The Latest Breaking News from Severn Trent

February 1 was a date to celebrate for women in business everywhere. It happened to be the day that water group Severn Trent became the first large UK quoted company to be led by an all-female team by appointing Helen Miles as chief financial officer. That’s certainly worthy of celebration…

Seven Trent is delivering a huge £76m scheme in which it says will eventually protect 90,000 people from flooding.

15ft-wide hole swallowed up Harri Chadha's front garden

Disruption has been caused to traffic in Sutton-in-Ashfield following a burst water main

Guardian unpicks complex web of investment firms, wealth funds and tax haven-based businesses that own most of sector

England’s privatised water system is owned by funds, banks and billionaires across the world, as this country-by-country breakdown shows

Guardian analysis reveals more than 70% of English water industry in foreign ownership

Will Malaysia’s YTL, US-based BlackRock and Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison Holdings answer questions about environmental damage?

Amy Pierce and her family fled their home in Redbrook, Monmouthshire, after a landslide and are currently staying in a B&B with repair works set to take up to 18 months