The Upper Chamber is not known for the belly laughs it generates, but peers do permit themselves a wry smile... ...more »

Pictured is Durham's chief constable Jon Stoddart and top cycle riders from the Pinerello team who were getting into shape... ...more »

Singer Suggs, the Madness frontman-turned-TV presenter, is supporting Southern Water's fight the fat campaign. He was in Brighton filming an... ...more »

Now, there are siren voices you should shun but this isn't one of them. Sound of Music star Connie Fisher... ...more »

Southern Water's mascot Mr Save-It last week urged customers to prove their love for the environment by swapping their baths... ...more »

Yorkshire Water is celebrating the fact that the average bod spends as much as three years of their life on... ...more »

It's being billed as Britain's most beautiful marathon. Pictured is Steve Cram, one of our most successful middle distance athletes.... ...more »

The great man was intrigued to learn of a musical that has been doing the rounds across the pond. The... ...more »

Disconnector notes that back in July, Ofwat told The Sunday Times it would publish a breakdown of the expenses claimed... ...more »

Hair's a turn up for the books ... almost literally so. Richard Ackroyd, chief executive of Scottish Water and the highest... ...more »

You heard the one about the utility and the ghost train? Let the great man explain. This story concerns United... ...more »

One of the last UK colonies of rare tansy beetles (above) has been saved after Yorkshire Water engineers working on... ...more »

This intelligence may have come too late for some, but Disconnector feels duty bound to share the news that Veolia... ...more »

Martin Salter, the Labour backbencher who is the party's spokesman on angling, has got a tad het up by plans... ...more »

Red faces are in order at Northern Ireland Water after a pumping station it built in Portadown was declared to... ...more »

inevitably the cheeky chappies have gone where the girls did. A dozen Northumbrian Water workers have bared all for a... ...more »

Disconnector was much taken by a headline on a recent press release nestling in a colleague's in-tray. It said: "Eden... ...more »

Gabby Parker (pictured), a learning and development manager with Yorkshire Water, last month took part in a 350km charity cycle... ...more »

Tony Cooke, managing director of Bournemouth & West Hampshire Water (BWHW) did the honours to help publicise last weekend's Highcliffe... ...more »

Residents on the Kingsway estate in Widnes can now enjoy a community facility that includes allotments, green space and lots... ...more »

Wessex Water wants to put a stop to blocked pipes and other plumbing problems caused by punters pouring away turkey... ...more »

Thames Water is currently digesting a second knock-back over its plans to obtain planning permission to build almost 100 new... ...more »

Bet you don't recognise these. They are, in fact, the public toilets at Hyde Park Corner in London. Last week... ...more »

A routine inspection of a settlement tank at Yorkshire Water's South Elmshall treatment works near Pontefract revealed 18 fish (chubb,... ...more »

An innovative "surgery" was held recently on a housing estate in Crewe, Cheshire, to encourage residents to think green. United... ...more »

End of an era. One of Southern Water's longest-serving employees is moving on. The current incumbent, whose public persona is... ...more »

Pictured is one lucky owl. Out hunting recently, it dived into a 4m-deep tank full of sewage sludge at Abbotsbury... ...more »

Next Thursday is World Toilet Day, and those wags at charity WaterAid are working overtime to increase awareness of the... ...more »

Now, here's a weird tale. There has been a bit of traffic chaos in Belfast this week because Cromac Street,... ...more »

This is Northumbrian Water's H2O gang, a group of superheroes whose mission in life is to promote health and a... ...more »

Disconnector has absolutely no idea whether it works, but notes that Scottish Water has become the latest company to use... ...more »

Strange but true. Some bottles of wine turned up at Nobel House, headquarters of the Department for Environment, Food and... ...more »

It wouldn't be Halloween without ghosts, witches, black cats and bats, would it? Well, according to Yorkshire Water's ecological experts,... ...more »

Budding Jamie Olivers are being taught the best way to dispose of waste fats, oils and grease. Anglian Water has... ...more »

Pictured is the acceptable face of a dirty weekend, literally. Recently a squad of Wessex Water employees took part in... ...more »

It's all going a bit "dark side" in mid-Wales, where protesters opposed to the design of a Welsh Water project... ...more »

The great man is not generally one for poignancy (he finds it difficult to spell), but Disconnector was, he admits,... ...more »

Is this is a world record? Disconnector poses the question after learning about a pensioner in Darlington who was virtually... ...more »

Some school children are getting a history lesson with a difference thanks to their local water company, Yorkshire Water. It... ...more »

Up-and-coming film maker Oliver Beer has made a three-minute short featuring seven male singers performing a new work called Amen,... ...more »

Who said insulating homes was boring? Camden Council, working with Avalon Abseiling and Southern Electric, is pioneering a new approach... ...more »

The roadworks associated with Thames Water's huge Victorian mains replacement programme in London regularly attract moans from shopkeepers, residents and... ...more »

It's tough times for Anglian Water Services. The water industry giant has been forced to deny allegations that its sewage... ...more »

A breeding male Nathusius Pipistrelle bat was discovered by South East Water ecologists during bat monitoring surveys at the company's... ...more »

There's been a bumper crop of tomatoes at Yorkshire Water's sewage treatment works this year thanks to high summer temperatures... ...more »

Disconnector was intrigued by this spot of wildlife watching. Recently a camera crew from the country's largest independent drainage specialist... ...more »

Last month, United Utilities probably felt it had been mugged by the regulator following its draft determination. Coincidentally, a digger... ...more »

You may or may not wish to commiserate with utility contractor Morgan Est. It stands to lose rather a lot... ...more »

Conservation work at South East Water's Arlington Reservoir has paid off - two dormice (one pictured) have been found in... ...more »

A colleague was a guest at the Environmwent Agency Water Efficiency Awards today, which took place on floating restaurant HMS... ...more »