10 h. ago A Boneyard Along the Thames River Reveals London’s Ancient Burials

A Boneyard Along the Thames River Reveals London’s Ancient Burials  The New York Times

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20 h. ago Historic England acquires collection featuring some of UK’s oldest photos

Janette Rosing built up pioneering trove of 8,000 images dating back to the early days of the Industrial RevolutionSome of the oldest photographs in England which show the country’s transformation after the industrial revolution have been acquired by Historic England.Images from the Janette Rosing collection include some of the earliest landscape photography ever taken in the country, spanning the breadth of southern England from the harbours of Clovelly and Plymouth in Devon to the streets of Bethnal Green and the banks of the River Thames in London. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Valentine's Day pub shooting suspect's body 'seen in water' after wife shot dead

The body of a man suspected to have shot his wife dead on Valentine's Day was spotted in the Thames, police said. Edvard Stockings or Smith is suspected of killing Lisa Smith

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24 h. ago Body of 'Valentine's Day shooter' was spotted in the River Thames the day after 43

Lisa Smith, 43, from Slough, was gunned down in Knockholt, Kent, near The Three Horseshoes pub, just after 7pm on Friday while she was out with a friend.

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25 h. ago Knockholt pub shooting suspect's body 'seen in water' after wife killed

A man, believed to be the partner of Lisa Smith who was shot dead on Valentines Day near a Kent pub, have seen a body in the River Thames which is believed to be the suspect

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31 h. ago Valentine’s pub shooting suspect ‘dead after falling into River Thames’

Lisa Smith, 43, from Slough, was killed in Knockholt near The Three Horseshoes pub

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32 h. ago 'Gunman' suspected of shooting dead partner outside pub on Valentine's Day has died after falling into the Thames, say police

Police have said the main suspect in the killing of Lisa Smith, 43, in Kent, fell from the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge in Dartford shortly after the shooting.

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32 h. ago Valentine’s Day pub shooting suspect ‘believed dead after falling into Thames’

Lisa Smith was pronounced dead at the scene after being struck by bullets outside the Three Horseshoes in Kent

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33 h. ago Valentine’s Day pub shooting suspect ‘dead after falling into river Thames’

Lisa Smith, 43, from Slough, was killed in Knockholt near The Three Horseshoes pub.

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34 h. ago "Super sewer fully up and running" in London to protect River Thames

"Super sewer fully up and running" in London to protect River Thames  Dezeen

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3 d. ago Swearing boater ploughs through Thames regatta in furious river rage fit

A boater has been fined after ploughing his cruiser through the middle of a boat race in a sweary fit of river rage on the Thames.

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3 d. ago Man fined £4,000 for ‘river rage’ after steering boat through regatta on Thames

Scott Keen was found guilty of obstructing a boat race, interfering with the safety of others and using abusive language towards officials.

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3 d. ago 'River rage' footage shows swearing Thames boater steer into rowers and yell foul

Scott Keen, from Morden, Surrey, deliberately took his boat into a closed off section of the River Thames during the Kingston Regatta and swore at rowers as he swamped them with water

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3 d. ago Knockholt Valentine's Day pub shooting: Man suspected of shooting mother

Lisa Smith, 43, was killed outside the Three Horseshoes pub in Knockholt in Kent on Friday evening. Her partner Edvard Smith is understood to be the main suspect in the shooting.

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3 d. ago Knockholt pub Valentine's Day shooting suspect made chilling phone call confession after woman shot

Lisa Smith, 43, from Slough, was killed in Knockholt, Kent near The Three Horseshoes pub just after 7pm on Friday. Police believe a suspect later fell from the Queen Elizabeth II bridge at the Dartford Crossing after the shooting

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3 d. ago Moment furious boater disrupts River Thames regatta and screams ‘you don’t own the f****** water'

Scott Keen narrowly avoided hitting rowers after disrupting the Kingston Amateur Regatta in fit of ‘river rage’

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3 d. ago ‘Happy Christmas, Ange!’ EastEnders’ 40 most memorable moments – from Dirty Den to Dot Cotton

There were landmark gay kisses, characters who returned from the dead and the biggest earrings ever seen on screen. As the soap turns 40, we round-up Walford’s weirdest, wildest and most heartbreaking scenes‘Cor, stinks in here, dunnit?” At 7pm on 19 February 1985, we heard Simon May’s now-familiar theme tune and watched those wriggly River Thames titles for the first time – followed by that aromatic opening line of dialogue.The BBC’s new soap opera was its attempt to make a mass-market, twice-weekly rival to ITV’s Coronation Street. Co-created by the producer Julia Smith and the writer Tony Holland, the gritty saga was set in a Victorian square in the fictional east London borough of Walford. Working titles for the show included Square Dance, Round the Houses and London Pride. They settled on EastEnders. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Knockholt pub Valentine's Day shooting: Everything we know so far

Police are still searching for a suspect, who is believed to have shot dead 43-year-old Lisa Smith at a pub in Knockholt, Kent on Valentine's Day - and many more mysteries surround the case

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4 d. ago Everything we know about Kent Valentine’s Day shooting as police name woman killed

The suspect is believed to have entered the Thames

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4 d. ago 'Wonderful' mother shot dead outside pub in Kent on Valentine’s Day by man ‘known to her’ named

The victim was identified by police as Lisa Smith

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