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‘The smell wasn’t healthy’: the artist who wore 24 nappies to highlight sewage pollution – and fell ill

zack mennell made a costume out of nappies and waded into filthy waterways saying: ‘I’m going to be the parasite.’ The performance artist’s project became more literal than originally intended

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WatchHouse's Newest London Coffee Shop Might Be Its Best-Designed Yet — Here's Where It Is, and How to Capture Its "Ornate-but-Industrial" Style

Unveiled this week, the group's Millennium Bridge location is "a distillation of the Thames Embankment, its monumental architecture, its shifting light, and its fleeting atmospheres"

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‘People yearn for stability’: the Thames Water sewage plant at frontline of its crisis

Weighed down by underinvestment and uncertainty, staff at Maple Lodge just want to get on with the job

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Floaters: the coming-of-age novel inspired by the UK’s sewage crisis

C M Taylor’s book, which will raise funds for charity, follows teenagers whose favourite swim spot is contaminated

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Amazon van gets stuck on Britain’s ‘most dangerous’ mudflat path

GPS led driver on to the Broomway in the Thames estuary, where dozens of people are known to have died

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London to get first wild swimming site as 13 new proposed spots introduced across UK

The Thames site in London marks a ‘vast transformation’ in the river's water quality

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River Thames site among 13 proposed new swimming spots

Designation would mean sites are subject to regular water quality testing.

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River Thames spot among 13 sites shortlisted for swimming status

Choice could prove difficult for Thames Water, which is trying to push through a water recycling scheme nearby

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Londoners to get first official bathing area on River Thames at this idyllic spot

The filming location for TV drama Broadchurch is also among 13 new designated swimming sites proposed by the Government

Evening Standard

River Thames set to get its first ever bathing site in major water quality milestone

It’s one of 13 sites being proposed by the government

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Epstein helped lobby Mandelson on £1.8bn Thames port, new files show

Documents released by the US Department of Justice have revealed the disgraced financier’s apparent role in DP World’s London Gateway port bid

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Hidden London: The Thames Tunnel

The world’s first underwater passenger tunnel is a marvel of 19th century ingenuity, says John Darlington

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Mother of Ricky Reel ‘haunted’ by nightmares over Met Police spying

Scotland Yard apologises for ‘wholly indefensible’ intrusion into Ricky Reel family’s justice campaign after he drowned in River Thames

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From scorpions to peacocks: the species thriving in London’s hidden microclimates

An extraordinary mosaic of wildlife has made Britain’s urban jungle its home

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Military-style Thames crossing should be built so Hammersmith Bridge can be repaired, say Tories

Conservative councillors are proposing a temporary structure across the river just north of the existing bridge

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Seal discovered in London garden as shocked owner says: 'It's a brilliant feeding spot'

Londoners should not approach the seals if they see them in public, Thames Seal Watch warns

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Cleaner River Thames but effects of climate change remain, health check finds

Experts have warned pollution remains a significant challenge despite the return of some 125 species to the river

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Who was the Thames Torso Murderer? New BBC documentary set to investigate

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Postmodern 'Venetian palazzo on the Thames' for sale for £1.25 million

The houses around Shadwell Basin were completed in 1988 as part of the regeneration of the London Docklands in a distinctive postmodern style

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DLR extension to Thamesmead 'significantly' more than £1.5bn as Abbey Wood link is ruled out

City Hall jobs still on the line despite mayor Sadiq Khan receiving more money than expected from Chancellor Rachel Reeves

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Historian Lucy Worsley believes team have solved Thames Torso murder mystery

Killer dismembered corpses of his female victims in London at the same time as Jack the Ripper

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London New Year 2026 fireworks: Millions thrilled by 'world's greatest' show hailing capital a 'city of hope'

Around 100,000 ticketholders gathered along the Thames to watch the display

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New Year 2026 LIVE: London counts down to midnight as the world celebrates the arrival of the New Year

In London, tens of thousands will flock to the banks of the Thames to watch the mayor's annual fireworks display

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What a 6-metre sea-level rise would do to London's most iconic landmarks, as imagined by AI

These haunting images visualise London where climate change has raised the Thames by six metres, transforming the city’s historic heart into a serene, yet catastrophic, new Venice

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Ravneet Gill: London chef forced to deny David Blaine booked to spend month locked in new glass box

The US magician once spent 44 days in a transparent box over the Thames. He’s not now in Chingford, reports Josh Barrie

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