HAVE iPod, will travel. At the press of a button, Rob McFarland walks into Shakespeare's world.
   

The tradition of celebrating 1 May by jumping from an Oxford bridge is to be banned for the second year in a row.

Daily Telegraph - A triumph like today's is celebrated privately, within the confines of Thames House, the security service's HQ in  Westminster. But this works both ways. When there is a major foul-up, MI5 can hoist up the drawbridge and retreat behind its walls of …

Softpedia - The micronation of Sealand, a self proclaimed independent state, built on HM Fort Roughs - Maunsell Sea Fort, an artificial island in the North Sea north of the Thames, seems more akin to computer hackers than to software pirates. Maybe the ?pirate …

A decorative lavatory, designed for use by community groups, is being installed in London's Soho.

CONTROVERSY continued this week on the axing of the Blackwall Tunnel rush-hour tidal flow . Critics slammed the decision as heavy handed as lengthy tailbacks built up, with delays of up to an hour. But others warned of road safety dangers posed by the

News Shopper - FIREFIGHTERS from  Dartford and Gravesend have been helping out after an earthquake hit Folkestone yesterday. Crews from Thames-side and Dartford fire stations have been lending a hand in the damaged areas last night and today. The earthquake …

Trafalgar Square hosts its annual Vaisakhi celebrations to celebrate the Sikh new year.

Newham Recorder 24 - … of road safety dangers posed by the system. Police and Transport for London acted after a reported increase in dangerous driving in the tunnel, including overtaking. The tidal flow was launched in 1978 to cope with north-bound traffic under the Thames …

A CAMPAIGN has been launched to save a top East End music venue and gallery. Landlords have given The Spitz six months notice to quit its site in Old Spitalfields Market. As a Save The Spitz online-petition was launched, London Mayor Ken Livingstone re

Paul Edwards gets a true taste of England on the Thames Path
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BBC UK - Divers who battled in vain to save a whale that became stranded in the River Thames a year ago are to practice rescue techniques in Loch Ness. A two tonne inflatable rubber mock-up of a pilot whale and life-size replicas of a seal and dolphin will be …

Firefighters work to save a fire-damaged building in central London, amid fears that it may collapse.

Firefighters tackling a serious blaze above a store in London's Oxford Street say the building could collapse.

An island in the Thames River, complete with its own Grade I listed hotel, goes on the market.

Monkey Island, in the Thames River, is a mile downstream from Maidenhead and can only be reached by a footbridge, boat or helicopter.

The five-acre getaway was once a monks' fishing retreat, but is now home to a Grade I listed hotel with 26 bedrooms.

The island has been put on the market by Dubai-based owners the Al Habtoor Group, and several potential investors have already expressed an interest.

Henry Jackson, from property agents Knight Frank, said: “We have had substantial interest in this property from around the world. It's likely to go to an investor or hotelier.

“Properties like this do not come on the market every day, and this offers a unique opportunity.”

This month is set to be the UK's warmest April since records began, according to Met Office figures.

Guardian Unlimited - But when we destroy the old, as at Spitalfields or along the Thames, we do not insist on replacements evocative of their history or location. Modern architects recognise no obligation to the city and its history. They want only to make personal …

Seattle Times - The tide is out in London, and in the midst of all the urban intensity, I'm beachcombing on the banks of the Thames River. Like kids on a scavenger hunt, David Tucker and I pick through the pebbles. I find a fragile, chalky white tube and hand it to …

A RECORD number of runners completed the London Marathon at the weekend in sweltering temperatures. A total of 36,931 runners took part in the 26 and a half mile race on Sunday where temperatures hit 21 degrees Celsius at midday, equalling the 1996 recor

RESIDENTS who all witnessed UFOs on the same night have come forward to report their sightings, and the incident is now being investigated by the Ministry of Defence. The massive response follows an appeal in last week s Reporter, by a young couple who t

A COLD war bunker built in 1954 in case of a nuclear attack was the venue for the launch of this year s heritage festival. Organisers and residents packed into the briefing room in the bunker in Woodlands Park, in Wrotham Road, last F

Seattle Times - The tide is out in London, and in the midst of all the urban intensity, I'm beachcombing on the banks of the Thames River. Like kids on a scavenger hunt, David Tucker and I pick through the pebbles. I find a fragile, chalky white tube and hand it to …

Guardian Unlimited - Tory Swale council is holding up the wind farm in the Thames estuary that would provide 1% of all the UK's electricity needs. Tories on the London assembly and Richmond council opposed higher parking charges for gas-guzzlers. Indeed, the only way …

Firefighters tackle a serious blaze above a department store in London's Oxford Street.

IC Wharf - MEMORIES of a disappearing way of life on the Thames will be preserved thanks to a gift from a daughter of the river. Lolly Chapman, whose late husband Cyril spent 30 years as a Thames lighterman, has presented a special book to the Museum in …