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From 'biologically dead' to chart-toppingly clean: how the Thames made an extraordinary recovery over 60 years

It might surprise you to know that the River Thames is considered one of the world’s cleanest rivers running through a city. What’s even more surprising is that it reached that status just 60 years after being declared “biologically dead” by scientists at London’s Natural History Museum. Yet despite this…

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Thames Water dumped raw sewage into rivers 5,028 times in 2021

Campaigners say utility firm’s investment plan to remedy situation is ‘completely inadequate’

The Guardian - UK

Best hotels in Reading 2022: Where to stay for Thames views and cosy vibes

The best places to bed down in Reading

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The most expensive home for sale in every London borough - from mega mansions to skyscraper penthouses

From a £54 million Mayfair mansion with a “dirty kitchen” to a penthouse in Battersea Power Station, here are the most expensive homes in each London borough

Evening Standard

Thames at Oxford to get bathing status in effort to clean up English rivers

Campaigners hope encouraging wild swimming will press water companies to reduce discharge of raw sewage

The Guardian - UK

River Thames stretch could become first place to get alerts on whether water is safe to bathe

Port Meadow in Oxford could become the first area to have the alerts

Wales Online

Oxford vs Cambridge Boat Race 2022: How to watch this year’s clash

Thousands of eager spectators are expected to line the banks of the Thames for the annual Oxford vs Cambridge boat race on Sunday.

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Future of the Boat Race is at risk because of Thames pier plan, warns MP

The annual event was cancelled in 2020 because of the pandemic, and was held under restrictions in Cambridgeshire in 2021.

The Independent UK

Rollercoasters v water voles: ‘Disney-on-Thames’ plan could devastate wildlife

Proposed theme park the size of 136 Wembleys will threaten protected species and local jobs, say campaigners

The Guardian - UK

£25m events ‘superyacht’ to host dinners and galas on the Thames

A £25 million events “superyacht” with space for up to 1,500 guests is to start hosting dinners, receptions and product launches on the Thames from this autumn.

Evening Standard

‘My husband drowned after white men threw him in River Thames’

Exclusive: ‘In the seventies, it didn't matter if you were black,’ Jamaican businesswoman and philanthropist Theresa Roberts tells The Independent

The Independent UK

The Crystal: Shiny new City Hall can turbocharge our East End

Set against a backdrop of derelict Thames riverfronts, classic Eighties gangster flick The Long Good Friday saw Bob Hoskins play crook-trying-to-go-straight Harold Shand and his grand plan to regenerate London’s docks.

Evening Standard

The future of the River Thames, 1967

Hovercraft buses were on their way, apparently. By Chris Hall

The Guardian - UK

The original climate crisis – how the little ice age devastated early modern Europe

Just as the UK was recovering from storms Eunice and Franklin, scientists of UN’s the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a landmark report warning of a future with spiralling weather extremes, fiercer storms, flash flooding and wildfires.

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Evening Standard

London Larks: Your weekly humour fill, from nosy mannequins to lorry mishaps

A lorry driver found himself the unfortunate victim of rising water levels on the Thames this week, when he seemingly misjudged where the river ended and began and ended up himself semi-submerged in the rising tides.

Evening Standard

Skip lorry driver trapped after vehicle slips into the Thames

The lorry driver was trapped in the vehicle for more than 30 minutes

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Newcastle United fans take over the River Thames on a party boat before Brentford clash

Newcastle United fans were spotted sailing down the River Thames before the club's clash at Brentford

The Guardian - UK

A great walk to a great pub – Rose in Bloom, Whitstable, Kent

Rich in wildlife and history, this coastal walk ends at a pub with splendid views of the Thames estuary

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Daily Record

Storm Eunice tears London O2 Arena roof to pieces as UK experiences record-breaking winds

On the banks of the River Thames, the winds have taken out a significant chunk of the venue's white covering, made of a material known as Sheerfill.

Daily Mirror

Storm Eunice rips roof off London's O2 arena as record-breaking gusts blast UK

Storm Eunice has caused serious damage to the O2 Arena's iconic roof, with pieces of panelling seen flying into the Thames amid huge gusts of wind battering the country

Evening Standard

Cycle lane could be extended along Chelsea Embankment after series of collisions

A protected cycle lane could be extended along Chelsea Embankment to reduce the risk from traffic crossing the Thames.

The Independent UK

5,000-year-old human bone found in River Thames

Experts estimate it belonged to a person who lived somewhere between 3516 and 3365 BC

The Guardian - UK

River Thames could get first designated wild swimming site

Local pressure group applies for bathing water status for stretch of Thames through Oxford

Evening Standard

Historian warns of sunken WW2 ship packed with tons of TNT in Thames

A historian says he is a “nervous wreck” about plans to cut off the masts of a sunken WW2 cargo ship laden with explosives jutting out of the River Thames.

Daily Mirror

Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd 'cashes in on tragedy with twisted memoir'

Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd has reportedly written a twisted account of the tragic drunken Thames crash that killed his date Charlotte Brown, from his prison cell

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