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Police boat crashes into central London bridge, throwing officers overboardParamedics treated the injured on a black inflatable boat as a police helicopter hovered overhead near the clock tower that houses the bell known as Big Ben.TrendingJul 24
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Activists floated a ‘sinking house’ down a U.K. river to make a point about climate changeThe activists called it “another attempt to send an SOS to the government on climate inaction.”EnvironmentNov 10, 2019
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Irish man arrested after 39 bodies found in cargo truck in EnglandThe truck’s driver — a 25-year-old man from Northern Ireland — was arrested on suspicion of murder. He has not been charged and his name has not been released.WorldOct 23, 2019
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500-year-old skeleton, still wearing thigh-high boots, found on Thames River shoreThe museum believes the boots date back to the late 15th or early 16th century and are thought to be waders.TrendingDec 4, 2018
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High-speed chase on London’s River Thames filmed as police pursue jet skisA Metropolitan Police boat was seen at around 6:30 p.m. local time Friday racing after the jet skis. Sightings were reported from Greenwich, all the way to Canary Wharf.CrimeAug 4, 2018
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8th death confirmed in London Bridge attack: British PoliceEarlier police, who were hunting for 45-year-old Frenchman Xavier Thomas, missing since the attack, said that they had found a body in the River Thames.CrimeJun 7, 2017
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Unexploded WWII bomb removed from Thames ahead of annual Oxford-Cambridge boat raceOxford reclaimed the boat race title from Cambridge on Sunday, hours after police removed an unexploded World War II-era bomb near the start of the course on the River Thames.SportsApr 2, 2017
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Photojournalist recalls horrific scene during London attack on Westminster BridgeIt had been a quiet afternoon in central London and Melville was taking pictures around parliament for stories about Britain's exit from the European Union.WorldMar 23, 2017
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Son of Sex Pistols manager burns over $8 million worth of punk memorabilia, says genre deadDon't get nostalgic about punk music - and if you do, don't go collecting memorabilia from the glory days of the Sex Pistols.EntertainmentNov 26, 2016
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London model set ablaze to mark Great Fire anniversaryA large wooden model of 17th-century London has been set ablaze to mark the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London that ripped through the city in 1666.WorldSep 5, 2016
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