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How we calculated the proportion of revenue English water firms use to pay off debt

Finding out the percentage from consumer bills used to service debt is tricky. We worked with industry experts to shed light on the issue

The Guardian - UK

Environment Agency failed to find cause of toxic pollution near Windermere

Exclusive: Report finds agency did not properly investigate event that killed hundreds of fish in Cunsey Beck in 2022

The Guardian - UK

Labour to urge MPs to ban bonuses for water firm bosses over sewage dumping

Motion will force Tory MPs to say whether bonuses can still be paid despite poor state of English and Welsh waterways

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Up to 70 days of suspected illegal dumps of sewage in Windermere in 2022, analysis finds

Researcher says data suggests permit conditions breached on up to 70 days, but United Utilities disputes findings

The Guardian - UK

Keeping taps on and boosting wildlife: the race to protect the Lake District’s water

Award-winning partnership is regenerating natural habitats in attempt to secure water supply as climate crisis worsens

The Guardian - UK

FTSE 100 Live: London house prices falling, index closes down 1.3% after late tumble, John Lewis chair to quit

Bets that US interest rates will stay higher for longer today continued to weigh on stock market sentiment.

Evening Standard

Environment Agency failing to monitor water firms in England, data suggests

Watchdog is supposed to audit firms yearly to ensure they are not illegally dumping sewage, but 36% of audits since 2010 are missing

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United Utilities fined £800,000 for taking 22bn litres of water from aquifer

Company breached three-year rolling limit on abstraction licence at Fylde aquifer in 2018

The Guardian - UK

Sewage lawsuit: Which water companies are involved and who could receive a payout?

Claims of under-reporting pollution incidents and overcharging customers will result in legal action against six English water corporations

Evening Standard

Public could receive hundreds of millions as water firms face sewage lawsuit

Class action legal claim on behalf of 20 million householders in England and Wales could top £800m in compensation

The Guardian - UK

Huge sinkhole becomes tourist attraction in Manchester after sewer collapse

Collapsed sewer is blamed for gaping hole on Heywood Road

The Independent UK

‘Neighbours are fed up with it’: huge sinkhole closes Greater Manchester street

Six-metre-wide abyss in Prestwich believed to be caused by a collapsed sewer after heavy rains

The Guardian - UK

United Utilities agrees £1.8bn deal with Legal & General

The move comes after United Utilities defended its financial position in the wake of the unfolding situation at counterpart Thames Water

Birmingham Post

Tankers drafted into area of Manchester after 'fault' leaves hundreds with no water or poor pressure

The repair is said to be 'complex', with the M20 area affected

Manchester Evening News

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Liverpool Echo

Mum 'screamed' after she walked into her back garden

Colette says she is always looking over her shoulder

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: Changing ‘Mugger Lane’

The suburb where a regeneration would be ‘the best thing ever’ PLUS If you only order one dish, make it this one…or this one

Manchester Evening News

The Greater Manchester street where SEWAGE floods homes after heavy rain

"We had sanitary towels floating about. That's just 'angin."

Birmingham Post

Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Specsavers and Princes: The 31 latest North West hires and promotions

BusinessLive rounds up the latest hires and promotions across the North West

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Manchester Evening News

Emergency services scrambled after 64-year-old man goes missing near Rivington

The man had become separated from a walking group and had not returned

Birmingham Post

Over 1,000 United Utilities workers vote to strike over cuts and water quality

Dates for the strike will be announced in the coming days

Birmingham Post

United Utilities defends 'robust and prudent' finances in wake of Thames Water crisis

United Utilities recently agreed to hand more than £300m to its shareholders

Daily Mirror

Bosses at nine water firms pocketed £13million last year - while YOU face higher bills

It follows reports water firms are planning to hike household bills by up to 40% to meet costs of the sewage crisis

Manchester Evening News

Plea to stop raw sewage being pumped into Lancashire village's waterways

Figures show untreated sewage released into Hyndburn's waterways more than 200 times last year

Manchester Evening News

Children's playpark forced to close after new sewage tank installed nearby

The play park has been closed while the work goes on

Birmingham Post

United Utilities' £1.5bn plans to upgrade network approved by Ofwat

Over £2bn is to be spent by water companies across the country

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