Alone in locked down London, fleeing Hong Kongers seek new life | Reuters
... “Of course, no one wants to leave their home country and I literally miss the milk tea in Hong Kong,” he said in an interview by the River Thames, in the financial heart of the capital. ...
London to get new ferry while bridge at risk of collapse is closed | Reuters
... LONDON (Reuters) - A ferry will be set up to carry pedestrians and cyclists across the River Thames at Hammersmith, in west London, reducing the disruption caused by the closure of a Victorian bridge that is at risk of collapse, the city’s transport authority said. ...
Human damage done to more than half of all rivers worldwide - BBC News
... The worst-hit areas are places with large and wealthy populations, such as western Europe and North America - including the River Thames in London. ...
Oxford yoga teacher takes to narrowboat on River Thames | Oxford Mail
... People in America, Australia and from across Europe have been tuning in to Harriet McAtee’s classes, which she broadcasts from the River Thames in Oxford. ...
BDMLR Aids Hook-in-mouth Seal In River Thames | Scuba Diver Mag:
A common seal in the River Thames with a fishing hook lodged in its muzzle was the latest casualty rescued by a team from British Divers Marine Life Rescue
The big changes you could soon see in Putney and Wandsworth Town Centre - MyLondon
... Lower Richmond Road Junction - The council wants to give pedestrians more crossing facilities to help them access the northern end of the high street and the River Thames. The plan includes a reduction in the number of pedestrian crossing stages and traffic islands to make it simpler to use. ...
... The Wandle Delta includes a number of sites between Wandsworth Town Centre and the River Thames. ...
Delivering safe and efficient infrastructure for Thames Tideway | Infrastructure Intelligence
... Thames Tideway Tunnel, the multibillion pound infrastructure project building a new super sewer for London, specifies that all of its road transport contractors must be FORS accredited. The project seeks to ‘Reconnect London with the River Thames’ using the river to transport the bulk of the material extracted and to deliver aggregates and tunnel segments. When the application for development consent was being prepared, FORS was built into its construction code of practice, making FORS accreditation a contractual requirement for all Tideway road transport operators. ...
British ports need deadline extension for Brexit builds – POLITICO
... Other ports around the River Thames, the River Humber, the River Stour, Wales and the south coast of England are similarly expected not to be ready to conduct checks in July. There are also fears that new inland customs facilities, despite a separate government plan to support them, will not be built in time. ...
Kent weather: The sea at Sheppey and the River Thames freeze in sub-zero temperatures - Kent Live
... A huge section of the River Thames and parts of the sea in Kent froze yesterday (Februrary 13) as the country suffered a sub-zero cold snap. ...
... The subterranean rivers of London are the tributaries of the River Thames that were built during the growth of the famous city. They flow through underground culverts, with a number of them now integral parts of London's sewage system. The River Fleet is the largest of these, its headwaters are two streams on Hampstead Heath, each of which were dammed into a series of ponds in the 18th century. ...
... Toby
Gordon-Smith can see the district of Hammersmith from his flat. In
normal times it takes him a few minutes to get there in his wheelchair.
His cannabidiol products business is there, with the accessible tube
station that he needs to get to the rest of London.
The station is the reason why he moved to the area, but now it might as
well be in another city. For he lives in Barnes, on the south side of
the River Thames, opposite Hammersmith, and the bridge that connected
them is closed for safety reasons – to vehicles since April 2019, and to
pedestrians, cyclists and wheelchair users since last August. Although
it is nearly two years since the first closure, there is still no clear
plan for fixing the bridge. ...
View of a frost fair on the River Thames in London in 1814. Three Cranes Wharf is on the left. This was the last frost fair to be held on the Thames before the fast-flowing water stopped freezing over
... Seagulls were also seen perched on the surface of the River Thames at Teddington, south west London, on Friday when it iced over for the first time since Britain's Big Freeze in 1963. ...
... Britain's Big Freeze: The last time the River Thames froze over was 1963 when the nation saw average temperatures plummet to -2C ...
... The River Thames froze regularly from the mid-14th Century to the 19th Century as the country experienced a period known as the 'Little Ice Age' because of its severe weather over winter. ...
... On Thursday February 11, parts of the River Thames in Teddington froze over for the first time in 60 years as freezing weather conditions gripped the UK once again. ...
