内容摘要：by UK regulator Ofcom, five of the top ten games among UK players were F2P.

by UK regulator Ofcom, five of the top ten games among UK players were F2P.

A water company has pleaded guilty to 13 counts relating to untreated sewage spills in Margate and Broadstairs.Southern Water admitted it failed to comply with an environmental permit on a number of occasions at a hearing at Medway Magistrates Court on Tuesday.

The prosecution, brought by the Environment Agency, covers a period from 2019 to 2021 - and includes incidents which closed several beaches in Thanet after unpermitted discharges from Margate and Broadstairs wastewater pumping stations.Southern Water has apologised and said it was making improvements.Further charges related to the company's failure to report the unpermitted discharges quickly enough to Thanet District Council and to the Environment Agency, the court heard.

There were five main incidents across 2019, 2020 and 2021.In June 2021, 11 of Thanet's beaches were closed for a week which the company said at the time was due to a power outage at the Margate Foreness Point pumping station treatment works, which was caused by a lightning strike.

Margate's former mayor, councillor Rob Yates, told BBC South East that the spill has had a long term effect on the town's residents.

He said: "Every time they want to go swimming, they feel nervous."Det Sgt Chris Acourt, who led the Cambridgeshire Police investigation, said there were “massive opportunities” that were missed to detect the slavery and alert authorities sooner.

“Ultimately, we could have been in a situation to end that exploitation much earlier had we been made aware,” he said.Like many of the victims, Pavel - who has waived his legal right to anonymity - was homeless in the Czech Republic when he was approached by the gang in 2016.

He says he was lured in with the false promise of a well-paid job in the UK, where he could at the time work legally.But the reality of what he experienced has left lasting scars, he said.