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River Thames weir and lock keepers have begun voting on strike action over safety concerns, ... Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp us on 08081 002250.
The starting point of England’s famous River Thames has dried up and moved downstream, following weeks of little rainfall and a heat wave in July that smashed the UK’s all-time temperature record.
Olympic rowing legend Sir Steve Redgrave is calling on the government to tackle "pollution for profit" in the Thames, as 3,000 young rowers are set to take to the water in west London. In a letter ...
The river Thames in London was so starved of oxygen in August 2022, due to sewage and hot weather, that it was effectively on life support, New Scientist can reveal.
Possible remains of the medieval Thames shoreline have been uncovered by experts restoring the Palace of Westminster. The stone structures, under a section of the House of Lords chamber, are ...
Imagine one of the UK's biggest rivers as a sheet of ice. ... Find out the history of the River Thames freezing over, including in February 2021, the Great Freeze winter of 1963 and old Frost Fairs.
NINE people were injured, reportedly including a baby, after a boat “exploded” and burst into flames on the River Thames. Firefighters were spotted putting out a blaze on the residentia… ...
Former Mayor of London and Prime Minister Boris Johnson floated the ideas of a giant £38bn airport in the middle of a major UK river during his time in office.
A safety warning has been issued after a section of the Thames towpath between Richmond Lock and Kew Gardens car park collapsed into the river ...
The Boat Race, which was first staged in 1829, is a rowing event which takes place every year between students from two of the UK’s elite universities over a 4.25-mile stretch of the Thames in ...
A MISSING schoolgirl who disappeared into the River Thames has been named by cops. Kaliyah Coa, 11, vanished into the water while paddling with a friend near Woolwich, London, on Monday afternoon. … ...
Richmond Council announced via social media at 1.18pm on Sunday, October 20: "A section of the Thames towpath between Richmond Lock and Kew Gardens car park has collapsed into the river.