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Bitcoin surges through $60,000 in biggest monthly rally since late 2020 – as it happened

Cryptocurrency buoyed by flows into new ETFs that track the value of bitcoin

The Guardian - UK

Oxfordshire housing development ‘should be blocked due to failing sewage system’

Environment Agency objects to plans for 1,450 new homes, saying Thames Water’s Oxford plant cannot cope with more demand

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water charged me for enough water to make 1m cups of tea

Even though the supplier acknowledges the problem, it hasn’t done anything

The Guardian - UK

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Thames Water forecasts more leaks over next two years than predicted

Revision will pile further pressure on firm to invest in infrastructure amid anger over its sewage-dumping record

The Guardian - UK

Ofwat’s scheme to fine poorly performing companies ‘a gimmick’

Lib Dems dismiss plan saying water fines need to go to consumers rather than to the Treasury

The Guardian - UK

Ofwat orders Thames Water to produce turnaround plan over sewage record

Debt-laden firm had allowed rivers to become polluted and homes to be flooded with sewage, MPs hear

The Guardian - UK

Londoners face inflation-busting 6% hike in water bills

Industry group Water UK says higher bills will mean more investment

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Water firms in England and Wales urged to invest profits in cutting bills

Suppliers expected to charge average 6% more from April despite public anger at underinvestment and sewage dumping

The Guardian - UK

Sadiq Khan calls out ‘scandal’ with five-fold increase in sewage dumped in Thames

Sewage flowed into the Thames for 6,590 hours, 11 minutes and 54 seconds over a seven-month period

Evening Standard

Households across Reading left without water for three days after burst mains

Thames Water struggled to rebuild pressure to homes after an incident at Pangbourne treatment works

The Guardian - UK

Sewage sludge used to heat 4,000 west London homes

The gas-to-grid project in Isleworth is the second scheme of its kind in London

Evening Standard

Toxic sewage spills should trigger bonus ban for water bosses, says Labour

Labour has accused Tories of turning a 'blind eye to corruption'

Evening Standard

Tide of disapproval awaits new round of UK water companies’ price rises

News of the increases, due by the end of the month, comes amid rising anger over companies’ environmental records

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water bypassing local opposition in attempt to launch water recycling project

Company faced public backlash over scheme, which campaigners say threatens to increase river pollution

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Residents evacuated from flood-hit village outside London as rising Thames river water levels hits properties

Residents have been forced to evacuate from a riverside village just outside London days after the deluge from Storm Henk.

The Independent UK

Arctic air to bring big freeze as Met Office reveals when snow will hit UK next

The Met Office said a ‘more northerly wind’ and ‘Arctic influence’ is expected to descend over the UK soon

Evening Standard

Eton mess: College's pupils forced to stay at home for start of term after toilets back up due to floods

Pupils at prestigious boarding school have started the new school term online after issues with sewage in the area

The Independent UK

Eton College pupils forced to stay away at start of term as flooding blocks sewers

Thames Water apologises to staff and pupils as college forced to bring back remote learning

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Eton mess: start of school term delayed as flooding causes toilets to back up

Problems with Thames Water-run sewers from recent rains force pupils at £46,000-a-year school to learn remotely

Evening Standard

Few drops of comfort for new Thames Water boss

City Comment: The ex-military man will surely have no illusions about the scale of the challenge in front of him

Evening Standard

Storm Henk: Raw sewage spills onto public path in Surrey after treatment works flooded

The Horley treatment works near Gatwick Airport has flooded four times since October

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water’s owners only have themselves to blame for the writedowns

It looks as if USS simply overpaid and underestimated the effort and catch-up investment required

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water’s second largest investor slashes value of its stake

USS’s write-down of almost two-thirds comes after utility admitted it cannot afford debt repayments

The Guardian - UK

A Farage farrago, crypto crime and rivers of cash: the 2023 Observer business awards

Bank boss Alison Rose, Binance’s Changpeng Zhao, Sarah Bentley of Thames Water and OpenAI’s Sam Altman feature highly on this year’s prestigious honours list

The Guardian - UK

Gales threaten New Year’s Eve travel chaos in England and Wales

Bad weather in southern England, the West Country and south Wales likely to cause further disruption

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