To wake up to. The sunrise will be coming up in the next 20 minutes. We are here for a serious reason. Not just to enjoy what promises to be a lovely day. We are discussing a topic which matters an awful lot to you at home. Water quality. The amount of sewage in our water. This morning we will hear from the Water Companies. We hearfrom the Environment Secretary, Therese Coffey. We will hear from campaigners. And we would love to hearfrom campaigners. And we would love to hear from you as well. We will let you know how to get in touch throughout breakfast. Because we have a big bbc investigation today, it has found that what looks like the Water Companies illegally discharging raw Sewage Hundreds Of Times Last year. Our team has seen analysis. They have looked at data from three of the largest Water Companies, times, wessex and Southern Water. It appears to show that On 400 Spills Last year, lasting thousands of hours, sewage was released, not during wet weather, storms, heavy rain and
Happening when it is raining heavily. The problem is when it happens in low flow conditions, there was pollutants get really concentrated, and that is a problem for the wildlife in our rivers, but also for those of us who love to swim and paddle in them. On lovely sunny days like today, that is when we are most likely to be in there, and vulnerable to pollution. This discharging and vulnerable to pollution. This discharging of and vulnerable to pollution. This discharging of sewage, this is illegal. In your view, why are Water Company is doing . Indie illegal. In your view, why are Water Company is doing . Illegal. In your view, why are Water Company is doing . We had a real lack of Regulation Company is doing . We had a real lack of regulation around company is doing . We had a real lack of regulation around this company is doing . We had a real lack of regulation around this for company is doing . We had a real lack of regulation around this for years, i of regulation around this for
the date on the video suggests it was shot today. the town is near the front line of the fighting, about 20 miles from the disputed city of bakhmut. the sound, and the way the people in the street look up, suggest it may have been a missile or possibly an artillery shell. ukrainian officials say at least 3a other people were wounded. the attack happened shortly after the us secretary of state antony blinken arrived in kyiv the first visit by a senior american official since ukraine launched its counter offensive against russian forces. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams gave me this update from kyiv. yeah, this happened about three hours ago. and as president zelensky has indicated, he was very quick to point the finger of blame at russia. he actually said it was russian artillery that was responsible for this. this town is within russian artillery range. we don t yet know exactly what the nature of the projectile was, but certainly the images that have circulated subs
In charge of Guantanamo Bay he let president obama know his views on that. He seems to have an excellent opinion amongst the army and much of the armed forces. The president respects much of what he has to say. He is an outspoken man and one that President Donald Trump seems to greatly respect. At the moment, anyway. Thank you very much. Time now for newsnight. To be deemed safe, cladding systems are meant to survive a ao minute fire test. Today, we learned grenfells lasted just nine. 82 other buildings use a design thats similar enough to be troubling. Also tonight, were used to being on the wing to europe in our millions, but when we leave the eu, will we be forced to go into reverse, or even be grounded . If we do not have a transitional arrangement and if we are not a member of the eu as part of that transitional arrangement, then we have chaos. And ahead of tomorrows first ever relaxed prom for people with Learning Difficulties and sensory impairments, well have a live preview. Go
Geopolitical factors, the upcoming general election and any potential impact of COVID variants on travel will be key factors to watch out for in the New Year