内容摘要：For the moment, work on the new aircraft is continuing, as the company works with restructuring experts to sell the business or bring in new investment. However, getting the new e-jet into production is looking more challenging than ever.

For the moment, work on the new aircraft is continuing, as the company works with restructuring experts to sell the business or bring in new investment. However, getting the new e-jet into production is looking more challenging than ever.

"It is critical that the business retains the people best placed to deliver the improved outcomes our stakeholders rightly expect."Thames said the upcoming payments were not performance-related bonuses covered by the new rules, but instead "retention payments".

It said none of these retention payments would be funded by customers.Last November, Ofwat blocked three water firms - including Thames, Yorkshire Water and Dwr Cymru Welsh Water - from using customer money to fund a total of £1.6m in bosses' bonuses.It said that by stopping customers from "paying for undeserved bonuses", it was looking "to sharpen executive mindsets" and to push firms to improve their cultures of performance and accountability.

An expert has explained why people saw what they thought was a "mini-tornado" passing through a city centre.A swirling 30ft (10m) column of dirt rose into the air around Great Ancoats Street in Manchester on Saturday.

A meteorologist told the BBC the phenomenon was a rare "dust devil".

Alan Goodman, from the Met Office, said there had been "ideal combination of conditions" for the weather event.Lone Pine said the move is in response to increasingly strong visitor feedback.

“We love that there is a shift among both local and international guests to experience Australian wildlife up close, but not necessarily personal, just doing what they do best - eating, sleeping and relaxing within their own space,” said General Manager Lyndon Discombe.Animal rights groups say they hope this is a sign that the practice - which they argue is "cruel" - will be phased out nation-wide.

They quote studies which have found that such encounters stress koalas out - especially given that the creatures are solitary, mostly nocturnal animals who sleep most of the day.Koalas are a much beloved national icon – priceless in biodiversity terms, but also a golden goose for the tourism industry, with one study from 2014 estimating they’re worth A$3.2bn ($2.14bn; £1.68bn) each year and support up to 30,000 jobs.