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
Armenia says more than 6,500 people have fled across the border, amid fears of persecution and ethnic cleansing. Now, there are reports of a large explosion at an oil depot as people queued up to fill up their cars to leave. Its believed some 200 people were injured as a result. The territory 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. Bbc russian s Nataliya Zotova sent this report from goris near the border between armenia and Nagorno Karabakh. The exodus of refugees started late sunday night. Some arrived in the border town of goris in ambulances exhausted, too weak to walk on their own. With a few belongings they could transport, families that crossed had lost all hope of ever returning. Translation we went to the airport. Everyone was collected in one spot. Everyone was in a terrible state. Stressed out. Children crying. Old
Who say almost 300 people were also admitted to hospitals. They say dozens are still in critical condition. Armenia says more 13,000 people or about 10 of the territorys population, have crossed the border, armenia says more 13,000 people, or about 10 of the territorys population, have crossed the border, fearing persecution and ethnic cleansing. Armenia and azerbaijan are due to meet in brussels tuesday for eu backed talks. Itll be the first such meeting between the countries since azerbaijan seized the enclave last week. 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. 0ur reporter 0lga ivshina is in, and she sent us this update. Thousands and thousands of Karabakh Armenians are still trying to cross into armenia on what turns out to be another dramatic day of this conflict. Yesterday, there was an explosion in st
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