Good afternoon. Water companies in england and wales have been ordered to repay nearly £158 Million to their customers. The Regulator Ofwat says its because the firms have failed to meet performance targets such as cutting Sewage Spills and leaks. Some future Water Bills will be reduced to reflect the missed targets. Our Environment Correspondent Jonah Fisher reports. A warning this report contains flashing images. This Report Card does not make pleasant reading for the Water Companies. Targets for reducing leaks are not being hit, the number of Pollution Incidents has hardly changed in the last five years and Customer Satisfaction has continued to fall. Three Water Companies anglian, southern and welsh are rated bottom of the class. The others are just average, with none rated in the top category. So we think the sector suffers from a culture of poor performance, that companies are not taking responsibility for their performance. They are too often blaming the weather or the circumst
City Of Haifa. Several people were injured. Will vernon has the latest. One year on since the Middle East was set ablaze, beirut burns again. Explosions pierce the night sky. Israel had issued new Evacuation Orders shortly before launching Air Strikes on the city. The Israeli Military released this footage, saying it had targeted hezbollah Weapons Storage and command centres hidden beneath residential buildings, which hezbollah denies. The strikes on beirut are intensifying. The lebanese government says more than moo people have been killed so far. Over the border in israel, hezbollahs response. The city Of Haifa was attacked by five rockets. Ten people were injured by shrapnel. Hezbollah claimed it had targeted a Military Base in the area. Earlier on sunday, an Evacuation Flight for british nationals left beirut. The Uk Government says no more are planned. Those On Board described the terrifying ordeal of their escape. Oh, its been devastating. Its like a nightmare, nightmare. Its lik
I havent even watched a football match. And from footballing novices to playing for england we meet the team heading to the first ever womens Amputee World Cup and coming up on Bbc News Pakistan dominate Day One of the Opening Test against england with two centuries helping the Home Side rack up the runs in multan. Good afternoon. Theres a day of ceremonies in israel to mark the first anniversary of the hamas attacks on October 7th last year, the deadliest day in the history of the state of israel. 1,200 people were killed and 250 taken hostage. It was a day that reshaped the Middle East, bringing War To Gaza where the hamas run Health Ministry says nearly 42,000 people have been killed, and now engulfing lebanon in conflict too. Yolande knell reports. Siren wails. Sirens marked the exact moment a year ago when israels deadliest day began. Waves of hamas fighters from gaza led a bloody attack on a dance festival, Army Bases and villages, seizing hostages. This is a day of painful remem
A Rocket Fired from lebanon fired today. Sending shrapnel and explosives through the car park. As patients laid metres away. This doctor left his car here five minutes before the rocket hit. His Daughters Car Seat still in tact inside the shattered frame. I seat still in tact inside the shattered frame. Shattered frame. I have a Little Girl shattered frame. I have a Little Girl also. Shattered frame. I have a Little Girl also. With shattered frame. I have ai Little Girl also. With every bomb, every siren she gets anxious. Its hard to be in the situation, one year, its an exhausting situation. Suddenly more sirens. Exhausting situation. Suddenly more sirens. The exhausting situation. Suddenly more sirens. The panic exhausting situation. Suddenly more sirens. The panic here i more sirens. The panic here sharper this time seconds later the third of rockets. Three, five, six two just coming to the Safe Room after the sirens sounded again in the hospital this morning. Theres been a barrage