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OPINION - KKR can walk away from the Thames Water fiasco...the rest of us are stuck with it
KKR can walk away from the Thames Water fiasco...the rest of us are stuck with it - Even the New York firm that takes on the ...
Thames Water faces weeks of uncertainty as watchdog reviews £4bn creditor plan
Senior bondholders propose injecting equity to match KKR’s defunct bid but plan needs approval from Ofwat and courts ...
Winter fuel 'U-turn' and immigration 'battle lines'
The government has reversed its winter fuel payments policy and there is discussion of Keir Starmer's immigration policy.
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Kelly Boldan: Echoes from the Thames: Remembering an 1813 sacrifice that helped shape a young nation's future
On Memorial Day 2025, we remember the ultimate sacrifice of William Peter Johnson and other Kentucky-Ohio Militia and U.S.
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Blow to Thames Water as KKR pulls out of equity raise
Thames Water said KKR “will not be in a position to proceed.” Thames Water’s battle to escape nationalisation has suffered a hammer blow after KKR withdrew its bid to acquire an equity stake ...
Hero pensioner jumps into the Thames to save girl, 7, from drowning
Hismet Smakaj acted fast after spotting a child jumping into the River Thames (Picture: Hismet Smakaj) A quick-reacting ...
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The Tower of London has impressed—and terrified—people for nearly 1,000 years
Rising next to the River Thames, it was once the largest nonecclesiastical ... After defeating Harold II, last Saxon king of England, at the Battle of Hastings, William I of England (known as ...