Attempts to ratchet up pressure on Thames Water to clean up its act have been approved by West Berkshire Council. It wants a review of OFWAT – the regulator of the water industry – to determine if it is fit for purpose. Newbury, Shaw, Stanford Dingley, Great Shefford, East Garston, Bucklebury, Eastbury, Lambourn and Upper Lambourn were called out as just some of the places across West Berkshire that have been affected by foul water sewer flooding for months. “And not for the first time,” said Stuart Gourley (Lib Dem, Newbury Clay Hill) in an impassioned speech. The Kennet, the Pang, the Lambou…
