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London Fire Brigade unveils new fire fighting boats to patrol Thames

London Fire Brigade on Thursday welcomed two brand-new “state of the art” fire and rescue river boats into its fleet as part of a £40 million investment from City Hall.

Evening Standard

Mayor welcomes new fire boats on the Thames as part of £40m Brigade transformation

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has welcomed London Fire Brigade’s new fire boats to the Thames as part of a £40 million investment made by City Hall to expand the Brigade’s fleet of equipment and vehicles.The Mayor has committed to modernising and transforming the Brigade’s rescue resources, so they…

Evening Standard

'Bubbly' young man, 23, drowned in River Thames while being arrested by police

Liam Allan's family say they have lost someone with a 'heart of gold' who would 'do anything for anyone' after the labourer was pulled from the River Thames over the weekend

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Man dies after falling into the Thames during arrest

A man has died after falling into the Thames while being arrested in south west London, the Met has said.

Evening Standard

Fury as sewage dump leaves parts of River Thames 'black and disgusting'

Shocking pictures showed the polluted water spreading from the mouth of Deptford Creek, south-east London, into the Thames yesterday

Daily Mirror

Watch: Horrified woman finds Mitcham stream full of sewage

A local resident has hit out at the “putrid” sewage which has been released into a Thames tributary.A resident of a south west London borough expressed her concern following apparent regular sewage outfalls in the River Wandle, one of two urban chalk streams in London.Just this week, pictures showed the…

Evening Standard

Local resident hits out at ‘putrid’ sewage outfalls turning Thames tributary brown

Sutton resident Amie Battams said she had seen ‘fatbergs the size of rugby balls’ floating through the River Wandle

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Thames tributary runs brown after ‘sewage outfall’

A Thames tributary has become the latest to suffer from sewage outfalls following an apparent storm discharge.

Evening Standard

Sewage leak kills thousands of fish in Thames tributary after pipe bursts

The burst pipe in Swindon has led to a near-total wipeout of fish populations in the stretch of river. A similar leak caused fish to be killed in the same area in 2003.

Wales Online

Enormous snake skin found on River Thames bank could be escaped boa constrictor

Jason Sandy, a London-based mudlarker, could not believe his eyes when he was searching for items along the river and spotted the five-foot long skin flattened into the shore

Daily Mirror

Glasgow star Darius Danesh faced two tough health battles prior to his death

The former Pop Idol contestant was pronounced dead at his US apartment on Tuesday, August 16 2022, as his family announced the tragic news in a public statement.

Glasgow Live

Thames Water hosepipe ban to start on Wednesday hitting 15 million customers

The ban follows the driest July on record and record-breaking heatwaves

Evening Standard

Tideway boss paid nearly £1m despite Thames ‘super-sewer’ project delays

Andy Mitchell received bonuses on top of £489,000 salary last year as forecast tunnel cost rose to £4.3bn

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London wants to take water from another region's reservoir to solve capital's drought

The GMB Union thinks a Victorian plan to move water via the river Severn, the Cotswold canals into the river Thames to deal with predictable and expected periodic droughts in London and the South East

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Plan outlined to take water from Welsh reservoir and send it to London to solve drought

GMB London has called on Thames Water and the UK Government to implement the Victorian-era idea

Daily Mirror

Tragedy as body of missing man who got into trouble in River Thames pulled from water

The Met and Surrey Police, as well as London Fire Brigade and RNLI were part of a major search before the man's body was recovered from the water in the River Thames near Hampton Court

Evening Standard

The Leader podcast: Snakes on the Thames! Exotic pets wild in London

Huge shed layer ‘of boa constrictor skin’ found by river mudlark reveals clue to illegally-released animals

Evening Standard

Capital faces hosepipe ban within days as fire brigade ‘is stretched to the limit’

Thames Water is to ban 15 million customers from watering gardens or washing cars

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Man's body recovered from River Thames near Hampton Court

He was aged in his early 20s

The Independent UK

Man’s body found in River Thames after swimmer got into difficulty near Hampton Court

Divers recover body six hours after police were called

Reuters

Source of Britain's River Thames driest ever as drought nears

(This August 11 story corrects spelling of last name of engagement officer in paragraphs 5 and 7)

The Guardian - UK

Thames Water to introduce hosepipe ban ‘in coming weeks’

Ban will hit 15 million people in London and south-east England and could last until October

Daily Mirror

Tragic student, 24, left eerie note on calendar before she drowned in River Thames

Lull Fanus's body was found several days after she left her home in Fulham and travelled to Putney Bridge where she entered the Thames around 5.15am on March 17, an inquest into her death heard

Wales Online

Source of the River Thames moves fives miles for first time in its history

Experts said it was a worrying sign

Al Jazeera

What will be the future of the Thames Estuary settlements?

Residents of Eastchurch fear rising sea levels and flooding risk after a landslide caused a family to lose their home.

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