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New fines proposed for water firms committing smaller environmental offences

Government plans to hand more powers to the Environment Agency to penalise water companies for minor rule-breaking are now under consultation.

The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2025

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.

Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2025

Millions in England face higher water bills after regulator backs more price rises

Competition watchdog agrees to requests from Anglian, Northumbrian, South East, Southern and Wessex to increase charges

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2025

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Thames Water removes 100-tonne fatberg from west London sewer

Toxic mass chiselled out of Feltham pipes amid campaign to stop people tipping harmful substances down drains

The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2025

Residents warned as huge ‘fatberg’ takes weeks to clear

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The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2025

Shocking 'fatberg' weighing 100 tonnes is cleared from west London sewer

The solid mass consisted mainly of wet wipes and weighed the equivalent of eight double-decker buses

Evening Standard · Oct 6, 2025

100-tonne ‘fatberg’ blockage removed from London sewer

Thames Water described the clearance of the fatberg as ‘hugely complex’

The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2025

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Water bills: millions of households in England could face even bigger rises

CMA poised to give verdict after appeal by five firms for permission to increase bills higher than allowed by Ofwat

The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2025

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

Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2025

£10m in fines paid by water firms funds restoration of sewage-polluted waterways

Fifty-one projects have won funding, including restoring riverbeds in Exmoor National Park and tackling septic tank spills into Windermere.

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2025

There are no good options at Thames Water. But temporary renationalisation is cleaner

Creditors may well succeed in their plea for lower standards, but at this point customers deserve to see some proper detail

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2025

Woman who died after refusing chemotherapy ‘adversely influenced’ by mother

Paloma Shemirani, 23, collapsed on July 19 last year and was taken to Royal Sussex County Hospital where she died five days later.

Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2025

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.

Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2025

Business news live - Thames Water creditors submit rescue plan to prevent administration

Stock market news plus latest business and personal finance updates from Thursday

The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2025

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The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2025

Thames Water creditors ask for up to 15 years’ leniency from river pollution rules

Lenders say a ‘full return to legal, regulatory and environmental compliance’ under new rescue plan would not be completed until at least 2035-2040

Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2025

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.

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2025

US company hiring plans weakest since 2009; Thames Water creditors propose new rescue plan – as it happened

UK companies’ hiring plans also weaken; European shares hit record high

Evening Standard · Sep 30, 2025

Thames Water rolls out scheme to automatically cut low-income households’ bills

Those identified as needing assistance do not need to apply to be included in the scheme, which will automatically cut their bills.

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The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2025

£500m Thames Water desalination plant has provided just seven days’ water over 15 years

Plant in Beckton has run only five times and has been beset by multiple problems since it was built

The Guardian - UK · Sep 13, 2025

Thames Water paid £1m-plus to corporate spooks firm part-owned by Starmer adviser

Exclusive: Hakluyt – formerly run by Varun Chandra – has been advising utilities company as it tries to avoid renationalisation

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2025

London’s infamous ‘Wet Wipe Island’ finally cleared of 5 million wipes

Some 114 tonnes of material, including towels, scarves, trousers and even a set of false teeth, have now been removed

Evening Standard · Sep 11, 2025

Five million wet wipes cleared from disgusting 'island' in Thames — as false teeth and trousers also found

Diggers scooped up wipes, towels, scarves, trousers, a car’s engine timing belt and a set of false teeth from the river foreshore in west London

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2025

The best and worst performing water companies revealed by watchdog

Household complaints to the Consumer Council for Water have surged to a nine-year high

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2025

Two major UK water companies to pay out £86m over wastewater spills

Ofwat said it found a ‘range of failures’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2025

Our charity could have lost thousands due to Thames Water delay

It took a year and a half after we paid for installation for the company to connect our refurbished property

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