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
Was watching the action. I was wondering if maybe before the march, united mode of taking three all but when you factor in that they were to neale ahead, where does this leave them and leave the manager? leave them and leave the manager? leave them and leave the manauer? h. . ,. , manager? it s a saga that will continue. manager? it s a saga that will continue, the manager? it s a saga that will continue, the spit manager? it s a saga that will continue, the spit collision. Continue, the spit collision around the manager erik ten hag, he will be under pressure after this result, the bbc was told after that pretty desperate three zero defeat, that he would remain in position for the next two games at least, one of those here at porto and the next on sunday at aston villa, they threw away that lead tonight so it won t be enough for erik ten hag to feel safe, his third season at old trafford with that international break looming, a lot of attention will be focused on that match a
Was watching the action. Joe, i was wondering if maybe before the match, united might have taken 3 3, but then when you factor in that they were to 2 0 ahead, where does this leave them and leave their manager, erik ten hag? it s a saga that will continue. The speculation around their manager erik ten hag, he will still be under pressure after this result. The bbc was told after that pretty desperate 3 0 defeat, home to spurs on sunday, that he would remain in position for the next two games at least. One of those here at porto and the next on sunday at aston villa. They ve thrown away that lead tonight so it won t be enough for erik ten hag to feel safe. It s his third season it s at old trafford with that international break looming, a lot of attention will now be focused on that match at villa park. Manchester united, not the only big premier league side in action tonight, in both europa league and the europa conference league, starting with the spurs? encouraging night for many rea
Joe, i was wondering if maybe before the match, united might have taken 3 3, but then when you factor in that they were to 2 0 ahead, where does this leave them and leave their manager, erik ten hag? it s a saga that will continue. The speculation around their manager erik ten hag, he will still be under pressure after this result. The bbc was told after that pretty desperate 3 0 defeat, home to spurs on sunday, that he would remain in position for the next two games at least. One of those here at porto and the next on sunday at aston villa. They ve thrown away that lead tonight so it won t be enough for erik ten hag to feel safe. It s his third season it s at old trafford with that international break looming, a lot of attention will now be focused on that match at villa park. Manchester united, not the only big premier league side in action tonight, in both europa league and the europa conference league, starting with the spurs? encouraging night for many reasons, tottenham hotspur.
Brent crudejumping as much as 5 , though its since fallen back. Iran is the seventh largest Oil Producer in the world. The markets fear a further escalation of the conflict in the Middle East could mean iran blocks the Straits Of Hormuz a key waterway for Oil And Gas shipments. Meanwhile, israels Military Offensive against the iranian backed Hezbollah Militia goes on after the killing of its leader Hassan Nasrallah last week. Lebanese officials say at least nine people were killed and 14 injured in an israeli Air Strike on a building in central beirut. The multi Storey Block housed a hezbollah affiliated Health Centre Israel said was hit in a precision attack. Its thought the target was a Hezbollah Official who lived in the building. This is a rare israeli strike in the Heart Of The City in the bachoura district, close to lebanons parliament building. Our middle East Correspondent Hugo bachega lets go live. We can cross to beirut and my colleague Anna Foster. We have seen strikes right