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Major emergency search under way after reports of person in River Thames near Wandsworth

Police were called at around 12:30pm on Thursday to reports of someone in the water near Eastfields Avenue

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Reeves backs £9bn Lower Thames Crossing as ‘important project’

The Chancellor said the Treasury is ‘exploring options’ for the 14.3-mile road linking Kent and Essex to be privately financed.

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves makes major announcement on £9billion Lower Thames Crossing

Chancellor Rachel Reeves addresses future of planned link between Kent and Essex in major speech on Wednesday

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Stock Aitken Waterman reveal desperate lengths fans went to meet idols like Kylie and Jason Donovan

EXCLUSIVE The police would even make cups of tea for some die-hard autograph hunters

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UK government contacts potential administrators for Thames Water

Teneo, Interpath and EY among those reportedly approached for the role if company falls into bankruptcy

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Free London buses announced for first year of Silvertown Tunnel opening

The number of buses able to cross the Thames per hour to more than triple

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Sadiq Khan: Londoners 'should be incredibly proud' of 'great' Silvertown Tunnel

The mayor says he ‘hopes’ to attend the opening of the ‘revolutionary’ new road tunnel under the Thames

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Coroner warning on Ketamine after UAL student plunges to death in Thames

Joshua Forsdyke tragically fell into the Thames after consuming ketamine, inquest heard

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Safety messaging is vital for Sadiq Khan's 'swimmable rivers' plan, City Hall warned

Swimming in the Thames anywhere east of Putney Bridge is prohibited due to strong tides and other dangers

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Watch: London welcomes 2025 with stunning firework spectacle

London greeted the new year with a gigantic 12,000 firework ceremony on the banks of the Thames.

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Jordan North hailed as 'hero' after Thames dog rescue but RNLI warns public against similar actions

The I’m a Celeb star, 34, was out on a run when he spotted a struggling Labrador near Hammersmith Bridge at 5pm on Monday

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I’m a Celeb star Jordan North rescued by lifeboat from Thames after saving drowning dog

Capital radio DJ rescued by RNLI near Hammersmith Bridge after member of public raises alarm

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Cost of average UK Christmas dinner rises by 6.5%, says Kantar; Ashtead to move listing to US – as it happened

Christmas dinner for four costs £32.57 as price of turkey and vegetables rises; wider grocery inflation climbs to 2.6%

The Guardian - UK

As floodwaters rise, toxic contaminants released from old landfills pose more of a hazard to nature and to us

Extensive flooding of the River Thames and its tributaries across south-east England in February 2014 was caused by extraordinary weather conditions. Very heavy rain had fallen on ground already saturated by multiple storms since the previous December. Hundreds of residents were evacuated and the flooding damaged thousands of homes and…

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Hammersmith Bridge Taskforce to reopen the key link across the Thames is being reconvened

Any Government funding decision is likely to be made in the Spending Review next spring, the Public Accounts Committee was told

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Increased Thames seal sightings could be 'new normal' says expert, as warning issued to Londoners

Dog owners have been asked to keep their pets on leashes

The Guardian - UK

I’m obsessed with a historic shipwreck: it’s murky and dangerous but diving in the Thames, I feel like a detective

When exploring wrecked warship the London I can barely see six inches ahead, but I’ve dived 500 times to document and save the secrets of this vessel built by Oliver Cromwell

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Housing developments in London flushing raw sewage directly into rivers

Seven housing developments in north and west London are found to be flushing sewage directly into rivers that flow into the Thames

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Hidden London: Crossness Pumping Station, the cathedral of sewage

Sir Joseph Bazalgette was the Willy Wonka of this particular chocolate factory, explains Steven Elliot James

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New £1bn heat network could provide low carbon heating for London landmarks

A heat network for Westminster which could draw on heat from the Tube and Thames has been unveiled.

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New insights from Shakespeare’s England reveal striking parallels to contemporary climate change

Unprecedented storms and devastating drought. Flash floods and wildfires ignited by the air’s dry heat. This is the experience for many in our modern world. But it was also the experience for those living amid England’s Little Ice Age.

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Top architects Foster + Partners face court over death after window pane fell from luxury Thames flats

Mick Ferris died when he was struck by a falling window pane on Albert Embankment

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London bridges chaos: Motorists face delays as FOUR Thames crossings hit with closures or road works

Albert, Battersea, Putney and Hammersmith bridges all affected - but major safety improvements for cyclists and pedestrians

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Dartford Tunnel closures spark fresh demands for new Lower Thames Crossing to get green light

One tunnel was shut all day on Monday after a spillage, leaving drivers stuck in hours-long queues of traffic

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Dramatic video shows collapsed Thames towpath near Kew Gardens as torrent of water rages past

Section of the Thames towpath between Richmond Lock and Kew Gardens was washed into the river amid a torrent of water

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