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UNCOVERED: 6 - The Untold Story

Welcome to ‘Wet Wipe Island’: my day at London’s grimmest new landmark

Two tennis courts’ worth of wet wipes have accumulated in a rotting pile by Hammersmith Bridge. I went along to witness the horrors – and the cleanup operation

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2025

M25 closed near Dartford Crossing after lorry carrying tyres catches fire

National Highways said it was forced to shut the road in both directions between Junction 29 for Romford and Junction 30 for the Thames crossing.

Evening Standard · Aug 13, 2025

London's Wet Wipe Island: Work starts to remove congealed waste from River Thames

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Evening Standard · Aug 13, 2025

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World’s swankiest manhole covers? A thrilling tour of the new embankments concealing London’s £4.6bn super sewer

Built to tackle 18m tonnes of rising excrement, the Tideway project has also generated dramatic new public spaces dotted with giant artworks. Our writer takes the ‘stink tower’ tour of the capital

The Guardian - UK · Aug 12, 2025

OPINION - Our wasteful culture has led us to Wet Wipe Island - it needs to change

Authorities are resorting to desperate measures to remove Wet Wipe Island near Hammersmith Bridge. It’s fallen to the Port of London Authority, which once ran London’s docks, to remove the equivalent of 15 double decker buses of waste from the Thames.

Evening Standard · Aug 12, 2025

Footage shows diggers removing ‘disgusting’ island of wet wipes from Thames

The arm of a digger could be seen plunging into the mud and pulling out chunks of stringy wet wipes.

Evening Standard · Aug 11, 2025

London's disgusting 'wet wipe island' to be removed as work begins to excavate 180 tonnes of congealed waste

Work is under way to excavate the estimated 180 tonnes of congealed waste near Hammersmith Bridge

Evening Standard · Aug 10, 2025

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Country pub of the week: the Angel on the Bridge, Henley-on-Thames

David Ellis drinks his way down memory lane in Henley

Evening Standard · Jul 27, 2025

More traffic at weekends, in Rotherhithe tunnel and on Woolwich ferry since opening of Silvertown tunnel

TfL reveals early impact of Sadiq Khan’s £2.2 billion road tunnel under the Thames

Evening Standard · Jul 23, 2025

Met Police officers accused of bust-up with Romanians after boozy Thames boat party

The officers had been drinking heavily before they boarded a river boat for their Christmas party, a court heard

Evening Standard · Jul 23, 2025

Drought declared in East and West Midlands in driest start to year since 1976

Three further areas – Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire, East Anglia, and Thames area – move into prolonged dry weather status.

Evening Standard · Jul 15, 2025

Thames Water boss receives £1m despite doubling in 'serious' pollution

Thames Water also reveals it made a £1.6 billion loss last year

Evening Standard · Jul 15, 2025

Thames Water sinks to £1.6bn loss as debt mountain balloons

The struggling utility tumbled to a £1.65 billion pre-tax loss for the year to March 31 from profits of £157 million the previous year.

Evening Standard · Jul 15, 2025

Inside the centuries-old swan census ordered by King Charles III

The annual five-day census of swans dates back to the 12th century

The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2025

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The Independent UK · Jul 9, 2025

Where in the UK is in drought - and will it spread to the rest of the country?

Thames Water has warned it could introduce a hosepipe ban unless water shortages ‘change significantly’

Evening Standard · Jul 7, 2025

London's 'super sewer' exec gets £600,000 pay rise whilst Thames Water customers foot the project cost

Thames Water customers are expected to foot the bill for the project through bills increases

Evening Standard · Jul 2, 2025

E1 Series powerboats make London debut with spectacular display on the Thames

Organisers hope Wednesday morning’s showcase on the Thames will strengthen their case to eventually hold a race in the capital

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2025

Labour ought to think small on infrastructure

Letters: Guardian readers respond to George Monbiot’s column about plans for the Lower Thames Crossing

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Evening Standard · Jun 23, 2025

DLR extension to Thamesmead: Sadiq Khan's 'dream' project makes progress after Government boost

TfL reveals designs for new stations as delayed new train fleet arrives

Evening Standard · Jun 21, 2025

OPINION - London should copy Mumbai: how rewilding can make us love our city again

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…

Evening Standard · Jun 19, 2025

Thrill-seekers required! Cable car across the Thames gets glass-floor cabins (and sky-high prices)

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

Evening Standard · Jun 19, 2025

Government will not be lenient with Thames Water creditors, suggests Reed

The company’s creditors have asked regulators to go easy over performance targets and fines for environmental failings.

Evening Standard · Jun 19, 2025

'We'll look like New York on the Thames’: High-rise blocks plan rejected over World Heritage Site impact fears

‘We are setting a precedent here. We are beginning to look like New York on the Thames,’ councillor warns

Evening Standard · Jun 17, 2025

How to eat and drink your way down the Thames

Douglas Blyde takes to the Thames not in search of adventure, but to drift through its pubs

The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2025

When Starmer speaks, the world listens – or so Labour imagines

The PM feels he has to say something about the Middle East but knows his words will have absolutely no impact

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