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Good evening. �15 is being added to all our water bills because of | :00:07. | :00:11. | |
people who can't, or won't, pay. For the water companies, non- | :00:11. | :00:14. | |
payment is a growing problem because it's illegal to cut off the | :00:14. | :00:17. | |
supply to a home. Here's our environment correspondent David | :00:17. | :00:21. | |
Gregory. At Severn Trent Water in Coventry, | :00:21. | :00:24. | |
they're walking a tricky line between customers who can't pay and | :00:24. | :00:34. | |
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customers who can pay, but refuse. It is difficult. All we are looking | :00:38. | :00:41. | |
at is an account. We do not know what the best option is for them. | :00:41. | :00:46. | |
We encourage people to speak to us as early as possible if they are | :00:46. | :00:49. | |
struggling. Tell us their situation. We will then decide the best option | :00:49. | :00:59. | |
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for them. If we do not know, we cannot help. The government has | :01:00. | :01:04. | |
just published its white paper on this issue. It is a problem that is | :01:05. | :01:09. | |
getting worse. The cost of bad debt has been steadily rising, adding | :01:09. | :01:13. | |
�11 to water bills five years ago and going up every year since until | :01:13. | :01:18. | |
it now stands at �15 on every water bill in England. Consumer groups | :01:18. | :01:23. | |
were also looking for action. Governments have put in place | :01:23. | :01:27. | |
legislation already for water companies to develop these tariffs | :01:27. | :01:31. | |
for people who cannot pay. We are working with the companies to do | :01:31. | :01:35. | |
that. We were hoping for a bit more. There is helpful customers in the | :01:35. | :01:39. | |
south-west because their bills are so high, but there is an | :01:39. | :01:44. | |
affordability problem everywhere in the country. The solutions in the | :01:44. | :01:49. | |
white paper do not let adequate for the size of the problem. In the | :01:49. | :01:53. | |
meantime, it is ironic that the increased cost of paying for bad | :01:53. | :01:57. | |
debt on water bills has the greatest effect on the poorest who | :01:57. | :02:07. | |
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are least able to pay. A man has been arrested after a | :02:09. | :02:12. | |
woman was found dead in a car in Nuneaton in Warwickshire in the | :02:12. | :02:15. | |
early hours of today. Her death is thought to be suspicious, but tests | :02:15. | :02:19. | |
are still being carried out. The man, who is 31, is being questioned | :02:19. | :02:21. | |
by police. A 48-year-old man has died while | :02:21. | :02:23. | |
canoeing in Shropshire. Police said he was rescued by emergency | :02:23. | :02:27. | |
services from a weir in the River Teme in Downton on the Rock, near | :02:27. | :02:29. | |
Ludlow, this morning. Members of the public raised the alarm, but | :02:29. | :02:32. | |
efforts to revive him failed. Ticket prices on public transport | :02:32. | :02:35. | |
have gone up today. Rail fares have risen by 6%, bus companies | :02:35. | :02:38. | |
increases are around 5%. National Express says their bus fare rise is | :02:38. | :02:41. | |
simply because of increasing costs, while train companies say the money | :02:41. | :02:44. | |
will be put into new trains, faster services and better stations. The | :02:44. | :02:46. | |
move has been criticised by the West Midlands passenger group | :02:46. | :02:49. | |
Travel Watch, which is calling for government intervention to stop | :02:49. | :02:55. | |
fares from spiralling. Birmingham City fans observed a | :02:56. | :02:58. | |
minute's silence today in memory of their former captain. Gary Ablett | :02:58. | :03:03. | |
died from cancer. He was 46. He made more than a hundred | :03:03. | :03:07. | |
appearances for the club between 1996 and 1999. Today, Birmingham | :03:07. | :03:11. | |
City drew 1-1 at Peterborough. That was after conceding a goal inside | :03:11. | :03:15. | |
the first 30 seconds. And Coventry City remain bottom of the league | :03:15. | :03:19. | |
after losing 1-0 at West Ham. In the Premiership, Aston Villa | :03:19. | :03:23. | |
lost 2-0 at home to Swansea. Two first-half goals from Stoke City's | :03:23. | :03:29. | |
Peter Crouch saw off Blackburn Rovers. A 2-1 win for the Potters | :03:29. | :03:32. | |
at Ewood Park. And Chelsea's Frank Lampard sneaked a late goal at | :03:33. | :03:37. | |
Molineux to beat a battling Wolves 2-1. | :03:37. | :03:40. | |
Onto League One now and Walsall lost 2-1 at Bury. | :03:40. | :03:45. | |
And in League Two, Hereford won 2-0 against Burton Albion. Cheltenham | :03:45. | :03:51. | |
beat Port Vale 2-1. And Shrewsbury drew 1-1 with Northampton. | :03:51. | :04:01. | |
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Big changes on the way. If you are heading back to work after the | :04:04. | :04:08. | |
Christmas break, be prepared for a tricky Canute. After a fine evening, | :04:08. | :04:13. | |
things will change tonight. The winds will strengthen and a band of | :04:13. | :04:20. | |
rain comes in from the West. Heavy bursts of rain, very strong winds, | :04:20. | :04:26. | |
up to 50, 60 mph in places. Things improved during the date. The rain | :04:26. | :04:29. | |
will clear to the south. Some wintery showers in the north later. | :04:30. | :04:34. | |
Be prepared for a tricky commute. The World Darts Championship final | :04:34. | :04:37. | |
starts in just over two hours, but we can already tell you the | :04:37. | :04:39. | |
winner's from Staffordshire. The reigning champion Adrian Lewis is | :04:40. | :04:42. |