
Simon Atkinson
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Simon Atkinson
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Head of the Ipsos Knowledge Centre. I like cycling, skiing @TweetLesArcs and Oxford United. Now @SimonAtkinson Instagram & https://t.co/43QxMnljhy







New: Britain’s drinking water supply has been officially rated a “catastrophic” national risk on a par with a pandemic, according to the Government’s own National Risk Register. The 2026 register, which was published earlier this week, shows the risk of “water infrastructure failure or loss of drinking water” has jumped from the bottom of the Government’s risk matrix last year to the top of the danger zone this year – the category reserved for the gravest threats facing the country The likelihood of a catastrophic impact on supply is now assessed at up to one in four. In the 2025 register, the same risk to water supply was rated low likelihood and minor impact. In the new edition, it has been rescored to sit alongside pandemic as one of only two risks rated highest for both likelihood and impact – the register’s most severe possible combination. The reassessment covers a scenario in which one or more water treatment works fail, cutting off piped supply to a region or degrading it so badly it is unsafe to drink even after boiling, with knock-on disruption to schools, hospitals and prisons until alternative supplies are restored. liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/46521…

THE CURE #setlistgeek chart after Ejekt festival in Athens (16/31) 47 songs played on the tour so far out of the 55 that Robert has said had been rehearsed. #TheCure #TheCureTour2026 #TheCureAthens #TheCureEjektFetival























