"All parties involved with the tour continue to urge fans not to purchase tickets from unauthorised websites as some of these may be fraudulent and others subject to cancellation.”
The outage, which coincided with the May Day Bank Holiday weekend, affected 32,500 properties in Hastings and St Leonards.At the time, East Sussex County Councillor Godfrey Daniel said it would have a “
” at what was normally a busy time for hotels, pubs and restaurants, and as businesses struggled with the cost of living.Southern Water’s director of water Tim McMahon said he hoped the £1m compensation fund would "make a positive difference".The water outage happened as the annual Jack in the Green Festival and May Day Bike Run were being held, events which attract thousands of visitors.
Families turned to bottled water supplies, with some collecting rain water, and one hotel in Hastings was flushing toilets with sea water, after a pipe burst in isolated woodland.Mr Daniel had called on Southern Water to acknowledge the issues in people’s water bills.
Earlier this week, the Consumer Council for Water (CCW) watchdog revealed water companies in England and Wales wanted bills to increase between 24% and 91% over the next five years - with
The cash includes £120,000 for festivals and events, £500,000 for community projects and £380,000 for businesses.Industrial action follows the university also saying it was in the "very early stages" of opening a new campus in India.
A spokesperson said it was working to "address financial pressures" like other universities across the UK."[This] is why our senior management have been exploring opportunities overseas including a possible campus in India," they said.
Prof Perry said: "Gambling on the international student market and expansion through new buildings is going to cost our jobs unless we do something about it."He said planned cuts at Newcastle University, as well as those planned at Sunderland and Durham, were a "recipe for recession" in north-east England.