THE 1930s style pleasure cruiser, Balmoral, has made a grand return to the Thames.

The excursion ship has been making trips up the river to  Greenwich and down into the Thames Estuary to Southend, Essex, and Whitstable, Kent.

And there is still a week left to enjoy the famous sights of the river by day or evening and relax in the lounges or find a quiet corner on deck.

Information about sailing times of all pleasure boats on the Thames can be obtained at Towncentric on 01474 337600.

London's  Millennium Bridge reopens after almost two years, following a GBP5m repair programme to stop it wobbling.

Operators submit plans to make one of London's most popular tourist attractions, the Millennium Wheel, a permanent structure.

The Women's Library opens in east London, giving a permanent home to a collection that has its roots in the Suffragette movement.

Fossilised tracks tell scientists about the walking and running behaviour of dinosaurs.

Thousands of volunteers stomp across London's troubled  Millennium Bridge to see if modifications have stabilised it.

London and Oxford are being linked with the opening of the first 97 miles of the 9,000-mile Millennium National Cycle Network.

Trams are being touted as the answer to Britain's congested city centres, and in Croydon their benefits have been multiple.

London's South Bank arts complex will get a complete face lift under proposals launched on Thursday.

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Relatives of the victims of the Marchioness disaster welcome England's first inland lifeboat service after 12 years of campaigning.

Shareholders in the luxury British hotel, Cliveden, have agreed to sell a controlling interest to the US consortium Destination Europe led by Microsoft founder Bill Gates.