But many of us aren't familiar with our local swimming spots and stick to swimming on holiday, where the weather is a little ...

Now I know we women are regarded as being shopaholics but I must confess that on the whole I hate it. Perhaps it is the result of too many bad shopping experiences. For example there was one ...

Richard D’Oyly Carte – theatrical impresario, talent agent, hotelier, composer – would surely have approved of how his ...

A Tudor wool knitted hat and a Viking-era dagger are among a series of objects found on the banks of the River Thames which are going on display for the first time. The UK's first major mudlarking ...

His research topic was the River Thames as a commercial highway in the eighteenth century. This marked the first time that anyone in direct succession to the throne had ever studied outside Japan. In ...

A popular Wetherspoons pub in Purley that has been on the market for five months has found a buyer. The Foxley Hatch was among four other Wetherspoons in south London which were put up for sale.

From Monday, September 2, passengers can travel on new services including the Azure 43 bus route, which will run every day but Sunday from central Reading to Purley, Pangbourne and Upper Basildon.

The German navy has made its presence known in London by blaring out the Darth Vader theme as one of its warships advanced up the River Thames. Londoners looked on as the German warship was towed ...

The number of seasonal lock keepers on the River Thames has been slashed by over half. The Environment Agency (EA) are bringing in ten extra members of staff to man the locks in Oxfordshire and ...

Thames Water is attempting to persuade the regulator to let it raise consumer bills by up to 44% over the next five years by increasing investment. The heavily indebted water firm aims to spend at ...