内容摘要：Tesla, the electric vehicle maker led by Musk, last week warned on the impact of tit-for-tat tariffs.

Tesla, the electric vehicle maker led by Musk, last week warned on the impact of tit-for-tat tariffs.

In response, Mr Owen-Lloyd said: "We had six months' rain in the month of October, so it's slightly counterintuitive to accuse a solar farm of being the risk here rather than the very real danger of climate change."He added that experts had been analysing the flood risk on the site for the past three years and had found the development may "alleviate floods".

Yorkshire Water has said it is "disappointed" at Ofwat's plans to fine the company £47m over historic sewage spills.The company is one of three firms facing sanctions from the industry regulator, alongside Thames Water and Northumbrian Water.An investigation by Ofwat found that on average Yorkshire Water discharged untreated wastewater into the region's rivers for seven hours a day in 2023, with almost half of its storm overflows found to be in breach of regulations.

A Yorkshire Water spokesperson said the firm took its "responsibility to protect the environment very seriously" and had previously apologised "for not acting quickly enough" as well as announcing a £180m plan to cut discharges from storm overflows by April 2025.Ofwat's investigation, which began in 2021, looked into whether the three companies had been providing customers with the level of service they are entitled to under the law.

It found they had failed to adequately invest in and maintain their networks, leading to repeated releases of raw sewage into the country’s waterways.

It added that Yorkshire Water had been slow to understand its obligations and was failing to put processes in place to comply with requirements."Drivers love being part of the community, the freedom of the open road and actually you don’t have a boss when you’re out there and people really like that."

In 2022, the the Confederation of Passenger Transport revealedIt came as union officials previously warned companies against low pay and long hours. Go North East said it offers its staff "competitive" pay.

Meanwhile, about 1,300 Go North East workers staged an indefinite walk out in a dispute over payWhen asked if there were any lessons to be learnt following the action, Mr Featham said it was working together with Unite "to build up the bus services that we operate" and "get back to what we're good at which is providing really good services".