3 d. ago Thames Water delays challenging watchdog’s ruling on bills amid rescue plan

The UK’s biggest water firm said it had agreed with Ofwat to defer the case until further notice.

Events

7 d. ago & Sons review – Bill Nighy and Imelda Staunton’s riveting showdown rescues a laborious plot

London film festival: Nighy stars as a boozy literary has-been and Staunton his estranged wife in Pablo Trapero’s unconvincing adaptation of David Gilbert’s 2013 novelNo movie with Imelda Staunton and Bill Nighy can be entirely without interest – and they’re heading up a mighty cast here under the direction of the great Argentinian film-maker Pablo Trapero, making his English-language debut. He has co-written the screenplay with another A-lister: Canadian actor and director Sarah Polley. And yet the resulting picture, adapted from the 2013 novel by David Gilbert, feels nebulous and laborious. It is dependent on a giant twist-reveal, which is bafflingly implausible and strangely uncompelling even if taken at face value, and which tends to undermine the emotional reality of the whole film and its big confrontation scenes – though there is one riveting showdown between Staunton and Nighy, two black-belts each at the top of their game. Nighy is Andrew Dyer, a cantankerous old literary l...

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9 d. ago Former Thames Water owner takes control of London City Airport

Former Thames Water owner takes control of London City Airport  The Telegraph

Politics

1 week ago Rachel Reeves looks for extra headroom in budget to insulate UK economy against bond market

Chancellor hopes to raise enough funds to stop damaging speculation about breaching fiscal rulesRachel Reeves v the OBR: chancellor aims to loosen the watchdog’s gripRachel Reeves is aiming to create more “headroom” against her fiscal rules in November’s tax-raising budget, to cushion the UK against volatile government bond markets.The chancellor met her first rule – to balance taxes and day-to-day spending – with £10bn to spare in last autumn’s budget, and again at her March spring statement. Continue reading...

Economics

2 w. ago Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds

Johnson found to have breached rules after refusing to answer specific questions about allegations published by the GuardianBoris Johnson breached rules designed to stop the abuse of contacts and access made in public office, an ethics watchdog has found.Last month the Guardian published revelations about Johnson’s conduct since leaving office. The Boris Files, a trove of documents from the former prime minister’s private office seen by the Guardian, suggested he repeatedly broke rules forbidding him from exploiting for private gain contacts made in office. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago The mysterious death of Amy Johnson: As medal of hero who died trying to save pioneering pilot emerges, could she have been killed by vessel sent to RESCUE her after plane ditched in freezing Thames?

Lieutenant Commander Walter Fletcher dived into the freezing water fully clothed after Johnson's aircraft ditched in the Thames Estuary in a snowstorm in January 1941.

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2 w. ago Fatberg the size of EIGHT double decker buses strikes London: 100

Thames Water has shared stomach-churning photos of an enormous 'fatberg' recovered from a sewer in Feltham.

Events

3 w. ago The 14 rivers set to be cleaned up with funding from £3.3 million of Thames Water fines

More than £3.3 million of penalties handed to the capital’s water company between April 2022 and October 2023 are now funding river schemes across the city

Economics

3 w. ago Thames Water lenders submit rescue plan to stave off collapse

Thames Water lenders submit rescue plan to stave off collapse  BBC

Events

3 w. ago Thames Water lenders submit new rescue plan to avoid nationalisation

The London & Valley Water group of creditors has outlined plans to write off around £4 billion, or 25%, of the debt they hold in Thames Water.

Events

3 w. ago Thames Water creditors offer to write off £7.5bn in debt to prevent collapse

The senior creditors of Thames Water have proposed writing off £7.5billion worth of the embattled utilities debt pile in efforts to prevent the group's collapse.

Economics

3 w. ago Thames Water lenders propose new rescue deal to prevent collapse

London & Valley Water hope to eventually float Thames Water on the stock market after turning around the firm’s fortunes.

Events

3 w. ago Thames Water scheme to cut bills for low income homes in London

Thames Water scheme to cut bills for low income homes in London  BBC

Politics

3 w. ago Dolly Parton, 79, delays Las Vegas residency so she can 'slow down' amid 'health challenges'

The country music legend recently pulled out of an appearance due to a a kidney stone

Society