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Crime and thrillers of the month – review

Agatha Christie meets Saw in rural Essex, dark secrets of the wellbeing industry uncovered and a gripping tale of revenge on the privileged

The Guardian - UK

England scraps 50% rule on faith school admissions

Allowing 100% faith-based access would be divisive and likely penalise disadvantaged children, say campaigners

The Guardian - UK

‘It came to me in a dream’: The strange history of madcap reality TV shows

What does it take to bring an audacious reality TV concept to fruition? As Netflix turns ‘Squid Game’ into a cut-throat competition, Katie Rosseinsky looks back at some bonkers but brilliant reality series

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‘It came to me in a dream’: The strange history of madcap reality TV shows

The Independent UK

UK growth forecast upgraded by IMF; Bank of England governor says ‘big lessons to learn’ after inflation shock – as it happened

New IMF report shows “a big upgrade to the UK’s growth forecast” says Jeremy Hunt, with UK expected to grow by 0.4% this year not shrink by 0.3%

The Guardian - UK

English water firms want to draw a line under the past. It won’t wash

Industry wants accountability to cover putting sewage spills right, not firms’ previous compliance

The Guardian - UK

‘The whole thing stinks’: water firms to pay £15bn to shareholders as customers foot sewage bill

With cost of cleanup to be passed on to bill payers, analysis shows they will also pay £624 more by 2030 to fund investor payouts

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BBC Breakfast viewers divided over 'painful' Naga Munchetty clash with water company boss

BBC Breakfast viewers were left less than impressed when Naga Munchetty interviewed the chair of Water UK

Daily Mirror

Water bills will rise for decades to stop sewage spills

Billpayers face rising costs for decades as they repay the entire £10 billion investment that has been promised

The Independent UK

Raw deal: English consumers stuck with sewage cleanup bill

London (AFP) - England's privatised water companies pledged Thursday to make massive investments to stop raw sewage being pumped into waterways as concerns mount about water quality and laxer environmental protections post-Brexit.

AFP

Pledges and apologies will not be enough to clear UK waters of raw sewage

Activists plan to keep holding firms to account as some suggest it is customers who should be compensated

The Guardian - UK

Swimming in sewage used to be ‘acceptable’, says senior Tory MP

‘I remember as a child in south Wales swimming in sewage’, says Damian Green

The Independent UK

Every UK resident to face hike in water bills to pay for sewage river clean-up

An expert warned that water bills could be hiked for up to 100 years under a new sewage cleaning plan

Manchester Evening News

Water firms ‘sorry’ for 824 daily sewage spills in 2022

Companies have apologised for not acting quickly enough

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Evening Standard

Britons face rising water bills for 100 years to fix sewage spills

Companies have apologised for not acting quickly enough to tackle sewage spills.

Evening Standard

Ex-Ofsted chief defends inspections after headteacher’s death

Sir Michael Wilshaw said the watchdog had helped to raise standards over the last 30 years

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