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Thames Water’s owners only have themselves to blame for the writedowns

It looks as if USS simply overpaid and underestimated the effort and catch-up investment required

The Guardian - UK

New Year's Eve: Huge firework display lights up London as world welcomes 2024

Tens of thousands gathered on the Thames for London show

Evening Standard

Eurostar Channel services restarting on Sunday as flooding is cleared

Tunnel under Thames near Ebbsfleet was closed not by weather but burst pipe, with Southeastern railway also affected

The Guardian - AU

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‘Not what I had in mind’: Eurostar cancellations leave thousands stranded

Dismay at St Pancras International in London as services cancelled due to flooding of Thames tunnel

The Guardian - UK

New Year’s travel chaos as Eurostar and Southeastern trains cancelled over Thames tunnel flooding

Cross-Channel train operator apologises for mass cancellations on final weekend of year - but says services will resume on Sunday

The Independent UK

Charlotte Brown: Father urges daughter's killer to tell 'truth' about speedboat death ahead of prison release

Charlotte had met Shepherd on a dating app and he had taken her for a late-night ride along the Thames on his defective speedboat

Evening Standard

Rotherhithe Tunnel could close for nine months for essential repairs, TfL confirms

The 115-year-old tunnel links Rotherhithe with Limehouse, north of the Thames

Evening Standard

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OPINION - I'm doing sober Christmas and frankly, unless you have to, it's the worst thing ever

I’m sober-not-by-choice this year (I'm pregnant) and here to offer a rebuttal to all those who evangelise on the joys of sobriety at Christmas. It might work at other times of year but like most people, prior to this one, I’d long consigned alcohol-free Christmases to the same dustbin as…

Evening Standard

‘Green’ ferry service across Thames proposed to improve north-south London connections

Three potential routes could be operated on a ‘turn up and go’ basis by 2026

Evening Standard

More good intentions from Thames Water but where’s the owners’ new capital?

Shareholders promise more capital for investment but customers will believe it when they see it

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water investigated by regulator Ofwat over dividend payment

Regulator asks if £37.5 million payment breached embattled supplier’s licence requirements

The Independent UK

Twickenham: Eel Pie Island residents fight to save car park under threat from £20million development

Richmond Council is planning a £20million Thameside development which island residents claim will reduce the value of their homes

Evening Standard

Body of missing student, 23, found in the Thames by the Isle of Dogs

A fundraiser has been launched to help send Mitkumar Patel's body back to his family in India

Evening Standard

Victorian boathouse in Teddington for sale for the first time in 24 years

Aldous Boathouse, on the banks of the Thames in Teddington, was built in 1874 and restored in 1999

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Thames flood alert for west London as tides rise and Storm Debi unleashes torrent of rain

Londoners warned of flooding to Thames paths amid high tides

The Guardian - UK

A year on the River Thames, part four – in pictures

The fourth instalment in a series of photo essays looking at the life on the Thames. From dawn sculls to a duck derby and container barges, Jill Mead, a longtime London resident and urban photographer, shares the stories of the many characters working on and enjoying the river

Evening Standard

'Environmental crimes': Thames Water pumps 72bn litres of sewage into Thames since 2020

The Government is accused of 'standing idly by' while rivers are 'poisoned'

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water pumped at least 72bn litres of sewage into Thames since 2020

Exclusive: Lib Dems call for water companies to be more transparent with their data on sewage spills

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London's busiest Tube stations soon to be explorable on Google Street View

Google's Street View feature currently covers almost every road in London, along with a section of the Thames stretching from Richmond to Woolwich

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: A riverside roam back in time

Thames path, Berkshire/Oxfordshire: Much has changed, with high fences now surrounding an estate and the heartening victory of the ‘Hartley steps’

The Guardian - UK

Stanley Spencer’s ‘village in heaven’: an arty weekend in Cookham, Berkshire

The bucolic banks of the Thames, dotted with fine pubs and historic locations, make a picturesque setting for exploring the life and times of one of England’s greatest artists

The Conversation

Straw bale hung from London's Millennium Bridge to comply with ancient law – just part of the River Thames' long, legal history

Maintenance workers on London’s Millenium Bridge – which spans the River Thames – have hung a bale of straw from the bridge’s undercarriage.

Evening Standard

Millennium Bridge workers hang straw bale to abide by ancient bylaw

A team will work on the bridge for 24 hours a day to try to complete repairs quickly

The Guardian - UK

Millennium Bridge workers hang straw bales after ancient bylaw triggered

Repairs to footbridge mean straw must be dangled to warn oncoming shipping of work going on beneath

Evening Standard

London’s Millennium Bridge closes for three weeks for repairs and cleaning

Originally dubbed the ‘wobbly bridge’ thee Millennium Thames Crossing needs a makeover

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