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Watchdog berates Thames Water and Southern Water over level of complaints

Two utilities deemed ‘standout poor performers’ with so many complaints it skews industry’s overall performance

The Guardian - UK

Southern Water and Thames Water ‘standout poor performers’ driving complaints

The Consumer Council for Water said the more than 20 million people served by the two firms were being ‘let down’.

The Independent UK

London water bills to be slashed by £100 million as regulators hit out at Thames Water leaks and spills

Londoners will be paying over £100 million less to Thames Water next year as the company was hit the hardest by a crackdown from regulators.

Evening Standard

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Thames Water apology as west London residents left without water for second day

Airblocks in water pipes are likely to be causing supply issues, Thames Water said

Evening Standard

Investigate hundreds of illegal ‘dry’ sewage spills by water companies, ministers told

An immediate investigation must be launched into reports that three major water companies illegally discharged sewage hundreds of times last year, ministers were told on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

‘Naughty rather than dirty’: 50 years of Man About the House, the sitcom that introduced sex to British TV

The groundbreaking flat-sharing comedy’s very concept terrified ITV. Its writer and actors reflect on its smashing of gender stereotypes and the wildly successful spin-offs it launched

The Guardian - UK

Carl Davis obituary

Prolific conductor and composer whose work spanned film, ballet, television and oratorio

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Thames Water crisis presents an opportunity for better business

Letters: Nationalisation dominates the debate, but there are other viable alternatives, writes Victor Adebowale

The Guardian - UK

Simon Cowell breaks silence over Lucy Spraggan’s rape during X Factor: ‘It’s horrific and heartbreaking’

The singer said the attack took place after a night celebrating fellow contestant Rylan Clark’s birthday in London

Evening Standard

Thames Water’s biggest investor has cut value of stake by nearly 30%

Debt-laden company has faced questions over financial stability and ability to raise funds

The Guardian - UK

Lucy Spraggan reveals she pulled out of X Factor after she was raped by hotel worker

The singer said the attack took place after a night celebrating fellow contestant Rylan Clark’s birthday in London

Evening Standard

Lucy Spraggan reveals she was raped by hotel worker during X Factor

The singer said the attack took place after a night celebrating fellow contestant Rylan Clark’s birthday in London.

The Independent UK

Thames Water boss warns people with bigger gardens could pay more

Water chief also says ‘progressive charging system’ should be considered

The Independent UK

Thames Water still faces slow drip over funding

Monday’s announcement is not a ‘major milestone’ – choppy waters remain, such as the price review

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Evening Standard

Thames Water’s former CEO handed half a million pounds as higher bills help keep it afloat

Shareholders put in another £750 million to heavily indebted company

The Guardian - UK

Tube train drivers to join strikes in late July; EasyJet cancels 1,700 flights, blaming Gatwick delays – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

The Independent UK

Debt-ridden Thames Water raises £750m but warns billions more needed

Last month government began drawing up contingency plans to take supplier into public ownership in case it collapsed

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water secures extra £750m from shareholders to help stave off nationalisation

Money follows £500m injection in March but troubled utility warns much more future funding needed

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The Guardian - UK

Ofwat boss denies water industry badly regulated as he predicts higher bills

David Black says water firms’ debt is ‘their issue to sort out’ because regulator did not have powers to tackle problem until recently

The Guardian - UK

Private equity is failing water companies again. Get these firms back on the stock market

Listing would allow the market to be admirably brutal – inflicting pain on the owners and forcing management changes

Daily Mirror

Thames Water fined £3.3m after rivers turn black with sewage killing 1,400 fish

The firm has been fined £3.3m after more than 1,400 fish were killed when the sewage was dumped into the Gatwick Stream in Sussex and River Mole in Surrey in 2017

The Independent UK

Thames Water dumped ‘millions of litres’ of sewage in river killing more than 1,000 fish

Untreated sewage was pumped into River Mole near Crawley for six and a half hours, turning water black

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Thames Water owner accused of ‘money-grabbing’ cuts to Cadent pension scheme

Exclusive: Cadent Gas, owned by Australia asset manager Macquarie, is considering closing its defined benefit scheme

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water shareholder gives backing to crisis-hit firm

USS support for turnaround plan comes as water company buckles under £14bn debt burden

The Guardian - UK

Now, water bosses, you must show how capitalism can work for the common good

If there’s a lesson to be learned from the collapse of Thames Water, it is that utility giants have to pioneer a new kind of company

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