Thames Water asks for £2.4bn more to avoid going bust this year or early 2027 15. October 2026 (19:14) Water company tells creditors it will not survive long enough to agree refinancing deal without more moneyThames Water has asked its creditors for another £2.4bn as the embattled water company comes close to running out of cash.The UK’s largest water company said on Thursday it needed another short-term cash injection because it would be unable to reach a longer-term deal to sort out its giant debt pile before running out of cash by “the end of 2026 or the start of 2027”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Woman resentenced to life in prison for death of Kansas City reporter 15. October 2026 (19:10) Prosecutors say Adan Manzano was victim of Danette Colbert’s operation targeting New Orleans touristsA woman involved in a New Orleans criminal enterprise that targeted tourists and led to the death of a reporter has been resentenced to life.On Wednesday, a Jefferson Parish judge resentenced 49-year old Danette Colbert to life in prison plus 75 years under Louisiana’s habitual offender law. In September, Colbert was sentenced to a total of 60 years in prison, 50 years for racketeering and a consecutive 10 years for negligent homicide in the death of Adan Manzano, a journalist for the Spanish-language news outlet Telemundo Kansas City. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Police have now arrested 50 people in crackdown on gang violence in Middlesbrough following A66 crash - seizing three shotguns, two handguns and large sums of drugs and cash
Schoolboy, 11, died five months after being pulled from blaze caused by e-bike battery explosion, inquest hears