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
Two centuries for pakistan gave england a difficult first day in multan as the visiTors battled the heat and a flat pitch. And they chased they won england have beaten South Africa by seven wickets in the Womens T20 World cup, well show you how they did it. Also coming up on sportsday we hear some incredible sTories from england womens amputee team, ahead of their World Cup in columbia. Being able To stand with our chests held high. Just representing this nation. Its given us so much. Welcome To the programme. Contrasting interpretations of a vital ruling. Manchester city have said that they have won their legal dispute with the Premier League over their regulations on Sponsorship Rules or associated party transactions. Its after a tribunal found that aspects of the rules were unlawful. However, the Premier League have said that the verdict was a vicTory for them, because It Upheld the need for the apt system as a whole and rejected the majority of Manchester City s challenges. The cas
Out the deadly disease. Welcome to our coverage on bbc news. Irans Supreme Leader has defended Tuesdays Missile Attack on israel, saying it was the minimum punishment for what he called israels crimes. Addressing a crowd in tehran, Ayatollah Khamenei said that iran would not hesitate on further action. Overnight there were more israeli Air Strikes in lebanon. Us officials say israel was targeting the potential successor to hassan nasrallah, the hezbollah leader, who was killed last week. The attacks happened in Southern Lebanon and also in beirut where buildings have been flatted. Lebanons Health Ministry says 37 people have been killed in israeli Ground And Air attacks. Lebanons Transport Minister said missiles have hit the Main International Road to syria , a key road where people are are fleeing from lebanon. There have also been reports of 20 rockets being fired from lebanon into israel with some intercepted as they travelled towards the city of haifa. Lets speak to Sir Peter westm