All news on the topic: Yorkshire Water PLC

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Water firms to be punished for years of sewage leaks
Thames Water, Yorkshire Water and Northumbrian Water face £168m fines by the industry regulator over historic sewage spills.
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Yorkshire Water bosses get hefty bonuses after company failed customers
CEO and CFO given total of £616,000 for a year in which some residents struggled to go about daily lives
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EuroMillions winner scoops £57k after getting engaged and new job promotion
David Greenwood, 32, from Bradford, was left stunned after he bagged a whopping £57,185 on the EuroMillions last month - his fortune comes after his girlfriend agreed to marry him
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Villagers living with sewage spurting from drains as faeces bubbles into roads
Residents of a village in East Yorkshire are used to dealing with sewage problems, but claim that this time, "it has never been this bad" with sewage levels rising above sea level
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Households water bills set to rise to over £800 a year to 'help new investments'
To help cover the costs of new investments, households could be hit with a staggering 74 per cent increase in water bills amid fury over the privatised woeful track record of pollution and leaks
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Water boss who warned of 'shortages' has four loos and steam room in mansion
Chair of Yorkshire Water Vanda Murray is paid more than £200,000 a year and owns a mansion with four toilets and a steam room, and still warns that customers may face 'shortages'
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Changing the way you shower could save you £130 every year
Money experts have revealed the best ways to save funds following the October price cap, as Brits are spending a staggering 62p every electric shower
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Millions could get compensation in £800m legal action against water companies
Professor Carolyn Roberts claims water companies have breached competition law by failing to report discharges which would have affected the price they can charge to customers
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Bosses at nine water firms pocketed £13million - while YOU faced higher bills
It follows reports water firms are planning to hike household bills by up to 40% to meet costs of the sewage crisis
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Multiple gardens flooded with raw sewage after two wigs are flushed down the loo
Foul waste overflowed into residents' gardens after the 'hair-raising' blockage in Bradford, West Yorkshire, which took a specialist team and six tanks of water to clear away
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Interactive map shows how much water bills to rise from today - see your area
Brits can expect different increases in the price of their water bills depending on where they live and who their provider is. A handy map has broken it down as increases come into effect today
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Woman’s 'soul destroying' five-year nightmare to rid her home of rats and flies
Debra Burnett has lived in a house in the HU8 area of Hull for more than ten years, the last five of which she claims she has been cohabitating with rats and insects
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UK's 20 most polluted rivers named in Top of the Poops league table - see list
Data crunched by Top of the Poops has shown how waterways across England and Wales were severely polluted in 2021 by water companies pumping out sewage for millions of hours
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Water bills to rise by up to £47 a year from April - how to cut your costs
Water UK says although companies have "absorbed as much cost as possible" this year’s change particularly reflects the inflationary impact of higher energy costs
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Exactly how much running a bath will cost you in 2023 - as price set to jump 90%
A long soak at the end of a long hard day may not be financially worth it anymore as one water company has predicted the price of a hot bath could almost double in 2023