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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

The Guardian - UK

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.

Evening Standard

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'

Daily Mirror

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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.’

Evening Standard

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

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‘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

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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

Daily Mirror

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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Massive 12ft whale washes up on banks of Kent river sparking coastguard response

HM Coastguard were called to the scene near Sittingbourne, Kent, after the large whale carcass was found along the River Medway, with a team of volunteers helping to investigate

Daily Mirror

Sunday with Emilia Fox: ‘Rowing on the Thames with my daughter and all the dogs’

The actor on enjoying a lie-in and then a strong coffee, making apple crumble and listening to Desert Island Discs

The Guardian - UK

Jason Hawkes London Aerial Photography: Pictures of the Year 2022

Acclaimed aerial photographer Jason Hawkes picks his favourite snaps of the capital from the air in 2022

Evening Standard

Today's winter wonderlands have roots in Jacobean and Georgian frost fairs

Skating rinks, funfairs and booths serving hot food and drink spring up across many cities in December. But these festivities aren’t a modern phenomenon – they’re rooted in the frost fairs of our past, held on London’s River Thames from the 1600s until 1814.

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Man in 20s dies after plunging into River Thames in -3C cold near London Bridge

The man's death comes after a number of water-related fatalities in recent days as temperatures dip below freezing, including three boys who tragically fell through an icy lake in Solihull on Sunday

The Guardian - UK

Private schools offer unjustifiable benefit

There is no place for state acquiescence in paid-for education

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On the banks of the Thames: a riverside dream home

Living beside the Thames brings great pleasure, and this stunning new house can cope with the threats of flooding. By Serena Fokschaner

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Specieswatch: depressed mussel disappears from stretch of Thames

Poor river management and invasive species have driven the bivalve out of a former stronghold

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‘The Roding is sacred and has rights’: the hammer-wielding barrister fighting for London’s forgotten river

The unloved waterway that winds its way to the Thames has a staunch defender. Paul Powlesland has spent five years calling out polluters and keeping footpaths open – sometimes with the law, mostly with his bare hands

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72 Upper Ground: the latest development selling the Thames down the river

The riverside was once lauded as ‘London’s greatest opportunity’. But a lack of strategy has left it crowded with unsightly towers that put developers before communities

The Guardian - UK

What happened to the cockney riviera? The botched regeneration of brutalist utopia Thamesmead

The waterside new town on the outskirts of London was marvelled at in the 60s and used as the setting for A Clockwork Orange. But as decades passed it fell into neglect and now the developers are moving in

The Conversation

Mussels are disappearing from the Thames and growing smaller – and it's partly because the river is cleaner

Freshwater ecosystems, including rivers, are home to 10% of all known animal species. Yet at the same time, they are losing their species diversity faster than any other ecosystem type globally. Because species of animals respond to different threats in various ways, it makes it difficult to assess the health…

Evening Standard

Mussel numbers in the Thames drop by 95 per cent

The study also found that mussel size had decreased since the 1960s.

The Guardian - UK

Native mussel numbers down almost 95% since 1960s, Thames survey finds

Scientists trying to replicate 1964 study say results reveal alarming deterioration in river’s ecosystem

Daily Mirror

Water giant calls on Government to order total ban on wet wipes after blockages

Thames Water has reportedly called for a ban on wet wipes from the Government as a solution to the problem of sewage being dumped in rivers and the sea as they lead to blockages in sewers

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