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Cambridge win men’s and women’s Oxford-Cambridge Boat Races 2023

Both Cambridge men’s and women’s teams were victorious in the annual Boat Race on the Thames

Evening Standard

Boat Race 2023 result as Cambridge beat Oxford in thrilling battle on River Thames

Cambridge men's team secured victory in The Boat Race 2023 and the Light Blues won the women's event for the sixth time in a row in the annual battle on the River Thames

Daily Mirror

Never mind the H20: this scheme to move water from Severn to Thames could be the new HS2

England’s water woes have a solution. But trying to move vast volumes of water from west to east is not it

The Guardian - UK

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Robot ‘shark’ is eating plastic waste in London’s Thames river

The aquatic droid can gobble up 22,700 plastic bottles per day

Evening Standard

Family's heartache as Bristol's speedboat killer could soon be freed

Tragically, Charlotte Brown died when Jack's boat flipped in the Thames

Bristol Post

Calls for Thames Water to stop dumping sewage in river after map reveals scale of issue in London

There are more than 100 storm overflow sites across the capital

Evening Standard

Couple enjoy mortgage-free life after selling up and moving into luxury river boat on Thames

They say it can be a cheaper way of life — but there are hidden costs to look out for

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Revealed: The fish packed with cancer-causing ‘forever chemicals’

Flounder, dab and plaice have been found to contain highly-persistent industrial pollutants

The Independent UK

Boy, 13, jumped from Tower Bridge after posting about suicide during lockdown

Zaheid Ali jumped into the Thames after getting off a bus on the way to school in April 2021.

The Independent UK

Revealed: The fish packed with cancer-causing ‘forever chemicals’

Flounder, dab and plaice have been found to contain highly-persistent industrial pollutants

The Independent UK

Levels of pollutant in UK fish so high eating it twice a year exceeds safe level

Per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of nearly 10,000 chemicals that are used in many household goods

Wales Online

Rotherhithe’s ‘leaning tower’ sold at auction for £1.5 million

This strange, solitary house on the Thames has found the “very imaginative buyer” it needs at auction today.

Evening Standard

More than 10,000 oppose Thames Water plan to pump treated sewage into Thames

Plan would take water from river at Teddington and replace with ‘treated effluent’ to manage water levels elsewhere

Evening Standard

Nearly 10,000 oppose plan to pump treated sewage into Thames

Thames Water proposal to deal with droughts in capital draws ire of river users and environmentalists

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Family's horror after man found floating in Thames with weights tied to hands

Damien Lewis' body was found floating in the Thames in September last year days after he went missing, but his family are seeking answers as to what happened in that time

The Guardian - UK

Ingenious and life-enhancing: a tale of two new London footbridges

One rolling across a divide, the other narrowly avoiding rowers and rare snails, the Cody Dock Rolling Bridge and Dukes Meadows Footbridge are both old-school feats of engineering

Evening Standard

Rotherhithe’s ‘leaning tower’: strange, solitary house on the Thames to go up for auction next month

The house was once part of a row of buildings along the river which were destroyed during the Blitz and demolished by the council.

Daily Mirror

Mum's fresh hope for justice 25 years after son found dead at bottom of Thames

After spending a 25th Christmas without Ricky Reel, his mum Sukhdev Reel has been told the police will now take a look at her son's case with 'fresh eyes'

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Hammersmith Bridge: Stabilisation of Thames crossing almost complete ahead of repairs

Giant sheets of steel have been cut into 1,220 pieces and welded together

Evening Standard

Folajimi Olubunmi-Adewole: Mayor hails Thames hero as ‘best of us’ as he unveils plaque

‘Strength, selflessness, courage, humility, bravery, all those things are bottled up in this one man Jimi.’

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water’s real-time map confirms raw sewage discharges

Effluent in Gloucestershire river pinpointed by digital map as water companies accused of routinely pumping out waste to rivers

The Guardian - UK

A rare glimpse inside Britain’s secret vault of whale skeletons

The hoard of bones of 6,000 whales, dolphins and porpoises is one of the world’s finest research resources – and may hold the key to the long-term future of these species

The Guardian - UK

‘Recycling’ plan aims to replace water from Thames with treated sewage

Thames Water puts forward controversial proposals to utilise major effluent plant to tackle shortages

Daily Mirror

Commuter accidentally drives onto ferry instead of bridge across the River Thames

Sophie Montague only realised she had boarded the ferry to Woolwich, south-east London, when she was met by a row of stationary cars. She filmed herself looking surprised

The Independent UK

Dead 12ft whale washes up on bank of river in UK

Mammal has been sent to Natural History Museum for examination

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