by the government £162 million. and on bbc london. the row over ulez as new data suggests more car owners coming up on bbc news coming up on bbc news can manchester city follow west ham taking a 2 1 lead against such side az alkmaar. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. water companies in england have apologised for not acting quickly enough to stop this raw sewage flowing directly into our rivers and seas, something that happened on average more than 800 times a day last year. water uk, which represents england s nine water and sewage companies, also says it s ready to invest an additional £10 billion to address the problem and modernise sewers. but it has also admitted that customers will be hit with higher prices to pay for that. downing street says the companies should be putting consumers before profits. our environment correspondent jonah fisher reports. ash is a retired policeman and has for the last ten years dedicated himself to trying to hold water
and children were part of a cult 200 bodies have been discovered. he can finish it here, can he? yes, he can! west ham, glory, glory. and celebrations for west ham, who make it through to their first major european final for 47 years. on bbc london and the row over ulez as more data suggests more car owners could be affected by the expansion, but the mayor of london rejects the figures. good evening. in testimony at manchester crown court a nurse accused of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder ten others accused four doctors of conspiring against her. lucy letby, who worked in a neonatal unit, said blame was put on her to cover up failings at the countess of chester hospital, where she worked. in court today were some of the parents of babies she is accused of killing. she denies all charges against her. our north of england correspondent judith moritz was one of the few journalists in the courtroom. for the last seven months, prosecutor nickjohnson kc has be
wrecking our rivers and we start to see clean rivers again. so you are somewhat sceptical of this apology then? sceptical but enthused by the fact that this is starting to rattle, rattle government, it s rattling the water industry and it s rattling the regulators. along with the apology came a proposal by the water companies, to spend £10 billion by 2030, modernising our sewage infrastructure. so what we have here, these are the storm tanks. more of these huge tanks to stop overflows during heavy rain would be built, as would bigger pipes and increased capacity at treatment plants. the money to fund these improvements isn t going to come out of the pockets of the water companies, or the dividends of their shareholders. ultimately, the cost will fall on all of us, through higher bills paid most likely over several decades. the system isn t good enough and we ve apologised for that. you are a big part of the system? we are a part of the system and for many decades, many, many decades,
from their rivers and beaches. we ve heard the strength of feeling. so what did the campaigners make of it? we ll give ourselves a pat on the back when the sewage stops wrecking our rivers and we start to see clean rivers again. so you re somewhat sceptical of this apology then? sceptical but enthused by the fact that this is starting to rattle, rattle government, it s rattling the water industry and it s rattling the regulators. along with the apology came a proposal by the water companies, to spend £10 billion by 2030, modernising our sewage infrastructure. so what we have here, these are the storm tanks. more of these huge tanks to stop overflows during heavy rain would be built, as would bigger pipes and increased capacity at treatment plants. the money to fund these improvements isn t going to come out of the pockets of the water companies, or the dividends of their shareholders. ultimately, the cost will fall on all of us, through higher bills paid most