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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 ....
I havent even watched a football match. And from footballing novices to playing for england we meet the team heading to the first ever womens Amputee World Cup and coming up on Bbc News Pakistan dominate Day One of the Opening Test against england with two centuries helping the Home Side rack up the runs in multan. Good afternoon. Theres a day of ceremonies in israel to mark the first anniversary of the hamas attacks on October 7th last year, the deadliest day in the history of the state of israel. 1,200 people were killed and 250 taken hostage. It was a day that reshaped the Middle East, bringing War To Gaza where the hamas run Health Ministry says nearly 42,000 people have been killed, and now engulfing lebanon in conflict too. Yolande knell reports. Siren wails. S ....
Sport with sarah now. Straight to chester le street, where englands cricketers are in a must win match if theyre to keep their one Day Series against australia alive. England won the toss and chose to field and started strongly Jofra Archer with two wickets including the dIsmIssal of Steve Smith thanks to a great catch from brydon carse. But a late flurry of runs including an unbeaten 77 from Alex Carey Saw Australia set england 305 to win and englands chase has not started well losing two early wickets. England are currently 47 2 after 11 overs. Jackson brooks at the Crease Setting things up. Arsenal Manager Mikel Arteta has defended hIs sides tactics in their 2 2 draw with Manchester City insIsting they were normal. Having played the whole of the second half with t ....
As a default setting. Social media companies have been under growing pressure to protect children from harmful online content. Heres our Technology Editor zoe kleinman. Instagram already claims to have more than 50 tools aimed at keeping teens safe on its platform. But so far, the problem of children being exposed to harmful content has not been resolved. Well, i dont know if its social media, but i think as parents we should have the right to see it. An Ofcom Study earlier this year found that every single child it spoke to had seen violent material online. Instagram was one of the platforms they mentioned the most. The new measures aim put more control into the hands of parents. Accou nts accounts belonging to anyone under the age of 18 are made private by de ....