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Parents won't let kids outside on street 'besieged with rats' who 'chew through walls'

The families living on Bashall Street in Bolton, Greater Manchester, are fighting a daily battle to keep the rats outside their homes after being terrorised by them for several months now

Daily Mirror

Rat infestation leaves families 'too scared' to let kids play out on the street

The disease-bearing rodents are even making their way into residents' homes.

Daily Record

Families fear for children as flytipping creates plague of rats in their homes

The rats have started chewing through walls and fences, and making nests

Wales Online

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"They chew through walls... and leave their babies": The families held to siege by rats

'I watch them run along and hide under my daughter's cot - it's awful'

Manchester Evening News

Drivers urged to avoid Woodhead Pass as smoke from huge moor fire blows across road

A helicopter is are being used to dump water on the blaze in the hills near Crowden in Derbyshire

Manchester Evening News

Gang of 40 attack United Utilities engineers with 'bricks and abuse'

The vandals deliberately set off the fire hydrant

Liverpool Echo

Moment water shoots into the air as 'vandals' set off fire hydrant on busy Manchester road

It follows another incident in Salford as United Utilities slams the culprits

Manchester Evening News

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United Utilities will spend £122m to reduce 'more than 10 million tonnes' of sewage going into Greater Manchester rivers

United Utilities say that 4,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools could be filled with the amount of waste that the scheme will prevent from entering the region's waterways

Manchester Evening News

United Utilities 'not considering' hose pipe ban despite region's reservoirs being nearly half-empty

Shocking pictures show the low level of water

Manchester Evening News

Dovestone Reservoir levels drop during heatwave as residents urged to 'use water wisely'

United Utilities has issued a statement following a surge in temperatures

Manchester Evening News

United Utilities to sell renewable energy business for £100m

The deal is expected to be completed in the coming months

Birmingham Post

Criminal barristers struggle to afford fuel, children and homes

"I can't write to United Utilities and say - I might be able to pay you in about two years' time"

Liverpool Echo

Roads remain closed as 10ft sinkhole opens up

The water supply may "fluctuate" for those living in the area

Liverpool Echo

Pictures show inside 'scary' sinkhole which swallowed half a road

A section of Beech Road disappeared into a sink hole this afternoon

Liverpool Echo

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Liverpool Echo

'Raw sewage overflowing' in park after drain blocked

Wirral Council is working to clear the blockage as soon as possible

Manchester Evening News

'I'm a single dad of a disabled daughter... families like mine are forgotten'

“If I was a disabled person myself, I would have walked away and said ‘forget it’, but it’s my daughter and I couldn’t let it go... I am her voice, I have got to fight and battle for her"

Manchester Evening News

'It's your problem to fix': Couple told by Salford council and United Utilities over broken drain

'Getting answers has been very difficult'

Liverpool Echo

Burst pipe leaves neighbours without water

United Utilities are currently investigating the issue

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Manchester Evening News

Residents asked to 'minimise' car movements after sinkhole opens up in road

United Utilities are to carry out repairs after a hole appeared on a cul-de-sac in Stockport

Liverpool Echo

Sinkhole opens as busy road collapses and water firm launch probe

A section of Albert Road is shut in Widnes following what Halton Council called a 'road collapse'.

Liverpool Echo

Delays on busy Merseyside road for up to nine weeks

Work was expected to be completed this month

Liverpool Echo

How Liverpool's Northern Docks are preparing for Everton's arrival and £500m stadium

The ECHO went to Bramley-Moore to speak to residents and businesses about Everton's impending arrival

Manchester Evening News

New measures put in place to reduce risk of wildfires at Dovestones this summer

Two new fire rangers have been employed to help prevent fires and identify those that break out much faster

Birmingham Post

Green businesses honoured at the Echo Environment Awards 2022

Zero-waste shop and tool library honoured at celebration event

Manchester Evening News

Household water bills promise made by United Utilities as cost of living crisis continues

The company has also revealed its latest financial results

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