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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 2 - Caught on Camera

Southern Water ‘dumps sewage 493 times in eight days at bathing beaches’

Campaigners condemning ‘environmental vandalism’ say equivalent of five months of discharges made so far in November

The Guardian - UK

English water firms’ big debts of concern as interest rates rise, says expert

Economist says sector’s financial stability is worrying as firms have borrowed heavily to pay dividends

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water tops league table for highest number of complaints

Thames and Southern worst in England and Wales, as complaints to Thames on bills, sewerage and supply double in five years

The Guardian - UK

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Protesters to take to beaches this weekend against sewage discharges

This comes as 11 of the 17 water companies were issued fines by the industry regulator

Evening Standard

Protesters to take to beaches over sewage discharges into English seas

Demonstrations from Falmouth to Whitstable to demand water firms do more to reduce pollution

The Guardian - UK

Liverpool's United Utilities customers could be paying more for their water

The Liverpool water supplier can now charge customers an additional £24.1 million

Liverpool Echo

Here’s a bright idea to improve accountability in the water sector

Proposal to make all water firms publicly listed is not a cure-all but would force them to be more transparent

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11 water firms ordered to cut bills and repay customers £150million - see full list

Consumers face lower water costs from next April after water firms were told off by regulator Ofwat for missing its targets on things like pollution and sewer flooding

Daily Mirror

Water companies set to repay £150 million to customers over failings

In total, 11 water companies were fined for failings in the last year.

Evening Standard

Thames Water told to cut millions from customers’ bills after fine

Water regulator Ofwat said that the utility companies have been fined for missing targets in areas such as water supply interruptions.

Evening Standard

Water companies forced to cut £150m from customers’ bills

Thames, Southern and nine other firms penalised after missing targets on pollution

The Guardian - UK

Almost £150million to be taken off customers' water bills

"When it comes to delivering for their customers, too many water companies are falling short, and we are requiring them to return around £150 million to their customers."

Wales Online

Southern Water alters pollution alert tool to curb automatic red alerts

Map used to flag red all raw sewage releases into bathing waters – but firm now says it factors in ‘impact’

The Guardian - UK

Who owns the major energy and water suppliers, and how much profit do they make?

Shell recently met its expectations despite profit slumping by a third

Evening Standard

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UK sewage turning Channel and North Sea into dumping ground, say French MEPs

Post-Brexit UK accused of abandoning international obligations to protect marine life and human health

Evening Standard

Britain’s sewage crisis: ‘I only swam for 20 minutes but that evening I began to feel nauseous and dizzy’

The pollution of the country’s waterways has reached critical levels — as swimmers complain of sickness and wildlife becomes affected, Claire Cohen investigates who’s to blame

The Guardian - UK

Fears over English shellfish as untreated waste dumped in water

Untreated human waste dumped in waters containing shellfish 29,000 times last year, Environment Agency data shows

The Independent UK

Shellfish ‘forgotten victims’ of sewage polluting UK waters say Lib Dems

Waters containing shellfish were dumped in nearly 29,000 times last year, with the longest event lasting 5,000 hours.

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Liz Truss ‘has sewage on her hands’ over Environment Agency cuts

Exclusive: Truss oversaw cut in funds to tackle water pollution, since when raw sewage discharge has risen

Evening Standard

Which UK beaches are closed due to sewage?

Everything you need to know about which beaches are closed due to sewage spills

Wales Online

Monitors for measuring sewage going into sea 'faulty or not installed'

The Liberal Democrats say Environment Agency data shows water companies are failing to monitor sewage discharges along the coastline including at British seaside resorts

The Independent UK

Thousands of sewage monitors on British beaches faulty or missing

Beaches have been inundated with sewage but much could be slipping under water companies’ radar

Evening Standard

Two beaches reopen after sewage pumped into south coast sea

Bexhill and Normans Bay were closed after issues at a pumping station

Daily Mirror

Nosy neighbours urged to stop snitching to police about hosepipe ban breaches

Police have already seen "unprecedented demand" on their phone lines about hosepipe bans - but report it is a civil not a criminal matter saying they are being diverted away from real emergencies

Evening Standard

Don’t call us to report hosepipe ban breaches, asks police force after 1,000 calls a day

Police said the hosepipe ban is a civil matter, not a criminal one, and call handlers are being diverted away from dealing with real emergencies

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