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FOUND: 16 - What They Never Told You

Public votes for top 10 best Christmas cracker jokes of 2024

Jokes ranging from political puns to Britpop gags were collated by U&Gold in keeping with tradition of lame one-liners

The Guardian - UK

Water firms push for higher shareholder returns as Ofwat considers bills increase

Companies say higher returns are needed to ensure record infrastructure investment across industry is delivered

The Guardian - UK

Ofwat boss denies failing to regulate water firms despite huge debts

David Black said water companies need to make ‘changes across the board’ but he ‘wouldn’t agree’ that regulators have failed.

Evening Standard

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Central London has a new fountain! Burst water main outside Victoria Station causes chaos

Burst water main near Victoria Station forces closure on major central London road during rush hour

Evening Standard

Water companies now have to release live sewage spill data – here’s why more transparency is the key to cleaner rivers

For the first time, anyone in England can now access real-time information of where combined sewer overflows (CSOs) are discharging untreated wastewater into our waterways. This week, all water companies published details of how anyone can access the status of thousands of “event duration monitors”, devices that are placed on…

The Conversation

Water firms blocked from using billpayer cash for ‘unjustifiable’ bonuses

Thames Water is among nine firms that must ensure owners and shareholders pick up the tab for £6.8 million of executive bonuses.

The Independent UK

Scandal-hit Thames Water blocked from paying 'undeserved' bonuses for top bosses from customers' money

Eight other water firms won’t be using customers’ funds to pay bonuses

Evening Standard

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Water firms blocked from using customer cash for ‘undeserved’ £6.8m boss bonuses

Watchdog stops nine from from funding bonuses through customers – but bosses will still get their cash from shareholders

The Independent UK

Nine water firms halted from using customer cash to pay for £6.8m of bonuses

Ofwat said its new powers had been applied to bonuses worth £6.8 million, or 73% of the overall total, across the water sector.

Evening Standard

Southern Water gets rating downgrade amid ‘challenging funding conditions’

Southern’s latest downgrade by Fitch follows a similar move by ratings agency Moody’s earlier in November.

Evening Standard

Thames Water: Fears of more bill hikes as £38bn bill revealed

A new report has said Thames Water is in worse financial straits than already thought

The Independent UK

Thames Water’s IT ‘falling apart’ and is hit by cyber-attacks, sources claim

Exclusive: Company relies on obsolete tech and there are troubling security gaps, Guardian investigation suggests

The Guardian - UK

What the papers say – November 18

These are the stories making headines to start the week.

The Independent UK

Floods, explosions and asbestos: Thames Water faces potential problems on all fronts

Exclusive: Senior managers say they are forced to press ahead with orders for vital items without approval

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Thames Water supply ‘on knife-edge’ with £23bn repairs needed

Exclusive: Company has failed to tackle serious safety concerns or upgrade vital IT systems, Guardian investigation reveals

Evening Standard

Housing developments in London flushing raw sewage directly into rivers

Seven housing developments in north and west London are found to be flushing sewage directly into rivers that flow into the Thames

The Guardian - UK

Southern Water’s debt downgraded to junk status by Moody’s

Company close to technical default on some of its debt, underlining UK industry’s precarious state

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water should explain its murky logic on fundraising

Transparency around this emergency process has been miserable as company looks for approval to borrow £3bn more

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Thames Water gains key support from creditors for £3bn funding lifeline

Utilities firm says 75% of class A bondholders back emergency package aimed at staving off collapse

Evening Standard

Thames Water rescue deal reaches ‘important milestone’ in creditor backing

The heavily indebted utility company has agreed a deal for £3 billion in extra funding, but it needed 75% of its senior creditors to agree to it.

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water board split over two competing deals to save it from insolvency

Split comes despite chair’s preference for deal from group including US hedge funds Elliott Partners and Silver Point plus others

Evening Standard

Hidden London: Crossness Pumping Station, the cathedral of sewage

Sir Joseph Bazalgette was the Willy Wonka of this particular chocolate factory, explains Steven Elliot James

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water is desperate for cash. But board should still exploit bondholder rivalry

Jostling for position before eventual debt-for-equity swap gives opportunity to fight for £3bn lifeline with least worst terms

The Independent UK

Thames Water creditors try to rally more investors for £1.5bn rescue funding

The water company’s lenders, including investment giants BlackRock, Abrdn and M&G, want more firms to take part in their rescue funding deal.

Evening Standard

Thames Water: Why does the struggling water firm need emergency funding?

Thames Water has said it is seeking up to £3 billion in emergency loans in order to stay afloat until at least October next year.

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