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
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Attacks by hamas gunmen took place. More than 300 young people attending the festival were killed others were taken hostage. It has been called israels 9 11 by some, and like the attack on the world trade center, its had massive repercussions around the world in both politics and economics. Michelle fleury has more on the global impact one year on. The middle East Conflict could add to the risks already facing the global economy. The escalation comes at a time of uncertainty around the upcoming us election and as china tries to stabilise its struggling economy. Economists warn the war could push up inflation if Trade Routes are disrupted, causing the cost of Oil And Shipping to rise. A big concern is whether any escalation could block the strait of hormuz, a major shipping channel. A third of Oil Tanker Traffic and one fifth of lng frozen gas passes through there. The Oil Markets are already reacting. The price of Brent Crude jumped 5 last thursday after President Biden said the us was
And wet for some but a mild start. Single figures into the far north of scotland. That line of showers will continue to drift its way across the north of england into the scottish borders. More showers piling in from the South West pushing further inland so we keep that showery theme for tuesday but come on the whole, we still have a milder story, particularly down to the South West. 18 and 19 degrees. When starting to swing Round And Cooler in the far north of scotland. It will start to weaken as it pushes across the cooler waters so it will lose its Hurricane Identity but it will be still a significant area of low pressure. Still taking it towards Northern Spain and france so we are going to miss the west there but what it will do as it will change the Wind Direction and it is going to be responsible for introducing this northerly flow, turning colder. So it could be a glancing blow across the Channel Islands in the Kent Coast from kirk at the moment. A rash of showers coming of the
And today we are marking one year since the barbaric Hamas Terror Attack on israel. The deadliest day for the jewish people since the holocaust. On this day last year, 1,200 innocent people were murdered, countless others were raped and beaten and more than 250 people were taken to gaza as hostages. The pain is still palpable site of the nova music festival, where hundreds of young people who came to dance a year ago were instead slaughtered the horrors of that day still haunt so many across israel we lost. You still evan accept that shes gone you know, once something happens, you know that it can you Al Owaysf your can happen again . They killed my sister over there its a trauma of living in a house where were vicious terrorists invaded terrorists in Gaza Outside Benjamin Netanyahus Residence in jerusalem today, as devastated and exhausted families urge the israeli Prime Minister to bring their Loved Ones home to begin our coverage with cnns Erin Burnett, who is in Tel Aviv. Erin were