On days when it wasnt raining, which is illegal. The practice is known as dry spilling and is banned because it can cause environmental harm. Lets go live to our environment Correspondentjonah Fisher whos at Langstone Harbour in hampshire. Thanks. Last year, ourWater Companies in england released raw sewage into our seas and rivers for 1. 75 million hours. Sewage was discharged on average 825 times every day. Breaking that down still further, that means there was a new sewage discharge, roughly speaking, every two minutes. Rural west sussex, and one of southern englands celebrated chalk streams. So here we are, welcome to the river lavant or as we locally call it, the river lav. The river lav. The lav, just full of effluent. Rob, a retired businessman, is notjoking. There would be no river lavant in the summer without the treated discharges from the next door sewage plant. When we came it was overflowing, so we had the Storm Overflow coming out here, untreated sewage coming out here. A
To face far weaker Russian Defences ahead. Ukraine says its forces are making gains in the south of the country and has recently expanded its units towards the strategic town of tokmak, which is a Logistical Centre for russian forces. Last week, ukraines military said it had captured the village of robotyne, in the zaporizhzhia region, amid a counteroffensive that is yielding incremental gains. Sources in the Ukrainian Army have confirmed the breakthrough to the bbc. An adviser to president zelenskyy, aleksander rodnyansky, explained the significance for kyiv s forces. Weve been waiting for this moment for quite some time. Weve been hoping that we would pierce through the Russian Defence line, the first defence line, which was the hardest to pierce through, if you believe Military Experts when they talk about it. So hopefully now, when we reach the second and the third lines of defence that the russians have established, those will be easier to essentially overcome. And perhaps hopeful
And scotland will be fully or partially closed today, because of concerns about crumbling concrete. Investigations are also under way in schools in wales and Northern Ireland. Ministers have promised to speed up checks on schools where the material, known as raac, may have been used. 0ur reporter Louisa Pilbeam reports. From the midlands to suffolk. And london. More than 100 schools in england look like this today, with buildings roped off and closed on what for many should be the first day of the new term. The problem crumbling concrete called raac, meaning many schools are unsafe. Sarah, a mum of two who didnt want to be on camera, told us. The main issue for me is we dont have any certainty about when the children are going Back To School. The lack of certainty right now is worrying for everyone. The school havent been that specific about the actual meanwhile, on social media sites, including mumsnet, one parent said. The government has been criticised for not acting faster despite
Thats just a deal breaker for them. They just wont do it. I saw a report, i think on your network, someone said it was a republican, he said it didnt matter, he would do biden. Thats just a reality that republicans have to face up to if we want to win and we saw these losses in the most recent elections, lets give them a fresh america a chance for a fresh start and i think that the results will be very positive for us. All right. 2024 president ial candidate and Florida Governor ron desantis, thanks so much. Hope youll come back and we can talk about all the other issues we didnt talk about today. Thanks for coming on. That does it for us. Will do it yep. We appreciate that. That does it for us this morning. Jose diazbalart picks up the coverage right now. Ahead this hour, our special coverage of israel at war. Air strikes is, bombarding gaza with israels Prime Minister vowing devastation and destruction on hamas strongholds. The Death Toll Climbing as intense fighting continues. Plus,
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