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Major flood defences designed to protect more than 160,000 residents at risk of flooding have been approved by the government ...
Environment Secretary Steve Reed approves purchase to allow new scheme to be built All homes, businesses and crucial ...
Oxford University came into being on the river’s north bank. Conspirators gathered at Henley-on-Thames (now the site of the famous regatta) to plot the Glorious Revolution of 1688 that overthrew ...
Three members from the University of Oxford's 2024 team suffered from ... whether their illnesses were caused by pollution in the River Thames. Organisers had hoped that the new Tideway Tunnel ...
Oxford won the first race in June 1829 at ... challenging and very dirty river. The Thames has high levels of the bacteria E. coli and environmental campaign group River Action has warned that ...
“Drive just a few minutes down Binsey Lane, away from the traffic -choked Botley Road in central Oxford, and you’ll arrive, as if by magic, at The Perch, the bucolic riverside idyll and Oxford ...
It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Oxford Mail Camera Club members have been taking photos of the River Thames. That was our latest weekly theme and it prompted our photographers ...
THE world-famous Oxford vs Cambridge boat race has been an annual event since 1856 and is back again THIS WEEKEND Only two World Wars and Covid-19 have prevented the two rivals going head-to-head ...
A national scandal,” Sadiq Khan said of the amount of sewage pumped into the River Thames last year. But it took more than ...
This Sunday sees the 170th men's and 79th women's Oxford and Cambridge boat races take place on the Thames. Crews will battle it out over a 4.25mile stretch of the river, between Putney and ...
Oxford Mail Camera Club members have been taking photos of the River Thames. That was our latest weekly theme and it prompted our photographers to take photos of the Thames across the county and ...