In 1980, three dragonboats from Hong Kong made their debut on the River Thames.
Osney Lock Hydro (OLH) has planning permission for a water turbine on the River Thames at Osney Lock.
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West Oxford Community Renewables has planning permission for a water turbine on the River Thames at Osney Lock.
Rowers on the River Thames have raised safety concerns over plans to redevelop Putney Pier in south-west London.
Two severe flood warning remains on the River Thames, between Oxford and Abingdon.
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Beacons will also blaze in Northern Ireland, on Ben Nevis in Scotland, and on the River Thames in London.
In March a floating village on the River Thames was announced as part of plans to transform the Royal Docks.
But unlike on Sunday, when torrential rain soaked the jubilee pageant on the River Thames, the showers did not become a downpour.
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The Environment Agency warned on Sunday the site could become flooded due to rising water levels on the River Thames between Newbridge and Kings Lock.
Goddard, 57, who had hits with Prince Charming and Stand And Deliver, spent summer holidays in the late-1950s with his family in Cookham, an affluent village near Maidenhead, on the River Thames.
The exercise will be split into three phases, starting at Weymouth, where the 2012 sailing competitions will be staged, then testing the defence of London's airspace, and finally a major event on the River Thames.
During this period Hendricks Sr. took the African Queen around the world, gracing flotillas that marked the 50th anniversary of the battle of Dunkirk in the English Channel and the Queen Mother's 90th birthday on the River Thames.
The legendary group, whose hits include Surfin' USA, will perform on the first night of the five-day event on the banks of the River Thames.
There could be a lot of empty seats in the proposed 20, 000 seat arena on the banks of the River Thames.
For example, the facility at Pitsea in Britain, on the banks of the River Thames near London, accepts only solid municipal and commercial waste, because European law prohibits the mingling of liquid and solid waste, and of hazardous and non-hazardous waste.
It is hoped the new centre, on the Berkshire side of the River Thames, will open by 2014.
He said most of the flooding had happened on the south side of the River Thames, away from most buildings.
Once fully restored, the trust hopes to again link Littlehampton on the south coast with the River Thames via the River Wey.
The Tate's modern art collection will be moved to its new development at Bankside, on the south bank of the River Thames.
The palace lies on the north bank of the River Thames in the London borough of the City of Westminster, close to the government buildings of Whitehall.
Then in 1977 the seeds were sown of a Museum of Garden History claimed to be the first of its kind in the world in a redundant church on the south bank of the River Thames in London.
Encouraged by rising prices, London housing developers are cranking up production, particularly on sites along the Thames River.
The past few years have already seen projects on both sides of the river to reconnect the Thames with the buildings around it.
Built in 1562, Middle Temple is one of the four Inns of Court -- four ancient societies for lawyers in the UK -- located on three acres of gardens between Fleet Street and the River Thames.
Up here, where the traffic is reduced to a hum, you can trace the bends of the River Thames with your fingertips, and the trains on the tracks below resemble collectable Hornby models.
The torch, which arrived on a boat driven by football star David Beckham down the River Thames, had been carried into the stadium by five-time Olympic gold medalist Steve Redgrave.
Fire and rescue crews were called to Sandford Lane in Woodley earlier as homes along the River Thames were placed on flood warning.
Crews, along with the Environment Agency and the government, will be on "high alert" this week to practise new plans in case the River Thames floods.
For instance, a courier in London may be only a few hundred yards away from a collection address, but if he is on the other side of the Thames it could take him 15 minutes just to cross the river.
The Environment Agency said it would close the Thames Barrier near the London stretch of the river again on Thursday evening after reopening it at 15:00 GMT.
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