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United Utilities fined £800,000 for taking 22bn litres of water from aquifer

Company breached three-year rolling limit on abstraction licence at Fylde aquifer in 2018

The Guardian - UK

Sewage lawsuit: Which water companies are involved and who could receive a payout?

Claims of under-reporting pollution incidents and overcharging customers will result in legal action against six English water corporations

Evening Standard

Public could receive hundreds of millions as water firms face sewage lawsuit

Class action legal claim on behalf of 20 million householders in England and Wales could top £800m in compensation

The Guardian - UK

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Huge sinkhole becomes tourist attraction in Manchester after sewer collapse

Collapsed sewer is blamed for gaping hole on Heywood Road

The Independent UK

‘Neighbours are fed up with it’: huge sinkhole closes Greater Manchester street

Six-metre-wide abyss in Prestwich believed to be caused by a collapsed sewer after heavy rains

The Guardian - UK

United Utilities agrees £1.8bn deal with Legal & General

The move comes after United Utilities defended its financial position in the wake of the unfolding situation at counterpart Thames Water

Birmingham Post

Tankers drafted into area of Manchester after 'fault' leaves hundreds with no water or poor pressure

The repair is said to be 'complex', with the M20 area affected

Manchester Evening News

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Mum 'screamed' after she walked into her back garden

Colette says she is always looking over her shoulder

Liverpool Echo

The Mancunian Way: Changing ‘Mugger Lane’

The suburb where a regeneration would be ‘the best thing ever’ PLUS If you only order one dish, make it this one…or this one

Manchester Evening News

The Greater Manchester street where SEWAGE floods homes after heavy rain

"We had sanitary towels floating about. That's just 'angin."

Manchester Evening News

Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Specsavers and Princes: The 31 latest North West hires and promotions

BusinessLive rounds up the latest hires and promotions across the North West

Birmingham Post

Emergency services scrambled after 64-year-old man goes missing near Rivington

The man had become separated from a walking group and had not returned

Manchester Evening News

Over 1,000 United Utilities workers vote to strike over cuts and water quality

Dates for the strike will be announced in the coming days

Birmingham Post

United Utilities defends 'robust and prudent' finances in wake of Thames Water crisis

United Utilities recently agreed to hand more than £300m to its shareholders

Birmingham Post

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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

Manchester Evening News

Plea to stop raw sewage being pumped into Lancashire village's waterways

Figures show untreated sewage released into Hyndburn's waterways more than 200 times last year

Manchester Evening News

Children's playpark forced to close after new sewage tank installed nearby

The play park has been closed while the work goes on

Birmingham Post

United Utilities' £1.5bn plans to upgrade network approved by Ofwat

Over £2bn is to be spent by water companies across the country

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Liverpool Echo

Man fears restaurant will be closed for months after it 'goes underwater'

Sal Meah woke up to a call from one of his staff members

Liverpool Echo

Mum woken by shouting outside before realising home had flooded

Fire service, police and United Utilities are on the scene

Daily Mirror

Major UK resort warns beachgoers not to swim in sea 10 days after sewage leak

United Utilities say the incident occurred as a result of heavy rainfall on June 13 whilst engineers were repairing a burst pipe. The firm says the problem is now "95% resolved"

Liverpool Echo

Swimming warning at Blackpool beaches after 'appalling' sewage leak

United Utilities said a pipe has discharged into the sea after "really intense storms"

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

Manchester Evening News

'You can definitely smell it': United Utilities admits 'overflow' as sewage dumped into river after system reaches capacity

"The thing is, this just shouldn’t be happening in 2023"

The Guardian - UK

No swimming, no surfing: how a summer of sewage is ruining the British seaside day out

Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges

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