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
Opponents have voiced concerns that vulnerable people could be coerced into ending their lives. Our political correspondent, helen catt, reports. The noes to the left, 330. The last time mps voted on assisted dying was nearly ten years aGo they opposed changing the law. But a new set of mps will get a new vote in the coming months, after labours Kim Leadbeater came top in a ballot that gives backbench mps time in the commons to propose laws, and said she would put it forward. I also think there is a real sense within parliament that now is the time for this debate. As i say, its nearly ten years since there was last a debate in the chamber. So i think most people. You know, people are nervous, people know how serious this subject is, and i understand that i feel nervous about it but i also think its important enough that we show parliament at its best, actually, which is debating something that we know matters to a huge amount of people. The Broadcaster Dame Esther rantzen has Lung Can
The late hezbollah leader have been set up here. The scale of this destruction gives you a sense of the power of the attack that happened here. Israel and iran have each warned the other against further attacks, after iran launched a massive ballistic missile attack on israel tuesday. Israel is vowing consequences for iran, which fired some 180 missiles at israel in its second, and largest, direct attack ever. There is our chief international correspondent. Iran s most powerful missiles. Sending the most darkest message to israel. And today, a message from the president while visiting qatar. Translation: we were left with no choice but to respond. If israel decides to retaliate, then it will face harsher reactions. It s this man who calls the shots in tehran, the supreme leader ayatollah khomeini. . . . . Revered by his supporters, reviled by enemies, ultra conservative, deeply distrustful of the west. Translation: in our region, the root cause of all these i wars is the presence of th
The us said this attack had twice the scope of irans last bombardment in april. Not all the targets hit were military. One landed in this residential suburb of Tel Aviv neighbours rushing through repairs before thejewish new year tonight. Temporary solutions to the problems of a regional war. 83 year old schmulik s home, one of more than A Hundred houses damaged here. Everybody was scared because the blast, it was an enormous blast. And when we get out of the shelter, we saw something not from this world. All the house was glasses, no windows, no doors. The impact site around 100 metres from his front door, another what if. This is the second time in six months that iran has attacked israel directly. Actions that were once seen as red lines are now becoming routine. Each time, the line between Message And Miscalculation is paper thin, and each time demands a response. Israels Prime Minister has promised a response will come. Translation we are in | the middle of a tough war against Ira