Multi-billion-dollar water bill for Wellington region revealed

The Wellington region is facing a bill of up to $13.2 billion over the next 30 years to fix its water infrastructure, new figures reveal. The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) has already proactively released expert evidence behind the Government’s three waters reform proposal showing up to $185 billion is needed for pipes across the country. Now DIA has also […]

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Torrential thunderstorms, lightning and hailstones lash the UK

Torrential thunderstorms, lightning and hailstones lash the UK as roads and homes are hit by a deluge of rain as Met Office issues amber warnings for flooding across the UK Areas of south England saw up to 50mm of rain in an hour on Sunday afternoon after torrential downpours  Thousands of revellers enjoying Latitude Festival on Sunday missed thunderstorms which […]

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Secret files suggest Nazis knew about Great Escape and let it go ahead

Nazis knew about The Great Escape: Secret files show SS Commanders ‘let mass breakout go ahead so they could make an example of the ringleaders’ and allow Heinrich Himmler’s reign of terror National Archive documents suggest Germans knew about Great Escape plan Experts claim Germans allowed it to go ahead so escapees could be punished National Archive research project reveals […]

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Olympic fans blast BBC after swimming favourite Adam Peaty not shown

Olympic fans blast the BBC after swimming favourite Adam Peaty was not shown on main channel in favour of two hours of women’s football The BBC has hugely scaled down coverage of the Games to show two games Yesterday viewers were devastated to miss Adam Peaty’s 100m breastroke heat BBC showed two hours of women’s football while Peaty’s victory was on […]

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ALEXANDRA SHULMAN'S NOTEBOOK: Social media is making us cannibals

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN’S NOTEBOOK: Social media is turning us into a bunch of cannibals How predictable that when the Pandora’s box of social media burst open, a seething swarm of venomous wasps would be released. And how different from the ideal we were sold for years. We were told that everyone would have a voice, leading to richer and more informed […]

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