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
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kai havertz from chelsea, and he joins on a five year deal, and after scoring nine goals for chelsea last season. meanwhile bayern munich are expected to make another bid for harry kane. tottenham hotspur have signed james maddison from leicester city. he has joined on a five year deal. away from football, she hasn t competed since tokyo 2021, but simone biles are said to make a return to competitive distant gymnastics later this year. the american took a break from the sport to work on her mental health after withdrawing from five of her six finals in tokyo. she is in line to compete in the 2023 us classic in august, although it is not yet known if she will be at next year s 0lympics if she will be at next year s olympics in paris. but here at lord s, let s hope the rain clears. and in an hour