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
Hello, im lucy hockings, welcome to Bbc News now. Memorial benson is your land around the world to mark one year since the attacks of october the 7th. The deadliest day in the nations history. 1200 people were killed. Gunmen stormed across the border. At exactly 6 29am flags were lowered to half mast. That was the time when rockets from gaza started raining down on Southern Israel followed by the deadly rampage by thousands of militants. Israeli communities, Army Bases and the festival. At the side with the festival was held the president joined a memorial service. Held the president joined a memorialservice. More held the president joined a memorial service. More than 350 people there were murdered as Gunmen Rampage four hours before israeli military reinforcements arrived. Meanwhile, the fighting which has raged almost unabated for a year continues. Prime Minister Netanyahu says israel is changing the Security Reality in the region. His forces have kept targeted beirut. Israel has al
We are still going to feel the effect of this time because, as it continues to drift its way steadily east, that is going to allow that Cooler Air to push the Wire Mayor back to the new continent so, as we go through the day on wednesday, there is still a risk of Heavy Rain and rough seas, and the northerly wind will dry and a few scattered showers across the North Sea Coast as well. The cool are not really arriving yet. 14 17 year but noticeably colder in scotland and, as we go out of wednesday into thursday, Gale Force gusts of wind are going to push plenty of frequent showers south. There will be sunny spells but it will be a Cooler Story for all and temperatures are likely to keep between eight and i2. All and temperatures are likely to keep between eight and 12. A little bit below par from where we should be at this stage in october. And then as we move through fire into saturday a brief Ridge Of High Pressure builds across england and wales, brightening things down. This is bbc n
Israel carried out by hamas terrorists, sparking a war in gaza that has no end in sight. Well look back at that dark day and get a live report from israel on the current situation there. Meanwhile, Donald Trump continues to lie about the federal response to Hurricane Helene. Entire networks continue to lie about it. Republicans continue to lie about it. Even when republican senators and governors from the states that are affected are actually calling Donald Trump a liar. Actually calling republicans, state officials calling them a liar. North carolinas largest Newspaper Yesterday said that Donald Trumps lies are the last thing this battered region needs right now. But he is Ratcheting Up on every level. Every level. Hatred and lies. It comes as the biden administration sends more desperately needed aid and resources to the areas hit the hardest. And more severe weather is likely to hit florida this week with Hurricane Milton expected to make landfall sometime later this week. A lot to
About 100,000 jobs impacted as a Ripple Effect because of this strike and that may show up in the October Jobs report, dont forget on the west coast, we have a strike at boeing going on right now. And so you have those jobs taken offline in addition to this Port Strike and all but impacts of the Ripple Effects, you could see not such a healthy Job Number in october that is the last Jobs Report that well see before the election. People are going to be watching that very, very closely as these strikes drag on i think itll be part of the political fodder as well. Thank you so much, vanessa. Appreciate it. A new hour of cnn, new central starts right now longfeared wider war in the Middle East has arrived, is real promises to make iran pay efforts precedented Missile Attack what does that look like now . And what role will the united states play you could call it a Throwback Debate of sorts. A throwback because civilians he actually returned to the Debate Stage for the first time in a long