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Unravelling the Windrush myth: the confidential government communications that reveal authorities did not want Caribbean migrants to come to Britain

In the twilight hours of June 21 1948, a weathered five-deck troopship transporting 1,027 passengers moored off Gravesend on the south bank of the river Thames. That evening, immigration officials would begin carefully processing those aboard. The following afternoon, passengers would walk off the gangplank, finally stepping foot on British…

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‘It’s heavy stuff out at sea, so I paint to stay level’: the lifeboatman taking the UK art world by storm

Mark Taylor is used to steering through stormy seas, now he will have to navigate the London art market

The Guardian - UK

A tunnel too far? Debate intensifies over need for Lower Thames Crossing

The UK’s £9bn road project to relieve congestion on the M25 at Dartford is dividing communities and local businesses

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Capital flows through London like the Thames. Don’t divert it

City voices: Too much of that capital is flowing off elsewhere these days

Evening Standard

Plans for DLR extension to Thamesmead take vital step forward

The plans are estimated to create up to 10,000 new jobs and up to 30,000 new homes

Evening Standard

Leica Q3 review: all the feels

The Leica Q3 is the best fixed-lens compact camera available, and a major update of the Q2, boasting 60.3MP photos and 8K video.

TechRadar

Met officers accused of not assisting in inquiry of man who drowned in Thames

The family of Oladeji Omishore, who died soon after being Tasered by an officer, launches legal action against police watchdog

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Police investigating murder of woman find body in River Thames

The Metropolitan Police confirms a body had been recovered in Thamesmead, southeast London

The Independent UK

Police searching for missing Suma Begum find body in the Thames

Her husband Aminan Rahman is accused of putting her body in a suitcase and dumping it in the River Lea

Evening Standard

'Remarkable' man fell backwards into Thames and drowned while on FaceTime with girlfriend

An inquest heard how James East, 25, fell backwards into the River Thames during a a FaceTime call with his girlfriend after he became separated form the group on a night out

Daily Mirror

Missing teenager Lechlade - live: Body found in search for boy who disappeared in River Thames

Police were called at about 10pm on Sunday after the boy was spotted in the River Thames

The Independent UK

Missing teenager Lechlade - live: Police resume search for boy who disappeared playing in River Thames

Police were called at about 10pm on Sunday after the boy was spotted in the River Thames

The Independent UK

Body found in search for teenager who went missing while playing near River Thames

Police called on Sunday night after boy spotted in River Thames near Lechlade-on-Thames

The Independent UK

OPINION - 769 toxic spills lasting 3,286 hours: the Thames in 2022

We’ve tried dumping sewage into the Thames before, it doesn’t end well. The Summer of 1858 was known as the ‘Great Stink‘, thanks to a combination of warm weather, untreated human effluence and industrial waste flowing into the river.

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Sewage pumped into 31 London rivers for 7,000 hours last year

The Thames saw 769 toxic spills lasting a total of 3,286 hours — more than 136 days

Daily Mirror

Inside the new 'super sewer' that could save London from a return of the Great Stink

Mirror gets access to the Thames Tideway Tunnel, which officials say it will be the solution to the river’s pollution problem by intercepting nasty spills

The Conversation

'Noisome stinking scum': how Londoners protested river pollution in the 1600s

The UK government and water companies have recently been heavily criticised for allowing raw sewage and other pollutants to spill into the nation’s waterways.

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Thames ‘supersewer’ nears completion as cost climbs to £4.5bn

The 15-mile tunnel will start diverting sewage away from the river next year

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Evening Standard

Towering over Thames: 60ft Damien Hirst artwork installed on the Greenwich Peninsula

The Demon with Bowl is his sixth work to be installed on the Greenwich Peninsula, making the riverside one of the best places to see his art

Evening Standard

Plans progressing for new DLR extension to reach Thamesmead

The DLR extension would require a new tunnel dug underneath the Thames, with plans being aimed for submission in 2026

The Conversation

Microplastics: 77% more found in River Thames during lockdown may be due to discarded face masks and PPE – research shows

At a first glance the COVID-19 pandemic seemed to have a positive impact on the environment, with significant decreases in greenhouse gas emissions, and transport-related noise, air and light pollution.

Evening Standard

Cyclist critically injured after crash with another bike in Richmond

A cyclist has been left critically injured after he collided with another cyclist on a path next to the Thames on Tuesday morning.

The Guardian - UK

Tower Bridge steam-cleaned and a Kentish Serengeti: the River Thames, part three

The third part of Jill Mead’s look at a year in the life of the great River Thames takes in the waterway over the course of some of the colder months

Daily Mirror

'I've found three bodies and an array of items in my years of mudlarking on river'

Mudlarking expert Jason Sandy has found a Roman hairpin, medieval 'knuckle duster', and three dead bodies in his 10 years of mudlarking on the River Thames

The Independent UK

Into orbit: Sadiq Khan plans London ‘Superloop’ transport route to rival Paris and Tokyo

Unlike Metro line 15 around the French capital, Sadiq Khan’s plan involves seven connecting buses and a break for the Thames

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