A trade union has said River Thames lock and weir keepers are set to be balloted for industrial action over safety concerns.

PLA’s Director of Corporate Affairs Siân Foster said, “The images of the tidal Thames captured by this year's photographers present such interesting and engaging perspectives on the river we ...

Wandering the embankments above the River Thames it is not unusual to see people down on the foreshore at low tide. Kneeling or hunched over, with eyes scanning the gravel and mud, they are ...

“It has 2,000 years of intense habitation (so there is a lot to find) and the Thames is tidal, which means that one can get onto the river bed to search twice a day,” says Maiklam, also the ...

RNLI Area Lifesaving Manager for the Thames, said swimmers could be swept hundreds of metres away just "seconds" after entering the river. Very few of the bodies are homicide victims. The tides ...

In 18th- and 19th-Century London, mudlarks were impoverished citizens (often children) who scraped a meagre living by scavenging for sellable items in the stinking mud of the Thames at low tide.

By Alexander Nazaryan The banks of the Thames River have hosted human settlements ... arguing that they had been moved by powerful tides. The study also sheds light on archaeology’s “missing ...

The entire non-tidal River Thames has red 'strong stream' warnings. No one should be boating or paddleboarding on the river - it's far too dangerous. The warning was made via the Environment ...