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 industry s regulator, ofwat, said that firms aren t 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 finan
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 territory s population, have crossed the border, fearing persecution and ethnic cleansing. envoys from armenia and azerbaijan are in brussels for eu backed talks. it s the first such meeting between the countries since azerbaijan seized the enclave. nagorno karabakh is at the heart of one of the world s longest running territorial and ethnic conflicts. it s 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 internatio
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