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Will rising debt cause Thames Water to sink under a Labour government?

The crisis-hit utilities company could quickly spoil the post-election mood for whichever party wins next week

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water board approved £150m payout hours before funding U-turn

Exclusive: Ofwat to investigate circumstances around payment of dividend to intermediate parent company

The Guardian - UK

E.coli Warning Before UK's Henley Regatta

UK water quality campaigners warned on Friday of "very high E.coli" levels in the River Thames west of London, just days before rowers were due to take part in the Henley Royal Regatta.

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High levels of E coli found at Henley days before international regatta

Water quality testing by campaigners shows levels up to 27 times acceptable limit for bathing as rowers told to take precautions

The Guardian - UK

How Tory neglect flooded Britain’s rivers with sewage

On a journey along the Thames – where fury at pollution has spawned a wave of local activism – it is clear that the decline of rivers is among this government’s worst legacies

The Guardian - UK

Bather, beware: British beaches and rivers have a sewage problem. It has seeped into election talk

Britain has become notorious as a place where a casual swim could lead to an extended visit to the toilet, if not the hospital

The Independent UK

Dozens of triathletes left severely ill after swimming in River Thames

One triathlete was left throwing up blood in A&E after the Royal Windsor Triathlon in Berkshire on Sunday

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The Guardian view on water privatisation: end an experiment that has failed

Editorial: Labour should take lessons from the Netherlands, where public sector firms are funded by a state-owned bank

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water among six water firms sued for up to £1.5bn by billpayers over sewage discharges

Lawsuit could see payout against Thames Water of £159.1m if successful

Evening Standard

Can Labour clean up England’s dangerously dirty water?

Party has vowed to end sewage scandal if it wins power, but experts say it will have to act quickly and ambitiously

The Guardian - UK

Outrage as ‘tidal wave’ of sewage floods historic market town’s unique chalk river continuously for months

Exclusive: Water firm pumps sewage into river Misbourne, Amersham on 21 ‘dry days’ during nearly five month period

The Independent UK

In Tory England, the Lib Dems can smell revenge in the air – and sewage in the rivers

In these still largely prosperous rural heartlands, filthy water has become a surprisingly powerful symbol of national decline, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

Work to clean up polluted wild swimming spots in jeopardy, campaigners say

Pressure groups warn of lengthy delays to river clean ups due to government red tape

Advnture

‘Gove saw the polls and realised he might lose’: Lib Dems hope to knock down Tory ‘blue wall’ in Surrey

Ed Davey’s party is seeking to win over disillusioned Conservative voters in the Surrey Heath seat of outgoing minister Michael Gove

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Couple left 'homeless' after their £1 million Chislehurst home flooded by raw sewage

Buster Price has slammed Thames Water’s ‘pathetic’ response

The Independent UK

‘We’ve had enough’: The quaint Surrey village ‘blighted’ by petrol leak contaminating drinking water

A leak at a village petrol station, believed to date back to 2016, is now causing havoc for residents and threatening local businesses, reports Andy Gregory

The Independent UK

Thames Water warns hundreds of people in Surrey not to drink tap water

Up to 616 homes in Bramley, Surrey, were told to avoid using tap water for drinking, cooking, or brushing their teeth

The Guardian - UK

UK politics: Diane Abbott free to stand as a Labour candidate, says Starmer – as it happened

Latest from campaign trail sees leader of the opposition head to Scotland, after his visit to Wales

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Thames Water issue urgent 'do not drink' warning to hundreds of Surrey homes

An urgent “do not drink” notice has been issued to hundreds of Surrey homes following tap water tests by Thames Water.

Evening Standard

Sewage released into London's waterways for 12,000 hours in last year, City Hall finds

The figure is four times of that of the previous year, the mayor’s office has said

The Guardian - UK

Ofwat considers cutting sewage fines for financially struggling water firms

Regulator understood to be looking at ‘recovery regime’ for Thames Water and others in sector

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water urged to ‘get a grip’ on testing water supply after illness outbreak

Exclusive: Labour calls on firm to urgently test treatment works after dozens in south-east London experience vomiting and diarrhoea

Evening Standard

Water firm sewage polluters 'will face criminal charges' under Labour government

Labour has pledged to put water firms under special measures and prosecute bosses if they continue to oversee the illegal dumping of ‘toxic filth’

The Guardian - UK

BHP walks away from £39bn pursuit of Anglo American; Royal Mail agrees to £3.57bn takeover by Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský – as it happened

Royal Mail’s parent company IDS agrees takeover offer but BHP’s pursuit of Anglo fails

The Independent UK

Water watchdog to refuse suppliers’ requests to increase prices

Thames Water requested a bill increase of up to 59 per cent as it faces £15billion of debt, according to reports

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