Good afternoon. Water companies in england and wales have been ordered to repay nearly £158 Million to their customers. The Regulator Ofwat says its because the firms have failed to meet performance targets such as cutting Sewage Spills and leaks. Some future Water Bills will be reduced to reflect the missed targets. Our Environment Correspondent Jonah Fisher reports. A warning this report contains flashing images. This Report Card does not make pleasant reading for the Water Companies. Targets for reducing leaks are not being hit, the number of Pollution Incidents has hardly changed in the last five years and Customer Satisfaction has continued to fall. Three Water Companies anglian, southern and welsh are rated bottom of the class. The others are just average, with none rated in the top category. So we think the sector suffers from a culture of poor performance, that companies are not taking responsibility for their performance. They are too often blaming the weather or the circumst
of wildlife charities. 0n the first stamps featuring king charles iii have been unveiled by the royal mail. more than 9,500 people are now known to have died following two devastating earthquakes which hit turkey and syria. that death toll is likely to rise significantly as rescue workers and civilians continue to search the rubble and survivors trapped beneath it succumb to their injuries and the bitterly cold weather. the earthquakes were the biggest in the region since 1939 and they triggered dozens of aftershocks along the east anatolian fault line, which is one of the world s most active areas for seismic activity. this is the scene live. this is gaziantep in the south east of turkey, the historic city of gaziantep. so many buildings destroyed, as in other cities in turkey and indeed threw into syria. and a delicate operation for the rescue as there, as they try to determine whether anyone still survives under collapsed buildings like this. international rescue teams
italy the leaders of france, germany and italy are in ukraine today in a show of european support for the country. the actor kevin spacey appears in court in london, accused of sexually assaulting three men. and hot and getting hotter britain s heatwave expected to peak tomorrow with temperatures of 3a celsius. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel. the premier league fixtures have been released for next season. manchester city start the defence of their title against west ham. borisjohnson s ethics adviser who resigned last night has accused the prime minister of putting him in an impossible and odious position . in his resignation letter, lord geidt said the prime minister had asked him to consider measures understood to be on a trade issue which risked a deliberate and purposeful breach of the ministerial code . lord geidt s letter also says he came close to quitting over the partygate affair. in response, the prime minister said
after 19 children are killed in a school shooting as the debate over gun control intensifies. the king of clay, rafael nadal, cruises through round three at the french open, while emma radacanu is now focusing on wimbledon as she reflects on her defeat, ending british interest in the women s singles. it s in the women s singles. a bit windy today across th uk, it s a bit windy today across the uk, especially illinois. some rain at times in the west but as we head towards that weekend things are looking drier. i will have the full forecast here on breakfast. it s thursday 26th may. our main story. every household in britain is set to receive hundreds of pounds in additional support from the government to ease the cost of living crisis this winter. the £200 loan on energy bills, announced in february, could now be doubled and replaced with a grant that will not have to be paid back with further measures expected for those on low and fixed incomes. the £10 billion package is