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
Escalate. The row over hs2 continues as Senior Tories warn against axing the rail project. But rishi sunakis the rail project. But rishi sunak is said to be alarmed that the final bill could be over £100 billion and sick. Note britain sick leave has soared to its highest level in more than a decade. Are we getting lazy or are we just prioritising our own health . More than ever before . Know the answer to that. Answer to that. Its interesting. Its interesting , isnt it, andrew, interesting, isnt it, andrew, that in the Public Sector its almost double the rate it is. It is because in the private sector people have to work very hard because you dont get well. That you just lose its more that you just lose your job, wouldnt you . You would would. Anyway. Would you would. Well, anyway. Course covid, i think, and of course covid, i think, has it far worse. Has made it far worse. Well get well get indeed. Well get well get the that later. The reasons behind that later. We us we will. Email
Refugee. Shes saying its too easy, especially for people who claim to be a member of the Lgbt Community or indeed a woman. They should not, in her views, have an automatic right to asylum. This is going to be barnstorming. Its going to be standing on the world stage in washington, teeing off on illegal migration, Asylum Seekers at half seekers and refugees at half past three, we have all the build up , all controversy build up, all the controversy and reaction. With me and all the reaction. With me patrick. Gb news. Patrick christys on. Gb news. Yeah i dont take your eyes off it because like i said, weve got all that controversy, all the reaction and all the build up coming your way. Gb views of gb views. Com. Do you feel know feel from what we already know about braverman is about what Suella Braverman is likely things that likely to say, those things that ive there ive outlined there that actually do british actually we do have a british home secretary who wants to be world the world
Of Nagorno Karabakh. Armenian separatist Officials Say almost 300 people have been admitted to hospitals, with dozens in a critical condition. The blast, the cause of which is not known, came as thousands of Ethnic Armenians flee the contested enclave after it was seized by azerbaijan last week. Armenia says more than 13,000 people, 19,000. Or about 15 of the territorys population, have crossed the border, fearing persecution and Ethnic Cleansing. Envoys from armenia and azerbaijan are in brussels for eu backed talks. Its the first such meeting between the countries since azerbaijan seized the enclave. Nagorno karabakh is at the heart of one of the worlds longest running territorial and ethnic conflicts. Its recognised internationally as part of azerbaijan, but has been controlled by Ethnic Armenians for three decades. The head of the us agency for International Development said the us would provide 11. 5 million in humanitarian assistance and called for the International Community to