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This stinks! Only one in three water companies achieved sewer flooding target
Also only three firms adequately set out how their dividend decisions are linked to delivery for customers and the environment.
Thatcher complex? Reactions as Truss rides into battle in a tank
Liz Truss's leadership pitch to the Tory party "is to say freedom as much as possible and look like Margaret Thatcher as much as possible," tweeted Sebastian Payne.
Northern Ireland’s economy outperforms rest of UK – because Protocol keeps it in single market
It raises concerns about a "two-speed UK" - where different things happen in Northern Ireland compared to the rest of Great Britain.
Telegraph hack claims ‘PC brigade’ has ‘already cancelled Christmas’
Celia Walden claimed that "the PC brigade" ruined Christmas long before Covid came along.
‘Needless wokery’: Tory fumes as RAF goes gender-neutral
The RAF will now call its fliers "aviators" rather than "airmen" and "airwomen".
Many of us – including James O’Brien – are astonished people feel more threatened by masks than Covid
"Yet again I am being forced by weather to wear a scarf, this is tyranny," wrote James Felton.
Watch: Masks rule returns as Tory MPs come under fire for refusing to wear them
One Tory suggested that wearing of face coverings to provide protection from the virus is “mumbo jumbo”.
France hits out at UK for ‘not taking its share of asylum seekers’
Officials have also criticised UK plans to push back boats and allow British patrols on their beaches.
RNLI lifeboat crew ‘blocked from going out to sea’ by people angry at them rescuing refugees
A group blocked the boat while shouting "don't bring any more of those home, we're full up" and other "horrible stuff".