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Humpback Whale Found Dead In The Thames

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...

Its only a matter of time before the big bang!

The SS Richard Montgomery is a time-bomb waiting for a terrorist to give Britain its first real tsunami and, maybe, worse. This film shows what can happen when a government conceals something very dangerous from...

Mayor of London wants to close Heathrow

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...

Thames Festival: Go to the River

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...

Beached whale at centre of rescue effort

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...

Kilo's killers caught on CCTV

" 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,...

The moment a kayaker risks his life by plunging 120ft down a waterfall

"Fancy a gentle paddle down the Thames? Or a splash about in the Norfolk Broads? Or maybe something a bit more bracing?Like a 120ft vertical drop, straight down the front of a churning, thundering, pounding...

'Drowned' toddler returns from the dead

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...

Giant 'telescope' links London, New York

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...

Gulf magnates look to develop Dubai-on-Thames

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...

Rare Seahorses Found in River Thames

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...

London's Tower Bridge to get facelift

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...

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Traders face chaos from sewer work

"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...

Stargate-1 Should Regroup: Here Comes Anubis

"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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