内容摘要：Ms Pakenaite said she was trying to make as many memories as possible as she did not know how long it would be until her hearing and vision disappear completely.

Ms Pakenaite said she was trying to make as many memories as possible as she did not know how long it would be until her hearing and vision disappear completely.

As well as its financial woes, Thames has also come in for steady criticism for the number of sewage discharges and water leaks affecting its customers.Mr Weston, who joined Thames in January, said the company's performance in this area was "not where it should be or where we want it to be".

The number of sewage discharges rose to 16,990 last year from 8,015, which was put down to "prolonged heavy rainfall".The 40% increase in rain from the previous year also led to a rise in the number of reportable pollution events to 350 from 331.However, Thames said it had reduced leakages by 7% to its lowest ever level.

Marlene Lawrence is founder of swimming group, the Teddington Bluetits, in south-west London.She says the group is concerned about water pollution in the River Thames and "swim mindfully".

"I check [the water quality] daily," she told BBC Breakfast.

The river is used by many different water groups, such as canoe clubs, which is why the quality of the water is so important, she says."Very gifted and very capable but very much at ease with himself and those around him - he is very easy to talk to. A good man really," he said.

A new queen was crowned as the eighth Māori monarch in New Zealand as her father, Kiingi Tuheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII, was laid to rest.Twenty-seven-year-old Ngā Wai hono i te pō was chosen as kuini - the Māori word for queen - by a council of New Zealand's indigenous Māori chiefs during an elaborate ceremony in the country's North Island.

She is only the second Māori queen, the first being her grandmother, Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu.Ngā Wai hono i te pō is the youngest child of Kiingi Tuheitia,