It's was crunch time for the UK's biggest water provider Thames Water as its fate was announced on Tuesday morning. Thames Water finances hung in the balance with debts of £16bn and existing ...

THIS year’s Henley Swim Festival at Temple Island Meadows will be held from July 11 to 13. The event will be the 21st anniversary of the swim which includes the “Henley Splash” for participants aged ...

A major Hong Kong investor has lodged a £7bn bid to take a majority stake in Thames Water. CK Infrastructure, part of Li Ka-Shing's CK Hutchison conglomerate, submitted the offer earlier this ...

Feb 21 (Reuters) - Thames Water has received a preliminary 7 billion pound ($8.86 billion) bid from Hong Kong's CK Infrastructure (1038.HK), opens new tab for a majority stake, the Financial Times ...

However, it turns out you can look a lot closer to home for some island action. The River Thames is home to tiny little pockets of land called eyots or aits (basically fancy words for river islands).

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Thames Water, with 16 million customers, already has debts of £19 billion, as ITV News reporter Aisha Zahid explains Thames Water has won approval to borrow £3 billion to prevent imminent ...

Protesters gather outside the Rolls Building as the court decides to approve a £3billion loan (Picture: Shutterstock) Thames Water has been given a £3billion loan just weeks before it was due to ...

The new funding is designed to stop Thames Water going bust in the short term. Thames Water has been at the centre of a growing scandal in the wider water industry. Bills will climb steeply over ...

In the past, when special episodes of the BBC One soap have aired, the iconic shot of the River Thames is slightly altered, allowing the audience to know what’s ahead will be different from ...