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Water firms push for higher shareholder returns as Ofwat considers bills increase
Water companies want to see higher returns for shareholders to ensure record investment into sewage infrastructure, pipes and treatment plants is delivered.
As Ofwat, the water regulator for England and Wales, prepares to announce its decision on how much customer bills will be allowed to rise by to fund tens …
Jon Stewart on Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter: ‘Hypocrisy isn’t illegal’
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Back at his Monday night guest hosting perch on the Daily Show,
addressed Joe …Experts create controllable gastric balloon to aid weight loss
Now scientists have overhauled the humble gastric balloon – producing a device that inflates and deflates to keep it effective for longer.
Gastric balloons have been around for …
South Western Railway to become first train operator nationalised under Labour
South Western Railway will be the first train operator nationalised under the Labour government, ministers are expected to announce this week.
One of the UK’s biggest commuter services, which operates out of London Waterloo, it will be taken into public hands in May.
SWR is currently run as a joint …
MPs back proportional representation system for UK elections in symbolic vote
MPs have voted narrowly in favour of introducing a proportional representation electoral system, in a move that will almost certainly not change the law but is nonetheless a symbolically significant moment for UK politics.
The vote on a Liberal Democrat bill calling for a PR system for UK parliamentary elections …
Humbled pie thieves ditch Yorkshire chef’s food-laden van in Middlesbrough
Economic hardship looms over Ghana as country readies for polls
When the Ghanaian opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo won the presidential election on his third attempt in 2016, many saw it as a turning point.
The first person to unseat an incumbent, his historic win captured his compatriots’ frustration. Alleged corruption had ballooned under his predecessor, John Mahama: in one instance, …
South Korean MPs defy president’s declaration of martial law as crowds gather
South Korea’s National Assembly has voted to block an attempt by the president, Yoon Suk Yeol, to declare martial law, leaving the future of his emergency measure unclear as protesters and armed forces gathered in Seoul.
There was jubilation outside the National Assembly building late on Tuesday night, as hundreds …
Man jailed for life for murder of university student that horrified Italy
Filippo Turetta has been sentenced to life in jail for the murder of university student Giulia Cecchettin, whose brutal killing cast a grim spotlight on femicide in Italy.
Cecchettin, 22, was stabbed more than 70 times before her body was wrapped in black plastic bags and dumped in a ditch …