"What has gone wrong? Pretty much all that could." Prof Dieter Helm CBE delivers a blistering appraisal of the water industry's greed and regulatory failure. There is a solution but is govt and industry up to it? Currently, probably not. dieterhelm.co.uk/regulation-uti…

"Water companies will pay an estimated £14.7bn in dividends by the end of this decade." Yes, you read that right £14.7bn to them and another £10bn on top of your bill. The world has totally gone mad. theguardian.com/money/2023/may…

Simply not true. There are just 2 stretches of river in England designated as bathing water, Ilkley and Oxford. Both have 'no swim' advisories posted this morning. Both are listed as having 'Poor' water quality. Laura Kuenssberg

Exclusive revealing how Thérèse Coffey gave wealthy landowners exactly what they had lobbied for and potentially robbed the public of thousands of miles of historic rights of way opendemocracy.net/en/public-acce…

DON’T LOSE YOUR WAY ⏰ Shocked to learn Defra UK capitulated so readily to the demands of landowners with no regard for the wider public ❗ We need all hands on deck to save the 41,000 paths at risk before the clock runs out ▶️ dontloseyourway.ramblers.org.uk opendemocracy.net/en/public-acce…

listening to a landlord on world at one that had a £300 mortgage, on a flat with rental income of £1000 It’s just extraordinary that people think this practice is in any way ethical

There's more to this. Justice Males dismissed the case against me because there was no case, there was no 'not guilty'. Sheffield City Council Sheffield Labour Councillors intimidated me with threat of prison on the basis of no case. Jenny Jones Paul Powlesland James Mitchinson theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/j…

Today's the Inglorious Twelfth. The day bloodsport enthusiasts begin shooting Red Grouse for fun. It's not a thing here in #Shetland. We have no managed grouse moors. Our hills abound with life. You'll be told managed grouse moors are better for wildlife. It's not true.

Did you know in the Netherlands regulations around the disposal of treated human waste are so restrictive that it all but bans the spreading of 'treated sludge' on 'agricultural land' as they simply don't want the risk of it reentering the food chain in any way whatsoever.

NEWS One of Tories’ biggest ever donors Frank Hester who gave £5m to Tory party earlier this year.....profited from £135m of NHS contracts in 4 years via his company More discoveries from ⁦Good Law Project⁩ ⁦⁦Jo Maugham⁩ ⏬️ theguardian.com/politics/2023/…

Mark TomTom Tour de France™ Heh. Yes, I would have thought the less Tomtom have to say about sport the better. Certainly could not consider buying or recommending any Tomtom product in the future given the way the company has handled this.

Let's stop pretending that police in the UK are impartial enforcers of the law. They roll back democracy to clear the path for corporate power. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

I’m old enough to remember when we were threatened with arrest for *not * wearing masks on a protest

martin harvey @rolandsebest Sheffield Labour Councillors Momentum Sheffield NetherEdgeLabour LabourSheffield Abtisam Mohamed @cllrpeteprice Olivia Blake MP @PaulBlomfieldMP Weird how John Mothersole now has another position of power Chair of The National Lottery Community Fund The National Lottery Community Fund why is Mothersole still chair when under his leadership Sheffield Council misled the public and courts? Wasted vast sums

Dear @bbcnews, I've just been looking at your election results tracker. It seems Reform won 2 seats. The Greens won 181 - NINETY times more seats. Can I assume that from now on we'll see the Greens represented 90 times more often than Reform on your shows? For balance.

They partied , they bet on elections , they crashed the economy, they broke every public service, they destroyed integrity and honesty in public office , they paid their mates billions , they put their friends in the House of Lords, they gave their cronies knighthoods, they went

"Thames Water boss handed huge bonus despite horror year which saw sewage dumped." Apparently it's to ensure that water companies can attract the right level of talent. 🤣🤣🤣 mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/t…

Claiming poverty, leniency and exception just days after paying shareholders £156 million in dividends. Not a good look Thames Water 💧, really not a good look. telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/…

See YOUR proposed increases. Legalised thievery from firms which have paid a 20% increase in executive pay last year, and paid £2.5 billion in dividends in 2023 16 water monopolies have paid out a total of £78bn in dividends in the 32yrs between privatisation in 1991 to 2023

Captain James T MuMu Aidan Stones HHB It ‘fought’ a little early on, although could have saved the facade. Then it turned its back when Mazher Iqbal ditched the conservation area at the last minute, after spending officers’s time and money on it: hhbs.org.uk/2024/03/15/the… thestar.co.uk/news/politics/…