Bill Alexander, head of Britain's Thames Water, now wants his firm to earn a third of its profits from outside regulated Britain.

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Clarissa Williams, head teacher of Tolworth Girls' School in Surbiton, Kingston-upon-Thames, said the government had had excellent intentions towards these children and had spent money to close the gap between the "haves" and the "have-nots".

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Hundreds of ships took to the River Thames during the pageant to honour the Queen, who sailed with her family on the royal barge at the head of the flotilla.

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