内容摘要：The five Republicans who voted against the measure in the procedural vote said they would continue to withhold support unless Speaker Mike Johnson agreed to further cut Medicaid, a healthcare programme for lower-income Americans.

The five Republicans who voted against the measure in the procedural vote said they would continue to withhold support unless Speaker Mike Johnson agreed to further cut Medicaid, a healthcare programme for lower-income Americans.

Mr Staniek said: "Storm overflows are only supposed to occur in exceptional circumstances and, as far as I'm concerned, having been in Windermere since last Thursday I don't think we've had exceptional rainfall."Something like Storm Desmond put down exceptional amounts of rain.

"I just think that we've had a wet summer in the Lake District and that these sites should already have the capacity to deal with that."Heavy rain fell in parts of Cumbria from about Wednesday last week, withbringing more wet weather from Friday.

The Environment Agency said: "We understand the concern in the community regarding these discharges and we are working with United Utilities to ensure improvements are made in the next investment programme."It had previously said rainfall does not override water companies' responsibility "to manage storm overflows

A United Utilities spokesperson said it had invested "hundreds of millions of pounds in recent years to reduce the number of spills" and plans to invest more in the future.

People in most parts of Wales are facing a 27% increase in their water bills from April, with the average annual bill going up from £503 to £639.But others are not convinced.

"You can subscribe to this scheme but you might never take off," says James Glenton, 36, from York, who is still hoping for compensation for a cancelled Wizz Air flight a year on.In July 2023, Wizz cancelled Mr Glenton's flight from Leeds Bradford Airport to Wroclaw in Poland and rebooked him on one from London Luton the next day, he says.

That meant he lost two days of his holiday, the parking he'd booked at Leeds Bradford, money spent on his hotel, and the petrol costs getting to Luton and back, he says.According to Mr Glenton, Wizz has blamed air traffic control restrictions for the cancellation so won't refund him. But he claims the airport denies this and has told him it was the airline that cancelled the flight directly.