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
a decade ago. mr korski said he categorically denied the claim, but that it was impossible for him to continue his campaign. a0 people have been evacuated from their homes after a fire in two neighbouring houses in hillingdon last night. around 70 firefighters fought the fire on mint close. there are no reports of any injuries. locals were told to keep windows shut because of the large amount of smoke. an investigation into the cause is now underway. the cause is now under way. the last rough sleeper still living in a london hotel under a covid lockdown scheme says he can t afford to pay westminster rents. paul atherton was moved as part of the government s response to homelessness duing covid. three years on, he is the last person in westminster who remains part of that scheme. the council say they have made mr atherton an offer of a permanent residency but he has refused the offer. it all comes back to this stupid notion of budgets.
hello. good morning from bbc london. i m victoria cook. the met has issued an appeal for a 13 year old girl who s gone missing after going to a birthday party in south london. carmelle hepi was reported missing by her family in south yorkshire on sunday. detectives believe she got the train to london and went to a birthday party in peckham on sunday night. three men have been arrested on suspicion of kidnap. daniel korski has withdrawn from the contest to be the conservative candidate for london mayor. the tv producer and author daisy goodwin has alleged that he d groped her at a meeting a decade ago. mr korski said he categorically denied the claim, but that it was impossible for him to continue his campaign. a0 people have been evacuated from their homes after a fire in two neighbouring houses in hillingdon last night. around 70 firefighters fought the fire on mint close. there are no reports of any injuries.
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