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
good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. afterfour weeks in hospital, the duke of edinburgh has been discharged and has returned to windsor castle. prince philip was admitted to king edward vii s hospital in central london on february 16th after feeling unwell. the duke, who s 99, later underwent a successful procedure for a pre existing heart condition at another london hospital. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. shielded by a screen, a patient, evidently in a wheelchair, was brought out from the king edward vii hospital to a waiting vehicle. moments later, the vehicle left with the duke of edinburgh safely aboard, on his way home to windsor after his longest hospital stay, 28 nights in total, four of them at st bartholomew s hospital for specialist heart treatment. as the car left, photographers caught sight of the duke sitting in the rear of the vehicle. little has been said by the vehicle. little has been said by the palace about the reasons for
but a necessity for the safety and prosperity of the british people in the decades ahead. the police officer accused of the kidnap and murder of sarah everard is due to go on trial in late october. and coming up scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon is to set out a timeline for the easing of lockdown in scotland. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. afterfour weeks in hospital, the duke of edinburgh has been discharged and has returned to windsor castle. prince philip was admitted to king edward vii s hospital in central london on february 16th after feeling unwell. the duke, who s 99, later underwent a successful procedure for a pre existing heart condition at another london hospital. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. shielded by a screen, a patient, evidently in a wheelchair, was brought out from the king edward vii hospital to a waiting vehicle. moments later, the vehicle left with the duke of edinburgh safely aboard, on his way home to windsor af
plots in great britain. and even during the pandemic period that we ve all been enduring for most of the last two years, we ve had to disrupt six late stage attack plots. the taliban takeover of afghanistan has changed the landscape. the m15 chief warned this would embolden those wanting to carry out attacks and he said there was a risk that the country could once again become a safe haven for groups planning more sophisticated attacks. even if the taliban is absolutely in good faith about wanting to prevent terrorism being exported from afghanistan, that will be a difficult task to accomplish. afghanistan is not an easy country to govern and within which to ensure perfect security. a new counterterrorism operation centre was launched this summer but the type of threats the uk faces have also been evolving, the m15 head said. across the last 20 years, since 9/11, we have had a continued evolving, huge challenge with islamist extremist terrorism. we have the rise of extreme