Inflationary pressures will initially linger, due to higher import prices and robust wage growth in 2025, but subside over ...

In its 40 years of operation, the Thames Barrier has been closed 221 times to prevent flooding in the capital London's flood defence walls will need to be 50cm (20in) higher in the future to ...

A hero dad jumped into the Thames to save a seven-year-old girl from drowning. The little girl was rushed to hospital after ...

Hismet Smakaj has been praised for his bravery after he entered the water near Thames Barrier Park in East London to pull the seven-year-old to safety.

When fully raised, the barrier creates a solid steel wall that stops water flowing upstream towards the capital. The Thames Barrier is only be reopened once the water level upstream of the barrier ...

The gate can be opened only once the water level on both sides is equal. Since its opening, the Thames Barrier has protected the capital from tidal and fluvial flooding 221 times. It is also part ...

When the Thames Barrier was built as an elegant stainless ... Another plan is to install “flood storage areas”, reservoirs where surplus water can be diverted. In the meantime, the EA is ...

Thames Water bonds dipped to some of their lowest levels on record after the UK’s water regulator ramped up its scrutiny of the utility and S&P Global Ratings said it could downgrade it to junk.

This can cause even more groundwater to move up to the ground surface, which can in turn infiltrate sewer systems and water mains. "These barriers can backfire if they don't take into account the ...

Thames Water’s turnaround plan could come under the oversight of its regulator before the end of this year as the company races to avoid a May deadline when it’s set to run out of money. Ofwat ...