Themselves at home on the course with the traditional photocall. Hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. Water companies in england and wales have been ordered to repay customers a total of £114 million, after failing to meet key targets. The industrys regulator, ofwat, said that firms arent performing well enough on issues including leaks and reducing pollution. The money will be returned by reducing household bills. Our environment correspondent jonah fisher has the details. This is the Water Companies end of year report, written by regulator ofwat. It assesses their performance against a number of indicators such as plugging leaks, the quality of the water supply and whether they have managed to reduce the number of Pollution Incidents. For most of the 17 companies, it s not pleasant reading. There is no top of the class this year, with none getting the highest score. Ten were rated as average, and seven told they are lagging behind. Poor performance comes with financial conseque
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singersjoni mitchell and neil young removed their music from spotify in protest at mr rogan s continued presence on the platform. mark lobel has the latest. following a chorus of disapproval from a number of musical stars, spotify has sought to clarify its stance on covid misinformation on its platform. the online streaming giant is now publishing its platform rules for the first time. users will get a content advisory when podcast episodes contain covid 19 discussions, and listeners will be directed to an updated covid 19 hub to combat misinformation. the row erupted after a podcast hosted byjoe rogan, one of spotify s star signings. he had dr robert malone, who was strongly anti vax and especially anti vax for children. now i think a lot of people are maybe on the fence
on behalf of the player. the danish footballer christian eriksen looks set to complete a remarkable comeback after signing with english premier league side brentford for the rest of this season. eriksen has not played since suffering a cardiac arrest in denmark s opening match of the european championship against finland injune last year. at the time there were fears he would never play again. the 29 year old midfielder s former club inter milan terminated his contract in december because the internal defribulator device that he had implanted is not permitted in italian football. brentford are currently 14th in the premier league. the streaming giant spotify has revealed plans to tackle covid misinformation on its podcasts. it says it will add advisory warnings to any podcast that discusses covid 19. the move follows criticism of its hosting ofjoe rogan, an american podcaster who has promoted scepticism about covid vaccines.
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