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HISTORICAL FACTS: Thames water - Caught on Camera

AI tech could be nationalised, Green Party deputy leader suggests

Rachel Millward said a Green government would immediately bring water companies in public ownership.

Evening Standard · Oct 3

South London hit by second water main incident in a week as MP says network is 'at breaking point'

London MP Paul Kohler said the two incidents highlighted the poor state of the region's water infrastructure

Evening Standard · Oct 3

Water companies should be nationalised immediately, Greens to say

Rachel Millward will argue the Prime Minister is ‘making a mistake by delaying any action’ against firms such as Thames Water.

Evening Standard · Oct 3

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Thames Water forced to apologise after blunder sees £145,000 taken from customer’s account

Teacher Adam Bainbridge discovered early on Thursday morning that a payment of £145,562 to Thames Water had been debited from his bank account

The Independent UK · Oct 1

London family's horror £145,000 bill shock after Thames Water debiting blunder

Teacher left reeling after payment of £145,562 to Thames Water debited from bank account

Evening Standard · Oct 1

Thames Water issues apology to 17,000 east London residents left without water during heatwave

Households in east London and Essex were forced to rely on bottled water during the five-day outage

Evening Standard · Sep 30

PM announces new law to allow public ownership of water firms

Mayors will also be given new powers to hold failing water firms to account.

Evening Standard · Sep 29

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Water leak cuts supply to thousands of homes across five London boroughs

Thames Water apologised for the outage, which impacted around 15,000 properties in south London and Surrey

Evening Standard · Sep 28

Water supply restored after schools shut and thousands were left without service

Thames Water said that its engineers had isolated the broken pipe.

Evening Standard · Sep 28

Schools forced to shut amid burst Thames Water pipe ‘leaking 750 litres a second’

Leak causes outages and low pressure in parts of London and Surrey, affecting 6,000 properties and leaving some without water

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28

Full list of London postcodes hit by major water outage

Thames Water has advised the burst could ‘take some time’ to repair, leaving thousands without water

Evening Standard · Sep 28

Thames Water: 6,000 homes in Surrey and London without water due to burst pipe

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The Independent UK · Sep 28

Thousands of homes without water in London and Surrey after major pipe bursts

Thames Water says issue affecting around 6,000 homes will take ‘some time’ to fix

The Independent UK · Sep 28

‘Large burst water main’ cuts supplies across south London and Surrey

Thames Water said its specialist team was ‘on site and working to stop the water flooding from the broken pipe’ in West Molesey, Surrey.

Evening Standard · Sep 28

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Evening Standard · Sep 28

Water leak LIVE: Thames Water cuts down trees to fix burst main as supply returns to south-west London

Thames Water says homes across 14 London postcodes may have no water or low pressure

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27

The Guardian view on Thames Water: Andy Burnham should nationalise this failed monopoly

Editorial: Bill payers should not fund another rescue for financiers of the water industry. Public ownership can end the cycle of extraction and failure

The Times of India · Sep 26

Designer turns mussel shells and Thames sand into award-winning glass

London designer Lulu Harrison has won the 2025 Ralph Saltzman Prize from the Design Museum for Thames Glass, a project that turns locally sourced and waste materials into glass. Harrison's recipes use materials including sand from around the River Thames, wood ash and waste quagga mussel shells supplied by Thames…

The Guardian - UK · Sep 25

Andy Burnham talks about ‘public control’ of the utilities but it’s a minefield. We can lead him through it

Nationalisation is not the ultimate answer for companies like Thames Water – but they could be run for the public benefit, say journalist and economist Will Hutton and former chief economist of the Bank of England Andy Haldane

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The Conversation · Sep 24

Water failures in England and Wales are a warning for Canada and the US

The water crisis in England and Wales – which has seen the countries facing widespread drought and utility companies fined for polluting rivers and seas – has been decades in the making.

The Independent UK · Sep 23

Hosepipe ban will continue despite wetter September, says Thames Water

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The Independent UK · Sep 23

Thames Water confirms hosepipe ban to stay for millions despite wet September

A record-breaking summer of dry weather and warm temperatures has depleted its water supply

Evening Standard · Sep 23

Thames Water gives update on London hosepipe ban

Thames Water has issued an update on the hosepipe ban affecting millions in London and the South East after some heavy rain in September

The Independent UK · Sep 18

MPs urge government to take troubled Thames Water into public control

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The Guardian - UK · Sep 18

MPs urge ministers to break off Thames Water talks with US hedge funds

Efra committee calls for emergency legislation enabling government to take public control of the company

Evening Standard · Sep 17

Thames Water’s £10 billion creditor rescue deal should be ditched, say MPs

The Efra Committee said bondholder takeover plans are not in the best interests of Thames Water, customers or the environment.

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