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OPINION - The Standard View: Failing Thames Water has been rinsing us all

Thames Water, like other water companies, had no debt at the time of privatisation. But since 1989, these utility firms have borrowed vast sums to pay out more than £65 billion in dividends. Privatisation was of course supposed to drive investment. Instead it has fallen. Taxpayers and bill payers have been…

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Oxford Coach Decries Thames Pollution Ahead Of Boat Race

Oxford Boat Race coach criticizes Thames pollution, raising health concerns and calls for action. E.coli contamination and sewage spills prompt worries for...

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'Bully and a liar' houseboats tycoon jailed over £3.5 million Thames marina fraud

Myck Djurberg was dubbed a bully and a liar as he was jailed for 12 years for a £3.5 million luxury houseboats fraud

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Construction of Thames £5bn 'super sewer' almost complete after eight year project

The new pipe will mean less sewage overflowing into the Thames

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Samaria Ayanle: Body found in Thames three weeks ago believed to be missing SOAS university student

Police have been searching for Samaria Ayanle, 19, but it is thought her body was found weeks ago

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Thames Water refuses to contribute to £180million anti-pollution fund

The Government is reportedly ‘dissapointed’ in the company’s decision

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‘We want to talk about ideas’: how Margate’s Crab Museum is trying to get people to think differently

Eccentric attraction on Kent Thames estuary highlights intelligence of decapods while depicting crabs as 1920s fascists and trade unionists

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The Marlow Murder Club star Samantha Bond: 'The twists and turns are fabulous!'

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Porpoise spotted in River Thames at Twickenham in west London

It was seen swimming around 50km inland, days after dolphins were spotted in the Thames in east London

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Thames streets and pubs placed on flood alert amid high spring tides

Londoners have been told to prepare for flooding along the River Thames

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‘It looked like we were at sea’: UK River and Rowing Museum faces up to climate threat

Near flooding of Henley-on-Thames building prompts decision to tell the story of climate crisis

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Video captures pod of dolphins swimming in the Thames at Canary Wharf

Amazed Londoners have spotted the creatures by Canary Wharf and Greenwich

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Body found on bank of the River Thames in south-west London

Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) attempted CPR but the man was pronounced dead at the scene

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Abdul Ezedi: Body of Clapham chemical attack suspect 'found by passing boat crew in Thames', say police

The crew of a passing boat spotted the body in the water at Tower Pier around 4pm on Monday

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The cruel Thames: the job of pulling bodies from a dark, dangerous river

On average about 30 bodies are retrieved from its waters in London each year. Only a few ever make the headlines

Evening Standard

Police searching Thames have recovered over 320 bodies since 2012, data shows

Figures come after shock discovery of two bodies within minutes by police searching for chemical attack suspect Abdul Ezedi

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Police resume Thames search for alkali attack suspect Abdul Ezedi after finding two other bodies

Ezedi, 35, was seen on CCTV leaning over the railings of Chelsea Bridge in west London

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Two ‘unexpected’ bodies recovered from Thames in search for Abdul Ezedi

Neither body belonged to 35-year-old suspected of Clapham chemical attack on woman and children, say police

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Abdul Ezedi: Clapham chemical attack suspect 'may have jumped off Chelsea Bridge to his death', police believe

Abdul Ezedi was last captured on CCTV near the bridge hours after the attack

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Flood warnings issued for five areas of London after heavy rain

Areas around Rivers Thames, Lea and Pinn could be affected

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The secret creek clique: house on exclusive Broom Water inlet in Teddington listed for £3.45 million

The back gardens of this little-known street back onto a waterway with individual moorings

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DLR extension: TfL launch consultation to extend light railway to Thamesmead

TfL has said that the proposed route to Thamesmead could potentially be extended to Belvedere and beyond

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Thames ferry crossing proposals are rejected by Sadiq Khan

The mayor insisted TfL remains supportive of 'the principle' of new river crossings, but has limited funds to deliver them

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Sadiq Khan calls out ‘scandal’ with five-fold increase in sewage dumped in Thames

Sewage flowed into the Thames for 6,590 hours, 11 minutes and 54 seconds over a seven-month period

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Mudlark discovers tiny bone rosary bead washed up in Thames

The carved bead is among a record number of historic finds made by mudlarks and metal detectorists

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