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The former chief executive of Southern Water has been charged with conspiracy to defraud authorities over allegations he was involved in a plan to manipulate water quality tests to avoid millions of pounds in penalties.Matthew Wright is accused alongside three others of conspiring to defraud the Environment Agency (EA) and water regulator Ofwat.The EA previously asked a judge to issue a summons against Wright, charging him with the offence, along with Philip Barker, Clive Massey and Mark Gregory.The summons was issued last year but Wright launched a legal challenge which was dismissed by two senior judges on Wednesday.Wright’s lawyers told…

England’s record points-scorer Emily Scarratt has committed her long-term future to the Red Roses coaching team.The 36-year-old joined John Mitchell’s side on an interim basis as the lead attack and backs coach for this year’s Women’s Six Nations.Following England clinching their eighth successive Women’s Six Nations title in May, Scarratt returned to her role as assistant coach at Premiership Women’s Rugby (PWR) side Loughborough Lightning.She will now leave her role with Loughborough after joining the Red Roses on a permanent basis.”The Six Nations was challenging but hugely rewarding in equal measure,” Scarratt said.”I’d spent so many years in the Red…

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Labour’s Transport Secretary has been grilled by GB News host Alex Armstrong over the “disgraceful” lack of apology from Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood following a joke about the Government’s early prison release scheme.Heidi Alexander was shut down by Alex as she attempted to defend Ms Mahmood and Defence Secretary Wes Streeting for joking Justice Minister Alex Norris wants to “let them all out”.Captured in a hot-mic moment, Mr Streeting can be heard saying of Mr Norris: “You know he’s the enemy now, Justice Shabana?”Ms Mahmood replied “no he’s not”, to which the Defence Secretary then swiped: “He wants to let…

Matthew Wright, the former chief executive of Southern Water, has been charged alongside three others with conspiracy to defraud.The charges relate to allegations they were involved in a plan to manipulate water quality tests, the Environment Agency said.The Administrative Court ruled on Wednesday the Environment Agency has the power to prosecute the former employees.Alongside Mr Wright, the remaining defendants are Philip Barker, Clive Massey and Mark Gregory.Following a lengthy Environment Agency investigation, charges have been brought based on evidence gathered over several years.According to the Environment Agency, the four men are accused of conspiring to introduce artificial no‑flow events at…

One of the most popular British car brands has broken an electric vehicle lap record by more than seven seconds at a globally renowned circuit.The Lotus Emeya has set a new record at Malaysia’s Sepang International Circuit of 2:20.317, making it the fastest electric vehicle lap at the circuit.It has slashed more than seven seconds off the previous publicly reported EV at the circuit, which was recorded at 2:27.790.Lotus said the new achievement was down to its continued commitment to “engineering excellence and high-performance electric mobility”.The record-breaking lap time was set by champion GT driver Daniel Lu, who was behind…

Andy Burnham has said he will review an early prisoner release policy, due to come into force this autumn, following anger that two killers of PC Andrew Harper could be freed early.From September, thousands of offenders in England and Wales will be eligible to be released earlier under the Sentencing Act. Tens of thousands of inmates have been let out of prison to create more space in jails since 2024.Burnham said: “I can’t say that I can change the policy completely, but I will look at it in detail before we go further forward.”He acknowledged that there was “pressure on…

Liverpool have issued over 400 lifetime bans after more than £1.2m of assets relating to the illegal selling of tickets was seized by police. The club worked with Merseyside Police to seize the assets from organised ticket touts.The police operation focused on the laundering of criminal proceeds from illicit ticket sales and took place alongside the club’s crackdown on ticket touting, both online and in the ground.The club has since issued 432 lifetime bans to the guilty parties, as well as 115 indefinite suspensions. Detective Chief Inspector Nick Suffield said: “This is a fantastic example of partnership working between ourselves…

Kingscote said Webb, from Wotton-under-Edge in Gloucestershire, would not have undergone the procedure had she known about the previous enforcement action.”If Alice had known about these prohibition orders she wouldn’t have had it done,” he said. “Her kids were everything to her. She adored her kids. She wouldn’t have done something that would have jeopardised that.”Gloucestershire Police had been investigating the death of Webb, 33, who died in hospital after becoming unwell following the treatment.In October, a investigation reported Parke, 34, had been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter in connection with her death but had not been charged.Parke, who had…

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