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
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This is cnn Breaking News christiane hello everyone. Thanks for joining us, im Christiane Amanpour in london. Were following imagine Breaking News. Israel declares its at war with hamas, follows an unprecedented attack into israel today, where at least 70 are dead. 985 wounded. The attack caught israel by surprise at sunrise, the Palestinian Group hamas launched their offensive by air, sea and land. Hamas fighters infiltrating israeli towns and launching more than 3,000 rockets into israel. Scenes of urban war fair as gun fights unfolded between israel and hamas. Short time ago, cnn spoke with an Israeli Military spokesman. Target someone on their side, we go for a military target. These terrorists didnt go only for military targets went into communities, abducted grandmas, families, children. A very, very severe morning and well respond. Christiane indeed, earlier, israels president said today we saw the true face of hamas. A Terrorist Army whos only goal is the cold blooded murder of