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
five people on their way to explore the titanic. new questions about the sub s safety, the warning signs. the ceo among the victims describing the sub s plexiglass windows 7 inches thick squeezing in under pressure. oceanographer robert ballard who discovered the wreckage of the titanic describing what he calls a smoking gun. tonight we re learning more about the push to book passengers. a businessman revealing text messages offering seats for him and his son at a discount price. and word late today the ntsb will now join the investigation. gio benitez on what authorities have now revealed. and those major developments in the war in ukraine. the leader of russia s mercenary group calling for an armed mutiny, claiming his fighters were attacked by the regular russian army. ian pannell in ukraine. here at home, the severe weather threat at this hour from texas to montana. a tornado watch in effect across several states, heavy rain moving into the northeast this weekend, a
the undersea tragedy, killing five people on their way to explore the titanic. new questions. the ceo among the victims describing the sub s plexiglass windows 7 inches thick squeezing in under pressure. oceanographer robert ballard who discovered the wreckage of the titanic describing what he calls a smoking gun. we re learning more about the push to book passengers. a businessman revealing text messages offering seats for him and his son at a discount price. and word late today the ntsb will now join the investigation. gio benitez on what authorities have now revealed. and those major developments in the war in ukraine. the leader of russia s mercenary group calling for an armed mutiny, claiming his fighters were attacked by the regular russian army. ian pannell in ukraine. here at home, the severe weather threat from texas to montana. a tornado watch in effect across several states, heavy rain moving into the northeast this weekend, and record heat in texas. rob marc
thrown clear in the violent implosion that occurred merely four kilometres down. and the landing frame the sum used to sit on a flat surface. the question now is whether investigators have enough material to reconstruct what happened. the ke arts to reconstruct what happened. the key parts to to reconstruct what happened. tue: key parts to look to reconstruct what happened. tte: key parts to look at to reconstruct what happened. t t2 key parts to look at our to reconstruct what happened. tt2 key parts to look at our the interface between the acrylic window and titanium hemispherical dome is, the end caps and also the area where carbon fibre would have been bonded to the titanium flanges so you can see from the footage both of those components were recovered which is as much as we can hope for.- as much as we can hope for. seeing the debris. as much as we can hope for. seeing the debris, sure as much as we can hope for. seeing the debris, sure would as much as we can hope for. s
to reconstruct what happened. i think the key parts to look at are the interface between the acrylic window and the titanium hemispherical domes, the end caps, and also the the area where the carbon fibre would have been bonded to the titanium flanges. so i could see from the footage that both of those components were recovered, which is as much as we can hope for. seeing the debris come ashore will have been a painful sight for the families of the five men who died. british explorer hamish harding, the british pakistani businessman shahzad dawood and his son suleman all perished, along with french diver paul henri nargeolet and stockton rush, the ceo of 0ceangate. recent days have seen concerns highlighted about whether the sub was built to the best standards and with sufficient testing. these are all issues, now,