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Thames Water confirms

when hosepipe ban in London

THAMES Water has confirmed
a hosepipe ban will come into
force on August 24.
More than 15 million customers
will have restrictions on water us-
age imposed on them in response
to drought conditions across
parts of England.
The firm, which supplies Lon-
don and some surrounding areas,
Money launderer apprehended becomes the latest to announce
emergency measures this summer
with £250,000 under his bed after months of extreme weather.
Britain has experienced some of
the hottest and driest months on
A brazen money launderer had (£41,000) worth of Chinese Yuan record, pushing water networks
a quarter of a million pounds into foreign currencies each year, into the red zone.
stuffed under his bed when police many Chinese nationals use this An official drought was declared
searched his home. system of underground banking in eight areas of England last
Lin Guo, 32, was stopped by to transfer money out of the coun- week by an expert body made up It said reservoir storage levels unprecedented levels and we now
officers at Canning Town Station try. of representatives from govern- are at the lowest levels seen in the have to move into the next phase
in November 2019 carrying a Guo was using his home as a ment, environment agencies and region in 30 years. of our drought plan to conserve
black rucksack with £20,000 cash cash house, where money was water companies. While much of the country has water, mitigate further risk and
Thames Water says the ban
wrapped in a Chinese newspaper stored and counted before being covers: Watering your garden, seen some heavy downpours in future-proof supplies.’
inside. deposited. allotment or plants, Filling or recent days, experts have warned Thames Water loses more than
He also had £1,200 in Scottish Messages found on his phone maintaining your paddling pool, it could take several months for 600 million litres of water a day
banknotes stuffed into his pocket. dated throughout 2019 talked swimming pool or hot tub, Clean- water levels to return to normal. to leakage – that’s almost a quar-
When police searched that ad- about currency exchange, de- ing your vehicles, Cleaning win- Sarah Bentley, Thames Water ter of all the water it supplies it
dress they found £252,000 in a tails of bank transfers in China dows, walls, paths, patios and CEO, said: ‘Implementing a Tem- says it’s doing everything it can to
drawer under the bed in a spare and screenshots showing money other artificial outdoor surfaces porary Use Ban for our customers fix leaks.
room, hidden underneath some transfers as well as messages from like artificial grass and Recrea- has been a very difficult decision Six water company’s have an-
reusable shopping bags. individuals asking for exchange tional use like water fights and to make and one which we have nounced hosepipe restrictions:
There was £6,300 more in cash rates. Guo, of Bywell Place, Can- water slides. not taken lightly... South West Water, Welsh Water,
‘Despite investing in the largest Southern Water, South East Wa-
The ban applies to hosepipes,
in a bedside table, along with two ning Town admitted two counts and anything attached to them, leakage reduction programme in ter, Yorkshire Water and Thames
cash-counting machines and a de- of money laundering and was sen- like sprinklers and jet washers. the UK, customer demand is at Water
vice used to check for fake notes. tenced to two years prison, sus-
Several mobile phones were pended for 18 months, at Inner
found and with the help of a Chi- London Crown Court.
nese interpreter, officers discov- He must also complete 200 hours 3 days of strikes on bus, train
ered they were being used in Chi- unpaid work within 12 months.
nese Underground Banking. His phones and cash-counting
Because the Chinese Govern- machines will be destroyed and all and rail services
ment does not allow its citizens cash found in his address has been
to exchange more than $50,000 seized by police. LONDON bus drivers will join more than 1,600 workers, based and 400 Overground workers are
London Underground and Over- mainly in west London. to walk out. The strike will last all
ground workers on their strike on Drivers at Fulwell, Hounslow, day, causing significant disrup-
UK first country to approve August 19. Hounslow Heath, Park Roy- tion for commuters.
While The RMT has organ-
Tube workers are striking in al, Shepherd’s Bush, Stamford
dual-strain vaccine an ongoing dispute over pen- Brook, and Tolworth depots will ised strikes on August 18 and
sions and jobs between the RMT walk out.
August 20. The major walkouts
union, TfL and London Under- Workers on London Under- are expected to include 40,000
THE UK has become the first tated substantially, with a stream ground management. Meanwhile, ground are set to stage a 24-hour workers, including signalling
country to approve a dual vaccine of new variants emerging that can Overground union members, em- strike on Friday 19 August. Over- and track maintenance workers,
which tackles both the original dodge some of our immune defenc- ployed by Arriva Rail London, will ground workers employed by Ar- with 20,000 from Network Rail
Covid virus and the newer Omi- es. They have caused large surges in strike over pay. riva Rail London will stage a sepa- and the remainder from 14 other
cron variant. cases around the world. London’s bus drivers, represent- rate walkout on the same day. train operating companies across
Ministers say the vaccine will Cases of coronavirus are current- ed by Unite union, are striking Around 10,000 Tube workers the country.
now form part of the autumn ly falling in the UK. In mid-to-late over a pay offer which the union
booster campaign. July, around 2.5 million people says is a pay cut when considering
Moderna thinks 13 million doses tested positive for coronavirus. the current rates of inflation.
of its new vaccine will be available Moderna's latest vaccine - called This action is the latest in a se-
this year, but 26 million people are Spikevax - targets both the orig- ries of strikes that have disrupted
eligible for some form of booster. inal strain and the first Omicron the UK’s rail network this sum-
Health officials say people should variant (BA.1), which emerged last mer.
In July, thousands of RMT un-
take whichever booster they are of- winter. It is known as a bivalent ion members who work for Net-
fered as all jabs provide protection. vaccine as it takes aim at two forms work Rail and 14 train operators
The original vaccines used in the of Covid. walked out on Wednesday, result-
pandemic were designed to train The UK's Medicines and Health- ing in only one in five trains run-
the body to fight the first form of care Products Regulatory Agency ning.
the virus which emerged in Wu- has considered the evidence and Bus drivers plan to strike on
han, in China, at the end of 2019. given the vaccine approval for use Friday 19 August and Saturday
The Covid virus has since mu- in adults. 20 August, the strike will include