Water firms face £168m in fines for ‘catalogue of failure’ on sewage pollution
Sanctions include a £104 million penalty for Thames Water, as part of regulator Ofwat’s biggest ever investigation into the industry.
Sanctions include a £104 million penalty for Thames Water, as part of regulator Ofwat’s biggest ever investigation into the industry.
Academics said rollout could be ‘extremely challenging for even the best-funded healthcare systems’.
Baroness Morgan has been confirmed as the new First Minister of Wales, the first woman to lead the country.
InterContinental Hotels Group said the unrest, which included two of its hotels being stormed by rioters, was a ‘troubling and challenging situation’.
Revealing the plan, justice minister Heidi Alexander also said a ‘standing army’ of specialist police had been set up to deal with violent protests.
Police came under sustained attack in south Belfast on Monday and a man was assaulted in a suspected hate crime.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said one raid was carried out overnight in the village of Aqaaba in the northern West Bank.
Icart residents are welcoming the possibility of an ice-cream van being based in the area next year.
The small-scale study in Cornwall suggests vaccinating badgers can be practicable, technically effective and acceptable to farmers.
It follows the opposition pair’s call on the armed forces to abandon their support for president Nicolas Maduro.
In Southport, hundreds of people attended a peaceful vigil a week on from the murders of Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice Dasilva Aguiar.
Cost-of-living concerns, the post-Covid attainment gap in schools and anti-university rhetoric are seeing students review their options, experts say.
People who took part in the NHS programme lost a significant amount of weight.
Peter Kyle said he had met representatives from social media giants on Monday.
Speaking in a new BBC documentary, Flintoff said he left his home only to attend medical appointments in the seven months following the crash.