All next week from Monday 16 January the Metropolitan Police and Royal Marines are taking part in a joint security exercise ahead of the London Olympics. Expect to see fast craft on the water and helicopters above from time to time day or night.
The Thames Path under Blackfriars Railway Bridge will be liable to closure from 10.30pm to 5am until April.
There will also be some weekend closures.
These measures are to allow the construction of the new Blackfriars Station to be completed this Spring. The new southern station entrance will remain open on weekdays.
The lectern stolen from Ashton Keynes Church last September has been found in Romania.
The Daily Telegraph has the story today.
The partly Saxon church, restored by William Butterfield, is near the Thames Path which runs through the Wiltshire village near Cricklade.
Unusual high and low tides to be seen in the capital this week.
LBC 97.3 has released this video of conditions at Richmond on Tuesday.
Good to see that the Thames Path is included in the Independent’s 50 Best Winter Walks in the Christmas Eve issue.
The section highlighted is Richmond to Hampton Court and was chosen by panel member Juliette Dyke who lives in the area and says the seven mile stretch is “packed with history, culture and gorgeous scenery”.
It’s an interesting spread of walks across Britain.
The judging team includes Sarah Spencer of Cicerone.
Leading actor and resident Sir Patrick Stewart has given his views on Chambers Wharf being used by Thames Water to construct the super sewer tunnel.
He can be seen here speaking by the Thames.
The Thames Water proposals are out for consultation now.
Plans for tall buildings at Hammersmith have been put on hold following a review by the Mayor of London.
See tonight’s Evening Standard.
Vanessa Redgrave joined over forty people who demonstrated on the Thames Path outside City Hall on Wednesday morning.
The protest was about proposed tall buildings spoiling the view from the towpath opposite Hammersmith.
The Thames Path passes through several London 2012 Olympic sites.
Today there is news of the TV studio on the South Bank near Oxo Tower Wharf.
Those opposed to the tall buildings approved for Hammersmith are gathering on the Thames path outside City Hall on Wednesday 14 December at 10am.
The plans approved by Hammersmith & Fulham Council will spoil the skyline from the Thames Path. SOS, Save Our Skyline campaign, is appealing to the Mayor of London Boris Johnson to use his power to call in the scheme.
It is understood that he may be making the decision tomorrow following the Mayor’s Questions session in the chamber .