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
And we celebrate a0 years of christmas classic, the snowman, and its iconic soundtrack, Walking In The Air. Good morning. Its Christmas Eve. Our top story. Around 250 Million People in the us and canada are under Severe Weather warnings, as an unprecedented winter storm sweeps across North America. From alaska to texas, bone chilling temperatures, blizzards and icy winds have caused widespread disruption and left more than a million homes and businesses without power. At least 12 deaths have been linked to the conditions. Tom brada reports. Once ina once in a generation whether out of the worst possible time. Ice, wind, rain and extreme cold are Wreaking Havocin Rain and extreme cold are wreaking havoc in the build up to christmas. Trees have been ripped from the ground and power lines have been knocked out across the country. From maine to texas, more than i Million People are without electricity. People are very frustrated because we pay our bills. All day it has been going in and ou
a formal apology. and a new opinion poll suggests support for the monarchy is waning, especially among the young. this, i think, is a problem for charles. how can he, as it were, recruit the young to support of the monarchy? the uk s very different today from when the king s mother was crowned 70 years ago. can he, and will he, change the monarchy? bells ring. cheering. charles and camilla are on a walkabout at york minster. it s exciting. the atmosphere s lovely. jack wants to see the king. big crowds have turned out to welcome them. i think they make a lovely couple and i think they re very dignified. amazed. really privileged to see that, yeah. god save the king! there s a small but noisy protest here, too. chants: not my king! all: not my king! republicans who want to get rid of the hereditary monarchy and have an elected head of state instead. across the country, there are millions of people who want the monarchy abolished. they spend so much of our money on their lives
countries over slavery. justice will require a formal apology. and a new opinion poll suggests support for the monarchy is waning, especially among the young. this, i think, is a problem for charles. how can he, as it were, recruit the young to support of the monarchy? the uk s very different today from when the king s mother was crowned 70 years ago. can he, and will he, change the monarchy? bells ring. cheering. charles and camilla are on a walkabout at york minster. it s exciting. the atmosphere s lovely. jack wants to see the king. big crowds have turned out to welcome them. i think they make a lovely couple and i think they re very dignified. amazed. really privileged to see that, yeah. god save the king! there s a small but noisy protest here, too. chants: not my king! all: not my king! republicans who want to get rid of the hereditary monarchy and have an elected head of state instead. across the country, there are millions of people who want the monarchy abolished. th
change the monarchy? bells ring. cheering. charles and camilla are on a walkabout at york minster. it s exciting. the atmosphere s lovely. jack wants to see the king. big crowds have turned out to welcome them. i think they make a lovely couple and i think they re very dignified. amazed. really privileged to see that, yeah. god save the king! there s a small but noisy protest here, too. all chant: not my king! not my king! republicans who want to get rid of the hereditary monarchy and have an elected head of state instead. across the country, there are millions of people who want the monarchy abolished. they spend so much of our money on their lives and their homes and their travel but we re basically wanting to raise awareness of the growing movement against the monarchy and to object to the succession. after queen elizabeth s diamond jubilee, the monarchy s popularity soared. a year later, in 2013, a yougov poll suggested 75% of the population supported it. just 17% wanted