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the former oxford professor is bringing cases on behalf of 20 million bill payers. under competition law, solicitors can mount an action which every bill payer will be a part of unless they opt out. with the help of law firm leigh day, she plans to bring similar cases against five more water firms thames, united utilities, anglian, yorkshire and northumbrian. industry representatives water uk say the highly speculative claim is entirely without merit. severn trent says it strongly refuted the claim. should pollutions ever occur, they are always reported to the environment agency. any claim to the contrary is wholly and completely wrong. the case relies on laws introduced in 2015, and though dozens of cases are in the works, none has yet reached a successful conclusion. it could take years, but if the claim succeeds, customers could get compensation of around £40 each. but it s notjust about money. professor roberts hopes it will force water companies to clean up their act.
grey and still have some rather grey weather around the coast of the irish sea but for many, there is a lot of dry weather on offer throughout the rest of today and in tomorrow and it will feel warm as well. we ve got a burst of summer sunshine coming our way is this ridge of high pressure starts to push these weather fronts at the way but this week warm front is responsible for the drizzle that we are seeing in northern ireland through the morning. some of that drizzly rain may spread to western parts of scotland, might continue to see some mist and fog around the irish sea coast of wales and the south west but for most, it s a drier picture, a warmer picture with some sunshine. some hazy sunshine at least for many. temperatures into the high teens, low even mid 20s. as we go through the night, it will stay quite warm. we have this warm muqqy stay quite warm. we have this warm muggy air pushing northwards. some mist and fog issues and it will be milder, notably milder, across scotland
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