Thames Water paid its finance chief a £1m signing-on fee in July as the company struggles with a mountain of debt and faces temporary nationalisation. Steve Buck joined the ...

Water companies have performance commitments on issues such as leakage. It is illegal to release raw sewage into rivers and seas during "normal" weather conditions, but firms are allowed ...

Passengers at Gatwick Airport have faced long queues for toilets and closed restaurants and bars after a major water supply outage.Both terminals at the UK's second busiest airport lost ...

Eight in 10 victims of accidental water-related deaths in Wales are male, with accidental drownings most frequent in young men aged 20 to 29.In recent weeks, there have been ...

Thames Water's main lenders are offering the government a "golden share" and more control for local authorities in a bid to stop the troubled supplier from being nationalised.The government ...

The lenders to Thames Water are preparing a legal challenge in case a Burnham-led government attempts to nationalise the UK's biggest water company.Burnham - who takes over as PM ...

Thames Water is a major test for Andy Burnham and may help determine what the incoming prime minister's ambition to bring key utilities back under "public control" really means.Despite ...

Reynolds said on Tuesday that she did not want a scenario where Thames Water customers had to "pick up the bill for the company's failures".She told reporters that the ...

From the autumn a new Water Safety Forum is being introduced to primary and secondary schools. Source link

The environment secretary says the deal does not do enough for consumers or the environment. Source link

The National Trust, which manages Portstewart Strand, has urged visitors to the beach to be vigilant. Source link

A search was launched for Justin Evans after he disappeared from the Orkney island of Papa Stronsay. Source link