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
After a high turnout forced them to be extended three times. Hello and welcome to the programme. We start with yet more Turbulent Development in washington, hot on the heels of president froms departure on his first foreign trip, us media published two new revelations. The New York Times is reporting that the president described his sacked fbi chief james coney the president described his sacked fbi chiefjames coney as a nutjob. They show document summarising the meeting saying i face great pressure because of russia has taken off. The Washington Post has also published an article saying a Current White House official has been identified Asa House Official has been identified as a significant person of interest. In the fbi investigation into links between russia and the tramp campaign. We will have more for you with our correspondent in a moment. But both those stories were published only minutes after Air Force One took off from Andrews Air Base taking donald trump on his first foreig