and the ftse 100 is 8233 points. >> cheers ! britannia wine club >> cheers! britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . financial report. >> thank you very much, sophia. now, if you want to get in touch with me here @gbnews, you know what to do. go to gbnews.com/yoursay. loads of comments coming in

. >> thames you, james. >>> thank you for watching "power lunch." "closing bell" starts right now. this make-or-break hour begins with big questions. we'll ask our expects, now with 60 minutes to go in regulation, stocks have been capped for much of today. it's showing up today, well, yields fell on the news, energy is the weakest sector today. oil is turning negative for 2024. health care a laggard. as for big tech, all eyes on nvidia, they're getting a bit back from yesterday's move lower, about but even that has rolled negative yet again. that stock is bowen did i 1.75%. that takes us to our talk of the tape now. for icap. >> liz, you first, is this a growth scare? >> i think expectations for growth, actual growth numbers for the third quarter are still pretty strong. today was a labor market scare, and obviously we have this big looming jobs report on friday that could also be a scare i think markets are in this state of recklessness, and we've got a lot of highly anticipated events coming. >> it seems like coming in september, people chalk it up that it trades as a bad month,

at a rowing club on the banks of the thames, environment minister steve reed outlined new legislationhe disgraceful behaviour of the water companies and their bosses. this new bill is a significant step forwards in fixing our broken water system. it is an immediate down payment on the wider reform that is needed after years of failure and environmental damage. it holds polluting water companies to account after years where there has been no accountability. the new bill will give the regulator greater powers to take action against the water companies when they pollute. executives who block investigations could be sent to jail. bonuses will be conditional on the company meeting environmental and financial standards. watching on, the chief executive of severn trent water, liv garfield. last year, she took home more than £3 million. miss garfield, are you worried you won't be getting £3.2 million next year? introducing these new laws and tougher penalties certainly looks like a step towards cleaning up our waterways. but there is plenty of evidence that the water companies have been break

over 3,500 seals now call the thames estuary home, according to the zoological society of london. helicopters. the charity says counting seals helps them to understand the health of the river. janet jackson will perform at the 02 this weekend in herfirst london concert in 13 years. the two—hour show is packed with elaborate costumes and some of her most famous songs, celebrating her ao—year career. her choreographer is from elephant and castle. it was janet jackson's together again music video that actually made me go, "i want to do. that's what i want to do." i want to be a dancer and i also want to dance for her. like that was the start of the journey for me. so, to be here, you know, 27 years later, on the together again tour as a choreographer is a very full circle moment. let's take a look at the tubes now. on the district line, we've got severe delays around high street kensington and minor delays on the wimbledon branch. now, on to the weather with kawser. hello there. good morning. well, after the wet and windy conditions of yesterday, today too starts off rather unsettled

this year for its annual grey and harbour seals survey across the greater thames estuary and the teamon sandbanks and estimated how many may be in the water. concluding a total of 599 harbour seals and 2988 grey seals, well, hannah mccormick, who led the survey, says this seal population shows us there's a good habitat available to the species that call the thames home. and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. i'll be back with more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> thank you tatiana and hello and welcome to you at home. this is britain's newsroom live across the uk only on gb news with me, ben, leo and nana akua right. >> let's have a look at some of those emails. lots of you have been getting in touch now edward hodgson he said hi belem nana could you please mention that any pensioner is trying to claim pension credits by landline? can't get through? so not only have labour stopped, wfp which is of course th

. >> thames you, james. >>> thank you for watching "power lunch." "closing bell" starts right now.th big questions. we'll ask our expects, now with 60 minutes to go in regulation, stocks have been capped for much of today. it's showing