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  "id": 12853632,
  "title": "Water companies failed to report more than 50,000 sewage spills in time, charity claims",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/water-companies-failed-to-report-more-than-50-000-sewage-spills-in-12853632",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T10:49:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://news.sky.com/story/englands-water-companies-failed-to-report-more-than-50000-sewage-spills-in-time-charity-claims-13596212"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Water companies in England failed to report more than 50,000 sewage spills within the time required by law in the first half of the year, an environmental charity has claimed.",
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        "title": "Water companies failed to report more than 50,000 sewage spills in time, charity claims",
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