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
manchester city chairman khaldoon al mubarak says the club want to be judged by the facts and not by claims and counter claims, after allegations of breaching financial regulations. hello and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. the king and queen, and the prince of wales havejoined second world war veterans at an event in portsmouth to mark the 80th anniversary of d day. the normandy landings were the largest seaborne invasion in history, with the 191m battle laying the foundation for an allied victory. the special ceremony was narrated by dame helen mirren and included a flypast by the red arrows. jon kay is at the commemorations on southsea common. good afternoon from portsmouth where in brilliant sunshine a crowd of thousands has just been treated to a spectacular, noisy and deeply poignant event to honour those who served on d day. part commemoration part celebration. yes, there was a vip box where members of the royalfamily sat alongside political leaders and mil
discuss terms. amanda knox who was convicted and then cleared of murdering her british roomamate has been sentenced to three years in prison for slander. ms knox has been convicted of falsely implicating a man in the murder of meredith kercher in italy, 17 years ago. despite today s sentencing, ms knox will not go to prison for the conviction as she served four years for murder before being aquitted. the first minister of wales, labour s vaughan gething, looks set to lose a vote of no confidence in his leadership in the senedd this evening. opposition parties have raised a number of concerns including why he accepted a donation from a millionaire who had convictions for illegally dumping waste. our wales correspondent tomos morganjoins us now. what could this mean for the first minister? the first minister was due to be in portsmouth today for d day commemorations representing wales but instead will be here in cardiff bay to face a vote of no confidence.