Thames Water ruling: 60m customers being 'royally stuffed'
Video Credit: ODN - Duration: 02:25s - Published
Thames Water ruling: 60m customers being 'royally stuffed'
"Livid" activists have responded to a court ruling which will see Thames Water given a £3bn rescue loan.
Liberal Democrat MP, Charlie Maynard, who brought a public interest claim into court, said he would seek to appeal the decision which he said was "not in the public interest".
Report by Faragt.
Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Police officers and staff are being urged to share their views in the Angiolini Inquiry into Sarah Everard’s murder by ex-officer Wayne Couzens. A new survey follows last year’s report, which found Couzens should never have been hired. Former Metropolitan Police Officer Parm Sandhu criticised the lack of action, saying: “We’re building shelves of reports with little activity… Instead of reports, just do something about it.” Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
MSP Jamie Greene has defected to the Scottish Liberal Democrats, just a day after dramatically quitting the Tories. The West Scotland MSP was unveiled as a Lib Dem at the party’s spring conference in Inverness. He had left the Scottish Conservatives on Thursday, writing a stinging letter to party leader Russell Findlay which accused his former party of having a “Reform-lite agenda”. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
A mother who suffocated her newborn baby and left his body in woodland 25 years ago has been given a suspended prison sentence. Joanne Sharkey, 55, admitted responsibility over the death of the baby boy, who was named Callum by police investigating his death in 1998. Today, at Liverpool Crown Court, she was given a two-year prison sentence for manslaughter, suspended for two years. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
A mother who suffocated her newborn baby and left his body in woodland only to be arrested 25 years later has been given a suspended prison sentence after admitting manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility. Outside court, Detective Inspector Hannah Friend, from Cheshire Police, said: “The case of Baby Callum has stayed with the local community for 27 years; he has never been forgotten, and his memory has lived on in the area ever since." Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Outside court, Livia Tossici-Bolt called her conviction for breaching a buffer zone a “dark day for freedom,” insisting she hadn’t protested or harassed anyone but only offered consensual conversation. She warned that the case posed a serious threat to free speech in the UK, claiming it had global implications for freedom of expression. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
![Police urged to speak out in Sarah Everard inquiry [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20250404/1407116436-Police-urged-to-speak-out-in-Sarah-Everard.jpg)
![MSP Jamie Greene joins Lib Dems after quitting Tories [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20250404/1407110438-MSP-Jamie-Greene-joins-Lib-Dems-after-quitting.jpg)
![Mother spared jail for killing baby boy in 1998 [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20250404/1407106190-Mother-spared-jail-for-killing-baby-boy-in.jpg)
![Baby Callum's memory has lived on for 27 years [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20250404/1407102768-Baby-Callum-memory-has-lived-on-for.jpg)
![Livia Tossici-Bolt calls conviction 'dark day freedom' [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20250404/1407103032-Livia-Tossici-Bolt-calls-conviction-dark-day-freedom.jpg)
