6 h. ago Water company bans US billionaire’s new lake being filled during hosepipe ban

Southern Water halts water transportation to billionaire’s lake during drought

Politics

8 h. ago Water bosses ban Trump ally billionaire for sucking up Britain's water supply for lake

Britain’s drippiest water bosses have banned a billionaire ally of Donald Trump from using the UK’s supply to fill his lake

Politics

11 h. ago US billionaire dubbed 'the most powerful man on Wall Street' infuriates neighbours by shipping '30 tankers a day' of water to renovate his £80m estate and fill the 9million

US billionaire Stephen Schwarzman (pictured), 78, dubbed the most powerful man on Wall Street, has been shipping the supplies into his 2,500-acre estate Conholt Park in Wiltshire.

Economics

7 d. ago Billionaire husband of Heineken heiress reached the speeds that other drivers cannot reach... as he's banned from driving his modest £30k VW Golf

Michel de Carvalho whose wife Charlene Heineken inherited a £3billion fortune was caught by speed cameras exceeding the limit in his modest £30,000 VW Golf.

Economics

8 d. ago Husband of billionaire Heineken heiress is banned from driving after speeding in his VW Golf

Michel de Carvalho whose wife Charlene Heineken inherited a £3billion fortune was caught by speed cameras exceeding the limit in his modest £30,000 VW Golf.

Events

1 week ago Hosepipe bans could last into the winter: Water firm says predicted rainfall will NOT be enough to fill reservoirs before the end of the year

Yorkshire Water made the announcement to its more than five million customers following the news reservoirs are only a third full - well below the normal level for this time of year.

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1 week ago Hosepipe bans feared for winter: Water firm says predicted rainfall will NOT be enough to fill reservoirs before the end of the year

Yorkshire Water made the announcement to its more than five million customers following the news reservoirs are only a third full - well below the normal level for this time of year.

Politics

1 week ago Stench of hypocrisy is a symptom of the deep malaise that grips Labour: LEO McKINSTRY

For once, the inept local water company is not to blame for the foul stench hanging over the Sussex coast.

Politics

2 w. ago Vice Is Broke review – epic levels of hubris on show in downfall of millennial media darling

Documentary about the rise and fall of a publishing empire, from edgy magazine to billionaire-backing to bankruptcy has a ‘you had to be there’ vibe‘Coolness is not a renewable resource,” says a contributor to this documentary about Vice magazine’s rise and fall. In the late 2000s and 2010s Vice grew from a punk magazine into a digital media empire by telling the world what was cool (more specifically by telling millennials, then in their cool-seeking prime). By 2017, it was valued at nearly $6bn; in 2023, Vice filed for bankruptcy. A man who saw it from the inside is TV chef Eddie Huang, the director and frontman of this film. He had a long-running show on the Viceland TV channel and says he’s still owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalties.Huang is also an advert for the best of Vice: fast, funny and authentic. The film begins with plenty of “you had to be there” stories about Brooklyn before gentrification, and interviews with early staff. This isn’t meant unkindly, but ...

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2 w. ago Male executives sacked for rating women's looks out of 10 in WhatsApp group

Richard Sharp, Dean Lewis and five other employees at Xylem Water Solutions were sacked after the company uncovered an offensive group chat containing derogatory and racist comments

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4 w. ago Thousands of Brits face 48 hours without water after major Welsh Water outage

Water company Welsh Water has confirmed that the repair of the burst water main in Broughton has been completed but the disruption will continue over the next 48 hours

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4 w. ago Dwr Cymru issues update as major water outage enters second day

The water company says it is continuing to complete "difficult repairs"

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4 w. ago IAN WILLIAMS: Ministers blinded by Beijing's cash cannot see their dangerous folly

The warning from America is stark: selling Thames Water, Britain's biggest water and sewage business, to a Chinese company would be a 'national security threat'.

Politics

last month Chinese firm a leading contender to buy Thames Water, reports say

Hong Kong’s CKI among those lining up to acquire struggling company if it collapsesA Chinese firm is reportedly a leading contender to buy Thames Water if the heavily indebted company collapses in coming weeks.Hong Kong’s CKI, which invests in power and other utility companies in the UK, is among those lining up to acquire the water and sewerage supplier if it enters a special administration regime (SAR), according to the Times. Continue reading...

Economics