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United Utilities raises investor payouts a day after Windermere sewage discharge revealed

Near-10% dividend increase follows allegation that water company failed to prevent illegal pollution for 10 hours in February

The Guardian - UK

"The right to swim is not just legal permission" – the wild swimmers planning their own Kinder trespass

Hundreds expected to break the law in protest at the historic site and other reservoirs around the UK

Advnture

Regulators urged to act over water companies’ record sewage discharge

Government asked to put ‘people and planet before profits’ as analysis shows potential illegal discharging of raw sewage

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Water companies in England face outrage over record sewage discharges

Call for environmental emergency to be declared after data reveals 105% rise in raw sewage discharges over past 12 months

The Guardian - UK

‘Poisoned by chemicals’: citizen scientists prove River Avon is polluted

Charity says the decline of invertebrates linked to chemicals in water while Environment Agency said Wiltshire river had not deteriorated

The Guardian - UK

Huge loss of invertebrates detected in stream feeding into Windermere

Campaigners say 76% decline in riverfly species’ abundance at Cunsey Beck is being caused by sewage discharges

The Guardian - UK

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

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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

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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

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Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

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 Independent UK

Huge sinkhole becomes tourist attraction in Manchester after sewer collapse

Collapsed sewer is blamed for gaping hole on Heywood Road

The Guardian - 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

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Birmingham Post

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

Manchester Evening News

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

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

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

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