It also stopped five and a half million tonnes of sewage, the equivalent of 2,200 Olympic-sized swimming pools, from entering the Thames as it began functioning. “This is anothe ...

Britain's Thames Water said the court-approved debt lifeline of 3 billion pounds would come into effect on Friday, warding off a collapse of the country's biggest water supplier.

Researchers have found dozens of human bones on the banks of the iconic river, many of them thousands of years old.