In 2021, due to Covid-19 pandemic and safety concerns around Hammersmith Bridge, the Boat Race was moved from the River Thames to the River Great Ouse near Ely, Cambridgeshire, for the first time ...

coli in the River Thames. The Boat Race, which was first staged in 1829, is a rowing event which takes place every year between students from two of the UK’s elite universities over a 4.25-mile ...

A London rower told how she and crewmates became sick simultaneously after training on the Thames, putting the blame on ‘agua de caca’. Eleanor Warren said she is not surprised that recent ...

Race umpire and four-time Olympic champion Sir Matthew Pinsent was forced to pause proceedings on the River Thames after warning ... the men’s or women’s Boat Race had to be restarted.

Oxford were critical of the sewage levels in the River Thames in 2024 Boat Race organisers say water quality is an "ongoing concern" before Sunday's race following claims the River Thames fails ...

The Thames’ water quality has been slammed as the ‘lowest possible rating’ with fears growing over the safety of the Boat Race participants. Oxford and Cambridge meet on Sunday for the ...

E-coli levels along the stretch of the River Thames where the annual Boat Race takes place are three times over the threshold for poor bathing water, campaigners have found. Samples collected ...

The build-up to the annual Boat Race contested by Oxford and Cambridge Universities is shrouded by fears rowers could contract E.coli thanks to the poor water quality of the River Thames.