Rob Windscheffel

I'm a journalist working as the Northern Producer for Channel 4 news. [email protected]

[Rob Windscheffel @RWindscheffel]

@AndyBurnhamGM @MrReeceballa Waiting for a Forrest Gump moment down the East Lancs.

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Breaking. Labour and Reform have both confirmed their candidates for the Makerfield Byelection.
Labour has confirmed Andy Burnham
Reform has confirmed Robert Kenyon

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A week’s a long time in politics

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The Chief Exec of South East Water has finally resigned. He was coming under increasing pressure from customers, MP’s and shareholders. This was him a couple weeks ago not answering our questions

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A petition calling for a referendum on the future of the water industry has reached 100,000. It will now be "considered for debate in Parliament"
@Feargal_Sharkey @watervole3 @ashsmith43 @WindrushWasp

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A petition set up by water campaigners @ashsmith43 and @watervole3, backed by @Feargal_Sharkey calling for a referendum over the nationalisation of the water industry has almost reached 50,000 signatures.

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Water campaigners call for referendum amid sewage dumps and rising bills
https://t.co/9lenq5Zo6L

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@SiWheeler78 @CommonsEFRA @amcarmichaelMP Given how critical the committee was today of the 20 strong comms department and that under the chief execs leadership a department that didnt have a proper emergency plan - seems like an odd way to deal with media.

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The @CommonsEFRA and @amcarmichaelMP didn’t seem too impressed with the answers they got from South East water boss today.
He didn’t want to answer ours !

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The boss of South East Water, David Hinton, has admitted to MPs that recent outages have "failed" customers in the South East of England.

We asked him how long it will be before he gives up his job - and whether he’s committed to being transparent and accountable. He refused to respond.

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The boss of South East Water, David Hinton, has admitted to MPs that recent outages have "failed" customers in the South East of England.

We asked him how long it will be before he gives up his job - and whether he’s committed to being transparent and accountable. He refused to respond.

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@KarenShackleto5 @Feargal_Sharkey @WindrushWasp @CleanIlkley You're all more than welcome to come into the C4 newsroom in Leeds to have that debate

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Following our piece and the work carried out by @mattstaniek and @windrushwasp the chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
@amcarmichaelMP says he’ll be writing to the Chief Exec of United Utilities
https://t.co/RDU8gYPFfx

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"It's difficult for anyone to have confidence in what these people are telling us at the moment."

Alistair Carmichael, chair of the Environment Select Committee, tells @krishgm the culture in the water industry has to change.

Read and watch:
https://t.co/viiUjeiLdL

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Has United Utilities been illegally spilling sewage into Esthwaite Water in the Lake District. An investigation by @mattstaniek and @windrushwasp show what they believe are around 20 times when sewage has been pumped into the protected site.

https://t.co/lm39cDVdG2

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United Utilities responded by denying there’d be any spills from the Esthwaite emergency overflow since 2017. They provided some material which they say backed up their claims that it hadn’t spilled.

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@DrKerryS @Feargal_Sharkey I’m mainly on Bluesky these days as well.
@Robwindscheffel.bsky.social - just couldn’t see the thread for some reason.

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@DrKerryS @Feargal_Sharkey Sadly I can’t see that thread. But yes I agree. I did then look through data and there was one designated as good (and one which was tidal which I then didn’t count). Although I’m waiting to find out why it had one ecoli rating of <10000 discarded for an ‘abnormal situation’

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Well I’ve taken a step into another social world. Might still keep an eye on here. But I’ll also be on
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“We’ve been punished enough”
The 30 year agony for the family of Lindsay Rimer in the hunt to find her killer. The teenager was murdered in Hebden Bridge in 1994.

https://t.co/82VVVxpHdJ

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Breaking: Lucy Letby has had an application to appeal a single count of attempted murder refused.

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Haven't there been calls for @northernassist to improve for a while.
There's been meetings, plans, warnings, new management.
I think people just want the trains to run when they say they're going to run.

[Andy Burnham @AndyBurnhamGM]

This level of service can’t continue,
@northernassist.

This is to give you notice that I will be calling an urgent meeting of the Rail North Committee to require an urgent plan to restore an acceptable level of service.