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The Latest Breaking News from Yorkshire Water

The five debt-riddled water companies that regulator Ofwat is most worried about

There are fears about other companies alongside troubled Thames Water

Nottingham Post

The five water companies that regulator Ofwat is most worried about

There are fears about other companies alongside troubled Thames Water

Wales Online

Taxpayer cash must not be used to bail out Thames Water, says Feargal Sharkey

Campaigner says firm should be brought under public control using powers in original privatisation legislation

The Guardian - UK

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No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out

Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges

The Guardian - UK

Yorkshire Water boss’s decision to forgo bonus labelled ‘hollow’ by union

Nicola Shaw, who made the announcement due to public anger over sewage in rivers, is in line for a windfall of more than £1m from her previous role

The Guardian - UK

Anger over sewage sees people refusing to pay their water bills

'They're all rubbing their hands together while we're swimming in sh*t'

Nottingham Post

People are refusing to pay their water bills in anger over sewage

'They're all rubbing their hands together while we're swimming in sh*t'

Wales Online

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Leeds residents can't shower or use the toilets due to overflowing drains

The homes in Walton have been suffering for years

Leeds Live

Stantec moves into new Leeds city centre base to bring 140 colleagues together

The move will see the Stantec team move from existing offices at The Boulevard on Leeds Dock

Birmingham Post

30 water treatment works released 11bn litres of raw sewage in a year, study suggests

Exclusive: Researchers analysed works run by nine water and sewerage companies in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

Water companies criticised for passing £10bn sewage bill on to customers

Clean water activists say industry’s promise to reduce pollution should not be taken on trust

The Guardian - UK

English water companies offer apology and £10bn investment for sewage spills

Under-fire bosses announce ‘unprecedented plan’ to reduce last year’s 300,000 incidents of sewage pollution

The Guardian - UK

Three UK water bosses give up bonuses after anger over sewage

Chief executives of Yorkshire Water and Thames Water and owner of South West Water decline payouts

The Guardian - UK

£3b investment plan from Yorkshire Water will tackle sewage outflow

Largest ever environmental spend from utility provider

Birmingham Post

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Daily Mirror

Multiple gardens flooded with raw sewage after someone flushes two WIGS down the toilet

Foul waste overflowed into residents' gardens after the 'hair-raising' blockage in Bradford, West Yorkshire, which took a specialist team and six tanks of water to clear away

The Guardian - UK

Water firms to invest £1.6bn in improvements, says Ofwat

Regulator announces two-year plan in victory for campaigners pushing to clean up England’s rivers

Daily Mirror

Woman’s 'soul destroying' five-year-long nightmare to rid her home of rats and flies

Debra Burnett has lived in a house in the HU8 area of Hull for more than ten years, the last five of which she claims she has been cohabitating with rats and insects

Daily Mirror

UK's 20 most polluted rivers revealed in Top of the Poops league table - see list

Data crunched by Top of the Poops has shown how waterways across England and Wales were severely polluted in 2021 by water companies pumping out sewage for millions of hours

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The Guardian - UK

Church of England to consider greener alternatives to burial

Water cremation and human composting among methods to be discussed by General Synod this week

Birmingham Post

Hull tech specialist wins 'significant' Yorkshire Water smart metering contract

Connexin builds on trial work and services provided elsewhere in the UK to deliver on doorstep

The Guardian - UK

Save time and money with an even shorter shower – or try a strip wash

Letters: Readers respond to a Pass Notes column on the four-minute shower

Daily Mirror

Exactly how much running a bath will cost you in 2023 - as price set to jump 90%

A long soak at the end of a long hard day may not be financially worth it anymore as one water company has predicted the price of a hot bath could almost double in 2023

Wales Online

Cost of a hot bath in the UK predicted to rise almost 90% to £1,023-a-year in 2023

Research from Yorkshire Water found that running a bath is the most expensive domestic use of water

The Guardian - UK

MP urges water firm to put more profits into upgrades after Sheffield gas outage

Olivia Blake says not enough of Yorkshire Water’s £242m profits used for infrastructure after gas network flooded

Daily Mirror

Ofgem 'extremely concerned' as 194 vulnerable people left without gas as temperatures dip

Despite temperatures dropping below zero, 340 people have been without gas supply for a week in what the energy regular called an "extremely difficult situation"

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