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London is embarking on a rewilding journey. The lower reaches of the Thames are, for the first time in centuries, a place to spot seals in abundance, clouds of seabirds, teeming fish, dolphins and even whales. Beavers, carefully reintroduced at Enfield and at Ealing (where they were released by the…

Adult tickets for a return trip cost up to £35, with half-price tickets for children

Emma Reynolds came unstuck over questions about the cost and location of the flagship infrastructure scheme

Rachel Reeves calls Britain’s biggest road-building project a ‘turning point for our national infrastructure’

Exclusive: ‘Ransom note’ requests would leave Environment Agency unable to prosecute company or management

The scathing criticism came as peers discussed a collapsed rescue deal for the debt-laden firm

At the despatch box, Conservative shadow environment secretary Victoria Atkins accused ministers of having “talked themselves out of” a rescue plan.

Emergency services were called on Friday after reports that two children had got into difficulty in the water

Kent Police and the Coastguard resumed their search of the water and river bank on Saturday.