The first new homes go on sale at one of the major projects under way in the Thames Gateway regeneration area.

Times Online - All public bodies should follow the example of the Thames Gateway London Partnership and insist that they will only take out contracts with companies that abide by the professional rules. There is also a case for a wider investigation in this area. As …

Guardian Unlimited - Network Rail has been fined £4 million for a "catalogue of failures to act" that led to the devastating 1999 Paddington rail disaster. Thirty-one people died and more than 400 others were injured when a Thames Trains local service went through a red …

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This is Dorset - UNUSUAL VIEW: Colmer's Hill is set to be recreated near Tower Bridge in London in time for the 2012 Olympics AN ICONIC Bridport landmark could be recreated next to the River Thames in time for the 2012 Olympics. Colmer's Hill is the inspiration …

Guardian Unlimited - The annual four-and-a-quarter mile (6.8-km) race on the Thames, contested between Britain's oldest universities, is a peculiarity in rowing, but one which draws a huge worldwide audience.

BBC News - A replica of the 18th century slave ship The Zong sails up London's River Thames as part of events to mark the 200th anniversary of legislation abolishing the UK slave trade. Portugal's Diana Gomes races in the women's 200m breaststroke heat at the …

A 12-mile area along the Thames has been turned into a wireless hotspot so that anyone in the area can stay connected even when they're away from the office.

Anyone strolling along the Thames riverbank or sailing down the river can now surf the web or check their e-mails as they do so thanks to the installation of a Wi-Fi mesh network covering an area spanning more than 12 miles.

The new service, dubbed Thames Online, is available to anyone with a wirelessly-enabled device in the area, from commuters on river buses to people having coffee in one of the many cafes between Greenwich and Millbank.

Users can log on to the service as a pay-as-you-go-customer for £2.95 for one hour or £5.95 for a day or by paying a monthly subscription charge of £9.95.

Global Reach, which is the service provider behind the offering, worked with Proxim Wireless to get the mesh and associated access points up and running.

“Providing fast, convenient, and easy-to-use broadband access to boat traffic and the Thames river community is the core of our business,” said Nigel Wesley, chief executive of Global Reach.

“To ensure that we deliver on that promise, we chose Proxim Wireless as our partner. Proxim's outdoor mesh products enable us to provide our customers with highly reliable internet access at an affordable price. We look forward to a continued long relationship with Proxim as we work to deploy a wireless network that will serve the entire population in the heart of the capital.”

The initial hotspot coverage is just the start of things to come, according to Global Reach.

It also plans to expand the service to cover a wider area as well as offering video surveillance to aid public safety.

Silicon.com - The River Thames in London has been turned into a giant wi-fi hotspot that can be used by anyone with a wireless device on the river or along its banks. The wireless broadband internet access stretches for 22km along the Thames from the Millennium …

Evening Standard - Canaletto arrived in England in 1746 and ended up staying for nine years. Installed in a Beak Street studio he turned his attention to London's teeming streets and enormous parks, the Thames and its warehouses, and the suburban villas of the wealthy …

A London council has the highest average number of dog owners in the UK, according to a survey.

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A minister has suggested Salford Quays to be the site of a new second chamber of Parliament outside London.

Daily Telegraph - One of their most popular successes is, of course, their conversion of Giles Gilbert Scott's disused Bankside Power Station, on the banks of the Thames in Southwark, into  Tate Modern, which opened in May 2000. It has become the most popular modern …

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BBC News - The race, taking in the banks of the Thames and the City of London, contained more turns than its New York sister event and was 30 yards longer than the official marathon distance. At regular intervals 1,000 volunteer helpers marked the route …

A new enclosure is set to open at London Zoo, where keepers hope gorillas will begin to breed.

Peers throw out a decision to site the UK's first super-casino in Manchester by just three votes.

For the first time in 900 years, Windsor Castle is to be guarded by female soldiers

Novelist John Grisham receives a lifetime achievement honour at the British Book Awards in London.

Press Release - March 27 - The countdown has begun until the opening of the new Terminal 5 at Heathrow and Richmond Council today sounded a fresh warning about the impact of “relentless airport expansion” on local communities.

Plans for a £215m extension to London's  Tate Modern gallery are given the go-ahead.

On Saturday 31st March 2007 an all day fun event will be held at Eagle Brewery Wharf, Kingston to celebrate its potential and to launch an exciting new initiative to enhance the historic riverside site. Activities will include a live eagle demonstration, face painting, live music, free boat trips and more.

Global Reach Group and Proxim Wireless Provide Broadband Access to River Community and Boat Traffic Along London's River Thames.

Proxim Wireless Corporation, a global pioneer of end-to-end solutions in Wi-Fi® mesh, WiMAX, WLAN, and wireless backhaul and wholly owned subsidiary of Terabeam, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRBM), today announced that Global Reach Group, a premier service provider based in London, England, has selected and deployed Proxim's ORiNOCO® AP-4000MR outdoor Wi-Fi mesh network access points to provide Internet access to the river Thames community and commercial, public safety and private boat traffic. The network extends over 20 kilometers (approximately 12 1/2 miles) of the river. Now from Greenwich in South East London, to Milbank in the West, anyone with a Wi-Fi enabled device can connect to the Internet at almost any location along the Thames.

Global Reach Group selected Proxim's ORiNOCO AP-4000MR product family because of its dual-radio architecture that supports mesh backhaul and Wi-Fi client access. Its multiple VLAN/SSID combinations are intended to support a wide range of existing service providers in addition to their own services. The weatherproof rugged outdoor housing was a key factor in the product selection, providing a complete, self-contained device that has been quickly and easily deployed on buildings, piers, and other structures near the water.

One of the access points has been installed at the  Greenwich site of the famous tea clipper, the Cutty Sark. As well as providing Internet access, it is also planned to provide support for web cam access to view the restoration process of this famous London landmark. In addition to expanding hotspot service further along the river, Global Reach Group's future plans for the network include offering broadband Internet access to commuters and enabling wireless video surveillance for public safety.

“Providing fast, convenient, and easy-to-use broadband access to boat traffic and the Thames river community is the core of our business,” said Nigel Wesley, CEO, Global Reach Group. “To ensure that we deliver on that promise, we chose Proxim Wireless as our partner. Proxim's outdoor mesh products enable us to provide our customers with highly reliable Internet access at an affordable price. We look forward to a continued long relationship with Proxim as we work to deploy a wireless network that will serve the entire population in the heart of the capital.”

In a mesh network, nodes provide Wi-Fi access to end users while also connecting to each other to share bandwidth, identify fastest routes around the network, and enable complete redundancy. Proxim's mesh technology simplifies Wi-Fi deployments such as Global Reach Group's deployment through the ORiNOCO Mesh Creation Protocol (OMCP), which allows creation of self-forming and self-healing non-line of sight (NLOS) mesh networks.

“Working together with Global Reach Group, we have delivered a robust, cost-effective, and scalable outdoor mesh network that provides users with Internet access even while traveling in a boat on the River Thames,” said Lionel Chmilewsky, Senior Vice President, Proxim International. “As this mobile broadband capability demonstrates, our Wi-Fi mesh technology and products are ideally suited for applications requiring excellent price/performance, high network reliability and availability, and ease of expansion. We look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship with Global Reach Group.”

MSN MoneyCentral - Proxim Wireless Corporation, a global pioneer of end-to-end solutions in Wi-Fi® mesh, WiMAX, WLAN, and wireless backhaul and wholly owned subsidiary of Terabeam, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRBM), today announced that Global Reach Group, a premier service …