that s 825 times a day on average. are you a surfer, bather, fisherman, fisherman s friend? scorching days are coming. it is free and fun, head to the coast, have a debt. a dip in what? the companies have now pledged £10 billion to put things right. but they say it could mean higher bills. it is it all their fault? it is it all theirfault? sewage systems designed by victorian gentlemen in top hats? are we our own worst enemies? are you sick of the sewage? get in touch. it is going to be a good voyage of discovery. now for the news, read by bethan holmes. water companies in england have apologised for not doing enough to stop sewage from flowing into rivers and seas. they say they ll spend £10 billion this decade on modernising sewers 3 times more than under current plans. but that investment will lead to higher bills. bt is cutting up to 55,000 jobs by the end of the decade as it seeks to cut costs. the chief exec philipjansen says by the end of the 2020s bt will have a
will tackle illegal migration by deterring small boats. but the bbc has heard claims that it s already driving migrants underground. our social affairs correspondent, jeremy ball, reports. these men both risked their lives with uk forces in afghanistan, but here in nottinghamshire, they re facing very different futures. obi was invited to resettle here legally because he worked for the british army. but as an afghan army officer, sardar didn t qualify. so he came here on a small boat. he worked alongside with the british forces in afghanistan. end of the day, the mission was same for everybody. sardar brought these photos and the glowing reference to prove his record supporting western forces. it s evidence that he could have used to claim refugee status here if he d arrived just a few months earlier. and it s a role that several former british military chiefs campaigns to exempt from the rwanda plan. but instead, sardar has been warned that he could now be removed from the c
voted, last time just one of them voted, last time just one of them voted for a cut in interest rates. if we start to see other members of that committee moving towards a cut, a cut later in the year becomes increasingly likely. we will also get detail from the bank of england about what they think they is happening to economy right now to stop your running at the detail there that the main concern for them is inflation. it has been sky high over recent months and it is now starting to come down. 3.2% is where it currently is but it is still above the bank of england a target of 2%. what they will be looking out at what point will be inflation, that s a measure of how quickly prices are rising, at what point will that come in line with their forecast and therefore they can start to afford to cut interest rates. because english interest rates, m are rather blunt tool that the bank of england has to try and encourage us to save rather than to spend. cool the economy, stop it ov