Last year, there were, on average, more than 800 sewage spills every day. together with ash, professor peter hammond has been using the water companies' own data to try and establish exactly when the sewage spills are taking place and if they are legal or an abuse of the permit system. i have here 500 pages of evidence and we basically found thousands of examples of illegal spilling. that suggests that it's systematic, it's not the occasional mistake? it's completely systematic, yeah. for years, the water companies have insisted that things are getting better, not worse. welcome back to the to...