Worker ensures giant inflatable Borat is covered up as he floats down Thames to promote new movie

Make sure your mask is on! Worker ensures giant inflatable Borat is covered up as he floats down Thames to promote his new movie Giant 40ft float of Sacha Baron Cohen’s character Borat is seen on the River Thames to promote Borat sequel The character is seen on the float wearing nothing but a disposable coronavirus … Read more

Body of multi-millionaire’s son, 36, was found floating in the Thames by canoeist

The body of a multi-millionaire’s son was found floating in the River Thames by a canoeist almost three months after he mysteriously disappeared, an inquest heard.  Alexander Stern was last seen dragging a suitcase behind him just a few yards from the home of Hollywood actor George Clooney in Sonning-on-Thames, Berkshire, on January 11. Despite huge … Read more

Moment firefighters rescue fox from the Thames after it got stuck on hull of upturned boat 

Moment firefighters rescue fox from the Thames after it got stuck on hull of upturned boat London Fire Brigade and the RSPCA joined forces to save the lost creature   The fox was spotted on the hull of a boat in St Saviour’s Dock on Saturday  It looks as though he jumped or fell on to … Read more

Duck Boats could return to the Thames as a ferry service while Hammersmith Bridge is shut

Steeped in military history, these amphibious vessels ploughed up the beaches of Normandy carrying supplies to the allied troops during D-Day. And now bright yellow duck boats could come to the rescue of Londoners by ferrying them across the River Thames while Hammersmith Bridge remains closed. MailOnline can reveal that London Duck Tours has thrown … Read more

The Hammersmith FERRY: Boat service across Thames near shut-down bridge could be running by 2021

Ministers are steaming ahead with plans for a ferry service to shuttle passengers across the River Thames while Hammersmith Bridge repair works drag on.  Londoners have been aching for a replacement since the bridge’s closure in April 2019 when they were forced to use other crossings further down the river. Exhausted with clogged up roads … Read more

Mudlarker reveals extraordinary items he has unearthed from shoreline of the River Thames

In centuries past, the River Thames became London’s sewer as industrial waste, human excrement and even murdered bodies were dumped into its murky waters.  But along with the mounds of foul-smelling rubbish which caused the Great Stink of 1858, historical treasures have also sunk to the river’s depths.   Simon Bourne, 39, has spent nine years … Read more

Pupils at £39,000-a-year St Paul’s School have ferried across the Thames in BOATS after bridge shuts

Parents of pupils at £39,000-a-year St Paul’s School have been ferrying them across the Thames in BOATS due to Hammersmith Bridge closure – as it’s revealed crossing won’t reopen to traffic for two years Parents of pupils at St Paul’s School started enterprising trips to get to class One river user said ‘As enterprising as … Read more

Visit the Thames – the inspiration behind Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind In The Willows

Book me in: Feeling a bit ratty? Follow in the footsteps of The Wind In The Willows’ Mr Toad along the Thames Author Kenneth Grahame was introduced to the joys of the Thames as a boy His inspiration for Toad Hall is said to be the grand Harleyford Manor in Marlow Along the Thames Path … Read more

Specialist marine police officers swoop on stolen Thames Clippers river bus near Tower Bridge

Man in his 20s ‘jumps wharf security gate and steals Thames Clipper river bus before leading marine police on dramatic chase along the River Thames’ Marine support units intercept stolen Thames Clippers vessel near Tower Bridge River boat was stolen from Trinity Wharf in Polar, east London, on Saturday night Marine officers boarded the vessel … Read more

Police borrow powerboat to rescue man in Thames at 2am

Police bodycam footage captures quick-thinking officers borrowing a powerboat to rescue a man spotted struggling in the Thames at 2am Kingston police rescued a man who was struggling to stay afloat in the river  The quick-thinking officers used a powerboat to reach the drowning man Remarkable bodycam footage from August 6 was shared by police … Read more