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

Hismet Smakaj acted fast after spotting a child jumping into the River Thames (Picture: Hismet Smakaj) A quick-reacting pensioner jumped into a treacherous stretch of the River Th ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

Thames Water is back in the news as it wants to hike customers’ bills again. The water company’s request comes as the industry watchdog Ofwat calls for curbs on how much customers can be ...

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 ...

Hismet Smakaj has been praised for his bravery after he entered the water in East London to pull the seven-year-old to safety. The 65-year-old and his wife had been walking in Thames Barrier ...