editor faisal islam. this is clearly a mess but the expectation in financial circles is that shareholders will provide the funds to keep thames water going. but the question is how did this come about in an industry that should be so simple, providing a product that everybody needs, and provided the monopolies of several million customers with no competition. and the answer is in hugely complicated structures, huge debts, and lots of regulation. the boss of thames water, sarah bentley, abruptly stood down on tuesday. she was battling to turn around the company after a legacy of under investment. let s discuss what s at stake with dr kate bayliss from the centre for water and development at soas university in london. thank you for being on the programme. faisal islam there talking and touching on some of theissues talking and touching on some of the issues why thames water is where it is. can you elaborate on that, please? on that, please? yes, well, thames on that, please?
says initial evidence from overnight us and british air strikes in yemen suggests all intended targets were destroyed looking under way in new hampshire where nikki haley is looking to close the gap on donald trump. and oppenheimer leads the oscar nominations with 13 but barbie s margot robbie and greta gerwig both miss out. to the united states now and the people of new hampshire are voting in a primary election, with just two candidates left for the republican party s presidential nomination. officials are predicting a record setting turnout for the primary which is taking place in the north east of the country. nikki haley is hoping the traditionally moderate new england state will give her a result that allows her to continue in the race but opinion polls indicate donald trump has built up a clear lead. our north america correspondent emma vardy is monitoring events for us in new hampshire and gave us the latest. well, for nikki haley s supporters, those anti trump
the england and wales cricket board has apologised and admits the sport needs a reset after a report found racism, sexism and elitism are widespread. the independent commission for equity in cricket has spent the last two years, getting evidence from more than 4,000 people. bosses from tesco, sainsbury s, asda and morrisons will be questioned by mps about high prices in supermarkets. the british retail consortium says food price rises eased slightly again this month.restrictions on price promotions for unhealthy foods are going to be introduced in wales. the laws which are expected to come into force in 2025 would also see rules on where high sugar, salt and fat foods are placed in shops. the aim is to tackle obesity and diabetes. a charity says the cost of school uniforms is still a big issue, despite rules aimed at keeping prices down. the children s society found parents spent on average £422 a year on secondary and £287 on primary uniforms. the government says it wa
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earleir i spoke to calvin wong of avanda and he gave me his take on how he thinks the federal will move this week. pretty much unchanged so this will be the first pause and its current interest rate outside look so pretty much unchanged at 5%-5.25% so pretty much unchanged at 5% 5.25% so the reason being over here is that i do not believe poor poor outwage. it will hike interest rate in line with us treasury which are in the process of issuing a massive amount of issuing a massive amount of t bills to fill up its cash cradits. china has a bunch of data coming out, what will you be focused on? this coming thursday we will look at a slew of chinese data industrial production, retail sales as well as housing, price index data. if you look at the last two weeks, and if this data is weaker than expected china policymakers may start to tilt toward inaudible do not forget this thursday we have the announcement about key interest ratre policies. it has been unchanged since august l