fights to prevent its collapse. ministers are drawing up contingency plans while the supplier looks to secure extra funding amid debts running into billions of pounds. celia hatton has more. the future of the uk s biggest water company is far from watertight. but the government is reassuring thames water s 15 million customers they won t lose access to water as work continues behind the scenes to try to rescue it from collapse. thames water is £14 billion in debt and in crisis mode after the surprise resignation of its ceo on tuesday. no clear reason has been given for sarah bentley s departure. ministers are considering a plan to bring the utility giant temporarily under public ownership if it can t sort out its debts. we need to make sure that thames water as an entity survives. there s a lot of work that the government is trying to do on resolving sewage. certainly, up until now, the regulator has been focused on keeping consumer bills down, but there s a lot of infrastru
hello and welcome to the programme. the us coast guard says it estimates that the five people trapped onboard the missing submersible only have a day and a half s supply of oxygen left. ships and aircraft are descending on the remote part of the north atlantic, where the vessel was last seen. three of the people on board are british citizens including a 19 year old. contact was lost on sunday as it descended towards the wreck of the titanic hundreds of miles from shore. the passengers paid $250,000 each to go on the trip. jessica parker reports. these are the last known photos of the titan submersible. they were taken on sunday morning, just before it began its descent. one hour and a5 minutes later, contact was lost. it s a five man capsule. people crawl in. this was filmed by the bbc last year. it shows people being bolted in from the outside. the sub then plunges into the ocean s depths. the us coast guard has released a fresh estimate of how much oxygen may now be lef
the british pakistani businessman shahzad dawood and his son suleman all perished, along with french diver paul henri nargeolet and stockton rush, the ceo of 0ceangate. recent days have seen concerns highlighted about whether the sub was built to the best standards and with sufficient testing. these are all issues, now, that the us and canadian authorities will probe as they examine the debris. jonathan amos, bbc news. 77 people have been arrested over two days of protests across paris after a teenage boy was shot dead by a police officer. the 17 year old was killed on tuesday after failing to stop when ordered by police. 0vernight, cars were set ablaze and fireworks were aimed at officers. french president emmanuel macron described the shooting as unforgivable. staff sickness in the nhs in england has reached record levels, with mental health issues the biggest cause of absence. analysis of official data for the bbc showed that the sickness rate was 29% higher last year
to reconstruct what happened. i think the key parts to look at are the interface between the acrylic window and the titanium hemispherical domes, the end caps, and also the the area where the carbon fibre would have been bonded to the titanium flanges. so i could see from the footage that both of those components were recovered, which is as much as we can hope for. seeing the debris come ashore will have been a painful sight for the families of the five men who died. british explorer hamish harding, the british pakistani businessman shahzad dawood and his son suleman all perished, along with french diver paul henri nargeolet and stockton rush, the ceo of 0ceangate. recent days have seen concerns highlighted about whether the sub was built to the best standards and with sufficient testing. these are all issues, now,