内容摘要：The government said the new powers to punish executives were needed because in the past water companies had failed to hand over vital evidence related to illegal sewage discharges.

The government said the new powers to punish executives were needed because in the past water companies had failed to hand over vital evidence related to illegal sewage discharges.

The charity said blood cancer, of which leukaemia is a type, is the fifth most common type of cancer and the third biggest cancer killer in the UK.Families made homeless by a devastating house fire have returned to their properties to assess the damage.

The fire happened on Alexandra Street in Nuneaton just before midday on Wednesday when a boiler reportedly exploded and destroyed a terraced house, as well as damaging the homes on either side.Samantha Bibb had lived in the terraced house, where the fire is believed to have started, with her mum, who is deaf and disabled, for 31 years."We've got nothing, everything we had was in that house. I'm still walking around in pyjamas and slippers from yesterday because the only clothes I have was what was on my back when I ran out of the house," she said.

Ms Bibb said she had to rescue her mum from a back bedroom in the house, where the boiler was."I ran in and I just seen that she was just lying, and I thought the worst, so I ran up and pushed her out of the bedroom.

"I didn't know what else to do."

Warwickshire Fire Service returned to the street on Thursday morning after residents reported a strong smell of gas, however, the service soon "gave the all clear"."Investors considering investing in gold should do so as part of a diversified portfolio – they shouldn't put all their eggs in a golden basket."

A university has awarded a posthumous degree to its first female student from an indigenous community, more than 100 years after she began her studies.Born in New Zealand in 1873, Mākereti Papakura is believed to be the first Māori woman to enrol at the University of Oxford.

The university said she had explored the customs of her people of the Māori Te Arawa iwi [tribe] from a female perspective through her "groundbreaking" research. But she died in 1930, just weeks before she was due to present her thesis.Prof Irene Tracey, Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford, will award the degree of MPhil in Anthropology at a ceremony in the Sheldonian theatre later in the year.