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'Noisome stinking scum': how Londoners protested river pollution in the 1600s

The UK government and water companies have recently been heavily criticised for allowing raw sewage and other pollutants to spill into the nation’s waterways.

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Thames ‘supersewer’ nears completion as cost climbs to £4.5bn

The 15-mile tunnel will start diverting sewage away from the river next year

Evening Standard

Towering over Thames: 60ft Damien Hirst artwork installed on the Greenwich Peninsula

The Demon with Bowl is his sixth work to be installed on the Greenwich Peninsula, making the riverside one of the best places to see his art

Evening Standard

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Plans progressing for new DLR extension to reach Thamesmead

The DLR extension would require a new tunnel dug underneath the Thames, with plans being aimed for submission in 2026

Evening Standard

Microplastics: 77% more found in River Thames during lockdown may be due to discarded face masks and PPE – research shows

At a first glance the COVID-19 pandemic seemed to have a positive impact on the environment, with significant decreases in greenhouse gas emissions, and transport-related noise, air and light pollution.

The Conversation

Cyclist critically injured after crash with another bike in Richmond

A cyclist has been left critically injured after he collided with another cyclist on a path next to the Thames on Tuesday morning.

Evening Standard

Tower Bridge steam-cleaned and a Kentish Serengeti: the River Thames, part three

The third part of Jill Mead’s look at a year in the life of the great River Thames takes in the waterway over the course of some of the colder months

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'I've found three bodies and an array of items in my years of mudlarking on river'

Mudlarking expert Jason Sandy has found a Roman hairpin, medieval 'knuckle duster', and three dead bodies in his 10 years of mudlarking on the River Thames

Daily Mirror

Into orbit: Sadiq Khan plans London ‘Superloop’ transport route to rival Paris and Tokyo

Unlike Metro line 15 around the French capital, Sadiq Khan’s plan involves seven connecting buses and a break for the Thames

The Independent UK

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

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

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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

Wales Online

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

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

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.

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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

Wales Online

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

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

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

Daily Mirror

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

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