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Victorian boathouse in Teddington for sale for the first time in 24 years

Aldous Boathouse, on the banks of the Thames in Teddington, was built in 1874 and restored in 1999

Evening Standard

Thames flood alert for west London as tides rise and Storm Debi unleashes torrent of rain

Londoners warned of flooding to Thames paths amid high tides

Evening Standard

A year on the River Thames, part four – in pictures

The fourth instalment in a series of photo essays looking at the life on the Thames. From dawn sculls to a duck derby and container barges, Jill Mead, a longtime London resident and urban photographer, shares the stories of the many characters working on and enjoying the river

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'Environmental crimes': Thames Water pumps 72bn litres of sewage into Thames since 2020

The Government is accused of 'standing idly by' while rivers are 'poisoned'

Evening Standard

Thames Water pumped at least 72bn litres of sewage into Thames since 2020

Exclusive: Lib Dems call for water companies to be more transparent with their data on sewage spills

The Guardian - UK

London's busiest Tube stations soon to be explorable on Google Street View

Google's Street View feature currently covers almost every road in London, along with a section of the Thames stretching from Richmond to Woolwich

Evening Standard

Country diary: A riverside roam back in time

Thames path, Berkshire/Oxfordshire: Much has changed, with high fences now surrounding an estate and the heartening victory of the ‘Hartley steps’

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Stanley Spencer’s ‘village in heaven’: an arty weekend in Cookham, Berkshire

The bucolic banks of the Thames, dotted with fine pubs and historic locations, make a picturesque setting for exploring the life and times of one of England’s greatest artists

The Guardian - UK

Straw bale hung from London's Millennium Bridge to comply with ancient law – just part of the River Thames' long, legal history

Maintenance workers on London’s Millenium Bridge – which spans the River Thames – have hung a bale of straw from the bridge’s undercarriage.

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Millennium Bridge workers hang straw bale to abide by ancient bylaw

A team will work on the bridge for 24 hours a day to try to complete repairs quickly

Evening Standard

Millennium Bridge workers hang straw bales after ancient bylaw triggered

Repairs to footbridge mean straw must be dangled to warn oncoming shipping of work going on beneath

The Guardian - UK

London’s Millennium Bridge closes for three weeks for repairs and cleaning

Originally dubbed the ‘wobbly bridge’ thee Millennium Thames Crossing needs a makeover

Evening Standard

Richmond Council calls for Government to step in over plan to pour treated waste water into Thames

Thames Water says plan is needed to combat droughts for London but Richmond Council has raised environmental concerns

Evening Standard

London photographer wins award for recreating historic Thames images

The Association of Photographers have chosen the winners of the 38th AOP Photography Awards

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£9bn Thames tunnel faces axe amid fears over Tory infrastructure plans

Rishi Sunak failure to commit to HS2’s northern leg has raised concerns about the future of several large-scale transport projects

Evening Standard

Revealed: how Silvertown tunnel could be transformed into Thames crossing for cyclists and pedestrians

A radical transformation of the Silvertown tunnel that would turn it into a “car-free crossing” was proposed on Friday.

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Palace of Westminster is falling apart and we’ve decided to do... nothing

When I meet a parliamentarian my first question is always: do you know where your nearest fire exit is? Because the Palace of Westminster, built on Thorney Island, an eyot in Thames, is falling apart. Not falling down (though the Victoria Tower leans 22mm to the north-west) but apart.

Evening Standard

Car drivers face £4 toll to use Blackwall and Silvertown tunnels, TfL draft road signs suggest

Draft TfL sign indicates the toll for car crossings from 2025, although TfL insists no final decision has been made on the new levies

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Evening Standard

‘Half-baked’ Greggs confuses Richmond, Yorkshire with Richmond Upon Thames in pictures in bakery

Greggs has apparently confused Richmond, North Yorkshire with Richmond-Upon-Thames in pictures of the London borough displayed in their Yorkshire bakery.

Evening Standard

Call to allow peers to stay on Thames barge near Parliament amid concern over London hotel prices

Labour’s Lord Foulkes of Cumnock claims ‘escalating’ hotel costs are ‘using up all’ of peers’ tax-free allowances

Evening Standard

Thames Water boss: I would ‘take a dip’ in ‘fully treated’ sewage water

The question was asked in relation to Thames Water’s abstraction plans at Teddington Weir

The Independent UK

Renting office space in London now an eye-watering £1,000 per desk - study reveals UK’s most expensive areas

The cheapest area can be found just south of the Thames in Vauxhall with prices around £445

Evening Standard

Thames Water boss: Warm sewage has ‘tremendous potential’ for green energy

The firm’s CEO said power could also be generated from solar panels in reservoirs

The Independent UK

Thames Water outage: List of places across London left without water

Here is a list of places in London left experiencing low water pressure or no water at all

Evening Standard

Cycle ferry to Canary Wharf plan floated as Thames Clippers go green

First battery-powered passenger ferry in Europe launches in central London

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