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Campaigners find sewage pollution and E coli in Boat Race water

Tests ahead of Sunday’s race revealed E coli levels three times above the threshold for poor bathing water

The Guardian - UK

Smooth, speedy and free. But will cyclists be prepared to wait for the Silvertown bike bus?

Shuttle bus will run every 12 minutes through Sir Sadiq Khan’s new road tunnel under the Thames

Evening Standard

Dead dog found hanging by River Thames as RSPCA launches urgent appeal to trace owner

The gruesome discovery was made on Tuesday morning beneath a pathway near St George Wharf Pier in Vauxhall

Evening Standard

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Blackwall Tunnel charge: Everything you need to know about car tolls on new Thames tunnel

The new tunnel cost £2.2 billion

The Independent UK

Silvertown Tunnel opens - with car drivers paying up to £4 to use first new Thames tunnel for 58 years

Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan ‘proud’ to have opened tunnel - and warns drivers not to expect any ‘grace period’ when £180 fines are not issued

Evening Standard

OPINION - Feargal Sharkey: Selling Thames Water to private equity sounds like a sick joke to me

It’s a story of betrayal, of backstabbing and greed, of Wall Street excess and of junk bonds, of corporate decimation and countless lives shattered by sackings, of asset stripping and exploitation and it epitomises the very worst of global corporate finance. It is also a story coming to a water…

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Image of missing Kaliyah Coa released as River Thames search continues

The 11-year-old entered the water near Barge House Causeway, close to London City Airport, in east London on Monday.

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Setlist: Somerset House to launch new food, music and art pavilion overlooking the Thames

The new concept comes as part of the riverside venue’s 25th birthday celebrations

Evening Standard

Girl missing in River Thames in east London named as Kaliyah Coa

Recovery mission under way after 11-year-old entered water near London City airport on Monday

The Guardian - UK

Girl, 11, who went missing after entering River Thames named and pictured by police

Kaliyah Coa was playing with friends when she fell into the River Thames

The Independent UK

Girl missing in Thames named as search continues

Kaliyah Coa, who had been playing during a school inset day, entered the water near Barge House Causeway, near London City Airport in east London.

Evening Standard

First picture of girl, 11, missing after falling into River Thames 'while paddling on day off school'

Tributes paid to Kaliyah Coa who ‘slipped’ while playing with friends, as search operation enters third day

Evening Standard

Children and teens roundup – the best new chapter books

A classic Yeti romp with 28 possible endings, a Blade Runner-style thriller and more adventures on the Thames with Jessie Burton

The Guardian - UK

Girl, 11, missing after entering River Thames ‘had been paddling’

The Metropolitan Police said officers were called to reports that the girl had entered the river near London City Airport.

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Search under way for girl, 11, who fell into Thames in east London

‘Large-scale’ emergency response launched but later scaled down, while girl’s next of kin given support

Evening Standard

TfL launches consultation on new Superloop express bus route through north-east London

The route would link several Tube and railway stations with two local hospitals and an industrial estate on the banks of the Thames

The Independent UK

People have to be ‘very brave’ to swim in Thames, Olympic rower says

Imogen Grant and Oscar-winning costume designer Sandy Powell were honoured in an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Friday.

Evening Standard

Russell Tovey's My London: the Tate Modern, hidden streets and the London Eye

The actor shops at Stone Island, dines at 45 Jermyn Street and strolls the Thames beaches

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'Fire risk' e-bikes will be allowed on Silvertown tunnel cycle shuttle bus, says TfL

Safety ban on e-bikes on Tube won’t apply to new buses under Thames

The Independent UK

With eligibility dispute rocking the storied Boat Race, Oxford and Cambridge crews refocus

A dispute over eligibility criteria has rocked the build-up to the Boat Race, a nearly 200-year-old rowing contest between storied universities Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames in London

The Guardian - UK

Lower Thames Crossing plan for Essex and Kent approved by government

Heidi Alexander gives green light to controversial £9bn tunnel, Britain’s biggest single planned road-building project

Evening Standard

Plans for £9bn Lower Thames Crossing backed by minister

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has approved a development consent order application by National Highways for the new 14.5-mile crossing.

Evening Standard

'The Thames is in trouble': Sir Steve Redgrave says river needs urgent action on pollution

Retired Olympic rowing champion demands action to end ‘pollution for profit’ by water companies

The Independent UK

Sir Steve Redgrave urges Thames clean-up as young rowers take to the river

The retired Olympic rower is taking a letter to the Environment Department calling for action as a major rowing event for schools takes place.

Evening Standard

Want to commute by boat? Bungalow on tiny Thames island to be auctioned for £525k

The house, called Jour de Fete, is located on Pats Croft Eyot, near Wraysbury

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