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Two rowing clubs were forced to cancel training sessions because of it.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has cleaning up to do. Khan, who made history Saturday by becoming the city's first mayor elected to a third term, has pledged to make the River Thames swimmable. It's an audacious goal considering the waterway was…

Russell Brand announced this week that he has become a Christian, and was baptised last weekend. He says he was fully immersed in the notoriously dirty River Thames.

The CEO of British Rowing said the organisation was 'gravely concerned' about the effect of pollution on its rowers

Swimmers in a prestigious open-water race in the River Thames were told the event had to be cancelled because sewage was pumped into it for ten hours.

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The event, started in 1890, has been cancelled this year after high levels of norovirus and E.coli were found in the water.

Raises residents’ concerns about the controversial Teddington Direct River Abstraction proposals and calls for them to be scrapped.

Russell Brand has described his baptism in the River Thames as an “intimate experience”.

Russell Brand described baptism as ‘incredible’ and ‘profound’ experience in an update on his Instagram channel

The actor and comedian said he feels a ‘new resource within me has switched on’ following the baptism.

The actor and comedian said he feels a ‘new resource within me has switched on’ following the baptism.

The actor and comedian said he feels a ‘new resource within me has switched on’ following the baptism.

Last week I was pleased to host the Port of London (PLA) in Parliament to launch the Clean Thames Action Plan. We are so lucky to have the River Thames on our doorstep and it is thanks to the PLA that we can enjoy it.

Just two days ago the firm was reportedly still considering a plan to pay out £2bn in dividends over the next decade, despite the threat of collapse

Plus! Lifeguard on danger of Mayor Sadiq Khan’s “swimmable” river plan

Londoners in Richmond-upon-Thames were startled to spot a group of dolphins playing in the River Thames on Saturday - despite fears the water has become dangerously polluted

A river pollution campaigner has described part of the River Thames as a "death trap" after E.coli was found in a sample of water he collected.