The East London line is a London Overground line which runs north to south through the East End and Docklands areas of London. Originally part of the London Underground, the line closed as part of the ...
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The Light Blues of Cambridge University beat the Dark Blues of Oxford University in the 156th Boat Race. It is the first time since 2007 that Cambridge have won stopping Oxford's bid for a hat-trick of...
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A young humpback whale was found dead in the Thames, near Kent, on Monday. This is the first time a whale has been stranded in the Thames. Post-mortem examinations have shown that the whale died of starvation. The dead humpback is 9.5 meters (28ft). Humpbacks can grow to a...
Boris Johnson, the mayor of London is proposing a plan to close Heathrow and replace it with a 24 hour airport int he Thames Estuary.The airport would have to be built on an artificial island off Sheppey in...
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The Thames estuary provided the waterway that made London a key trading city. Throughout subsequent generations, environmental changes and urban advancement have shaped the river into what it is today: a...
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The whale had been seen in the area over the past few days and headed out to sea but came back in last night and became beached at Langstone Bridge"The northern bottlenose whale became stranded on mudflats at...
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" THESE are the three teenagers suspected of tossing a ship’s cat into the Thames to drown – caught on CCTV. The two girls and a boy are seen close to World War Two ship HMS Belfast near Tower Bridge,...
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My thoughts and prayers are with the baby and her family " A toddler whom police had pronounced dead after she fell into the river Thames when her mother fainted while feeding ducks was resuscitated after...
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Awww, I knew this story was too good to be true!A giant 'telescope' has appeared near Tower Bridge in London and the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.But all is not what it seems..." In all its optical brilliance...
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Something similar to the famous palm islands of Dubai may soon be apearing along the River Thames in London. The gulf magnates who worked in Dubai have proposed to reclaim two three-mile stretches of land...
created by Amy Judd | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 557 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
When I was younger I used to be so scared of the River Thames becuase my brother told me that people threw dead bodies in there and I had nightmares about it for weeks. Later in life I found out that he wasn't...
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One of London's most famous landmarks is getting a facelift - an $8 million facelift over the next four years. Personally I like it just the way it is."The British landmark will be stripped of its paint and...
created by Amy Judd | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 1462 views | 2 recommendations | 12 comments
"Swathes of central London face eight months of chaos when a £6.5million flood relief scheme gets under way next month.
Some traders fear for their livelihoods and experts predict major traffic jams as Westbourne Grove in Notting Hill is dug up by Thames Water so a new sewer...
"A towering golden statue of an Egyptian god has been taken up the Thames standing on the back of a cargo ship. Tower Bridge was raised to allow the 25ft (7.6m) statue of Anubis to travel to its position in...
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