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Feargal Sharkey airs doubts on tougher water firm regulation: 'No boss will go to prison'

Environment Secretary Steve Reed vowed that water company bosses will be “held accountable” for their role in polluting Britain’s waterway

Evening Standard

The UK says water bosses could face prison under plans to clean up sewage-clogged rivers

The bosses of water companies that pollute waterways could go to prison under a new aimed at cleaning up Britain's sewage-clogged rivers, lakes and beaches

The Independent UK

Privatised water firms are imperilling our health and poisoning our rivers. Act now: flood the streets with rage

It is time to say this privatisation zealotry has been a disaster. March with us and let ministers know – enough is enough, says campaigner Feargal Sharkey

The Guardian - UK

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Can an all-inclusive resort still be luxurious? At this island paradise it can

Chris Wiltshire and his wife visit the Ozen resorts of Bolifushi and Maadhoo in the South Male Atoll to find out

The Independent UK

Ofwat accused of showing ‘contempt’ to customers over water bill price rises

Politicians and campaigners condemn charging proposals, as regulator puts Thames Water into special measures

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.

International Business Times

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

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England gets 27 new bathing sites – but no guarantee they’ll be safe for swimming

Water campaigner Feargal Sharkey says newly designated sites will join ‘ignoble, floundering list of failure’

The Guardian - UK

"I always think this is the closest anyone has ever come to making the perfect record": The story of The Undertones' punk classic Teenage Kicks

Guitarist and songwriter John O’Neill on how a young band from Derry created a classic: "I can’t believe someone didn’t come up with it before me"

MusicRadar

‘No dividing line’: consultants advising private water companies also work for their regulator, Ofwat

Campaigners call for the whole regulatory system to be replaced after Observer analysis finds watchdog spent more than £25m with consultancies

The Guardian - UK

Arts Council England says funding will not be removed for ‘political’ artists

ACE had been under pressure to revise guidance in January which focused on ‘reputational risk’

The Guardian - UK

Polls close in Wellingborough and Kingswood byelections

Conservatives expected to lose two seats on day UK economy was announced to be in recession

The Guardian - UK

Arts Council England to update ‘activist statements’ guidance after backlash

Funding body says it believes in freedom of expression, after policy changes sparked fears of censorship of artists

The Guardian - UK

Arts Council England mired in row over ‘political statements’ warning

Robert Macfarlane, Feargal Sharkey and Matt Haig are among artists to react with fury to message about funding risks

The Guardian - UK

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Like all supervillains, the Tories will meet their match

As the crumbling Conservative party lays waste to the UK, a plucky band of heroes are forensically unspinning the spin

The Independent UK

Feargal Sharkey praised for ‘powerful’ Israel-Palestine speech on Have I Got News for You

Comments made by the musician and activist, who grew up during the Troubles, are being lauded by panel show’s viewer as ‘eloquent’, ‘informed’ and ‘worth listening to’

The Guardian - UK

Yorkshire Water ad ridiculed over clips of Herefordshire and Russian bar

Video withdrawn but not before questions raised over competency at beleaguered utility company

Evening Standard

Inside the capital’s water crisis — are Londoners’ taps about to run dry?

After years of piling on debt and sucking out profits to pay shareholders rather than improve infrastructure, Thames Water is near collapse — leaving the city 24 hours away from having its supply turned off. Claire Cohen investigates

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Daily Mirror

Bosses at nine water firms pocketed £13million last year - while YOU face higher bills

It follows reports water firms are planning to hike household bills by up to 40% to meet costs of the sewage crisis

Daily Mirror

Water industry is 'teetering on the brink of insolvency' warns Feargal Sharkey

The Government is drawing up plans to rescue debt-ridden Thames Water, despite being owned by a wealthy foreign investors from as far afield as Canada and Abu Dhabi

The Guardian - UK

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

Thames Water appoints Sir Adrian Montague as chair; squeezed households run down savings – as it happened

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Manchester Evening News

Blackpool beaches still under 'Don't Swim' warning a week after 'appalling' sewage leak

A council leader has called on government to hold water companies to account

The Guardian - UK

‘Every river in this country is polluted’: how Feargal Sharkey got swept up by the clean water campaign

The former Undertones frontman was searching for a hobby and ended up an environmental campaigner. And he’s a man who can win an argument

Daily Mirror

Green campaigners warn river on Therese Coffey's doorstep riddled with deadly bacteria

The Environment Secretary has been accused of not instigating laws to stop dumping of sewage into waterways and a river on her own doorstep contained 50mg of e.coli per litre of water

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