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United Utilities fined £800,000 after illegally abstracting 22 billion litres of water in Lancashire

United Utilities fined for illegally abstracting water in Lancashire

Water providers could owe £800m in compensation to bill payers for ‘unfairly overcharging customers’

Bill payers could be owed £800m in compensation

Heavy rain and thunderstorms are set to batter Lancashire this weekend (Credit: Rodrigo Souza)

More thunderstorms and heavy rain set to hit Lancashire

Tony Elliott who is senior project manager for the wastewater upgrade in Nelson is part of a wider £75m investment programme to deliver improvements to Pendle Water and the River Calder.

Major project to create underground stormwater storage tank reaches milestone

Pupils from Brennands Endowed Primary School in Slaidburn joined forces with United Utilities to plant 50 oak trees to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III.

Pupils plant 50 trees to celebrate King's coronation

Burnley MP Antony Higginbotham is urging voters to back the Conservatives at next week's local elections

Burnley MP urges residents to vote Conservative as town goes to polls

To mark the start of Debt Awareness Week today United Utilities is encouraging anyone struggling to pay their household bills not to struggle in silence but to reach out for help.

United Utilities helping people in Burnley struggling to pay debts

The route of the new water tunnel system

Forest of Bowland tunnel plan concerns ahead of council decision

Stephen said residents had found the high jinks “absolutely hilarious”, even though council bosses later forced him to remove the objects on “health and safety” grounds.

Fed up butcher pranks water company after they left a hole outside his shop

The River Calder in Padiham following heavy rainfall in February

River investment for Burnley

Burnley Green Party councillor Andy Fewings and Green Party member and campaigner Emma Simpkin pictured next to the River Calder where their research has led them to discover raw sewage dumped there

Calls for action after campaigners discover raw sewage dumped in Burnley river w...

Work ongoing on the United Utilities HARP (Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Project) near Haslingden, where geologists have unearthed new fossils

New discoveries reveal evidence of Lancashire's earliest residents

United Utilities said the North West's supply of tap water - which comes from reservoirs in the Lake District - is less than half what it should be at this time of year.

Lancashire households told to save water as region's supply levels run low

World Drowning Prevention day: More than 20 people have drowned in the UK this week (Photo: FRANCOIS-XAVIER MARIT/AFP via Getty Images)

World Drowning Prevention day: More than 20 people have drowned in the UK this w...

The existing wastewater treatment works off Longrigde Road in Chipping, which will be mostly demolished when the new facility is built (image: Lancashire County Council)

New sewage works approved for Ribble Valley

Residents meeting with Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson

Huge £60m. extension to waste water plant causing concern to Reedley residents

Homes have been without water since yesterday

Dozens of homes in Clitheroe, Whalley and Billington without water after leak

Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans has written to the chief executive of United Utilities

Ribble Valley MP 'wades' into argument about Billington water issues

Some of the new blue pipes which were connected into the Haweswater Aqueduct this month. The old pipes can be seen behind him to the left

Region’s biggest plumbing job done to help supply one third of Lancashire's wate...

Luke pictured with Denzel and Kilo (photo: Stuart Walker)

Meet the water detectives - how one man and his dogs are searching for leaks in ...

A view of Hurstwood, the popular beauty spot in Burnley that has been plagued by groups of young people gathering in large groups on Friday evenings.

'Stand off' between residents and young people leads to police crackdown on anti...

Firefighters spent two and half hours dealing with a diesel spillage in Nelson this afternoon.

Road closed in Nelson after diesel spillage

Reservoirs are running dry

'Please use less water' plea as reservoirs are running dry

Steve Iversen heads into the underworld beneath Lancashires streets in Sewermen, a new fly-on-the-wall documentary airing on the Paramount Network

New TV series airs tonight which heads into the murky tunnels beneath Lancashire...

United Utilities announce £3.5m trust fund for those struggling to pay bills due...

Water supplies are being restored

Homes left without water after burst pipe in Chatburn

There are currently problems with the water supply in Clitheroe.

Water supply problems in Clitheroe area

Water firm United Utilities revealed a £25 million profits hit

REVEALED: Water crisis costs United Utilities £25m in profits

UPDATED: Boil water alert lifted for 80,000 homes

Tea or coffee?

Hot drink machines shut down in water alert

United Utilities faces £15m compensation bill over water scare

Franklaw Treatment Plant near Garstang

WATER LATEST: Criminal investigation into contamination

Water testing continues at United Utilities

Still no crypto cases linked to water contamination

Scientists in the testing labs of the United Utilities HQ in Great Sankey, near Warrington

Illnesses may now start to appear in the wake of drinking water scare

Scientists Jeanette Williams examines water samples

WATER LATEST: Animals ‘most probable’ source of contamination say scientists

WATER LATEST: Warning to remain in force for at least two days

Activity at the Franklaw Water Treatment plant on Catterall Lane, Garstang, after news of water contamination

WATER UPDATE: Ongoing investigations into water contamination

BREAKING: Water warning to last into next week

Warning to boild water are still in place

Health warning continues after bug is found in water supply

Male hen harrier, an endangered bird of prey

Rare hen harriers disappear: £10,000 reward

dog waste bin

Shocked at dog walkers’ response

Rain drops rippling in a puddle

Rain has shown up homes plan problems

United Utilities' Business Services Director Sally Cabrini with Zoe Green

Pilot scheme gets young people into work

Adder bites can be fatal to dogs.

Watch out for snakes in the grass, warns landowner

Name and shame landowners selling off our countryside

Hummer H3 four wheel drive car Photo: PA Wire

I’m guilty, I have a four-wheel drive