内容摘要：But the union says most councils have not even discussed the action plan with teachers.

But the union says most councils have not even discussed the action plan with teachers.

It has found the three companies failed to adequately invest in and maintain their networks, leading to repeated releases of raw sewage into the country’s waterways.On Tuesday it proposed fines of £47m for Yorkshire Water and £17m for Northumbrian Water. For Thames Water it is proposing the largest fine on record of £104m.

The regulator's chief executive, David Black, said: “Ofwat has uncovered a catalogue of failure by Thames Water, Yorkshire Water and Northumbrian Water in how they ran their sewage works and this resulted in excessive spills."This announcement followsthat revealed sewage had potentially been released illegally 6,000 times in 2022 by England's water companies in breach of their permits.

Releasing raw sewage has the potential to significantly damage the environment and poses a risk to human health for those swimming in a river or sea where sewage is being discharged.Ofwat can fine companies up to 10% of their annual sales. In the case of Thames Water, the proposed fine is 9% of sales, which Mr Black told the BBC "reflects the severity of the offences".

The regulator found that more than two-thirds of Thames Water's wastewater treatment works had operational issues, and that most of Yorkshire Water's wastewater treatment works had regularly spilled sewage into the environment since 2018 pointing to a "systematic issue".

A Thames Water spokesperson said: "We take this matter very seriously and have cooperated at every stage of Ofwat’s investigation. We regard all untreated discharges as unacceptable, even when they are permitted."which marked the opening days of the war as the country reeled from the trauma of 7 October has been overtaken by the revival of political divisions: only 26% of Israelis believe there is now a sense of togetherness, while 44% say there is not.

At least part of this has to do with a feeling often expressed, especially among those on the left of the political divide, that the war is being prolonged at the behest of far-right parties whose support Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu needs to remain in power.Even the former Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant, a member of Netanhayu’s Likud Party, dismissed by the prime minister last month, cited the failure to return the hostages as one of the key disagreements with his boss.

“There is and will not be any atonement for abandoning the captives,” he said. “It will be a mark of Cain on the forehead of Israeli society and those leading this mistaken path.”Netanyahu, who along with Gallant is facing an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes, has repeatedly denied this and stressed his commitment to freeing the hostages.