The ferry service was slow and at the mercy of ... passageway lined with cast iron rings and buried 15 metres below the Thames. At its peak, the docks above bustled with over 100,000 workers.

Colin Window swaps his Thames ferry for the Buriganga River in Dhaka, and life in a slum. From a large ferry to a small boat, Craig takes on the role of a Bangladeshi ferryman. Homepage ...

Colin Window swaps his Thames ferry for the Buriganga River in Dhaka, and life in a slum. Rowing the 'sampan' down the polluted river is back-breaking work, in the 40 degree heat. Homepage ...

It's was crunch time for the UK's biggest water provider Thames Water as its fate was announced on Tuesday morning. Thames Water finances hung in the balance with debts of £16bn and existing ...

Taxpayers and the pension schemes of Thames Water workers would both suffer if the UK's largest water company was temporarily nationalised, the water regulator and Thames' pension trustees have ...

This is the shocking moment a foul-mouthed boater caused mayhem on the Thames by cutting up young rowers and yelling: 'You don't own the f***ing water.' Scott Keen, 48, steered his boat into a ...

Thames Water has won a crucial High Court battle to secure a £3bn rescue loan, staving off the prospect of the debt-laden company coming under government control. The UK's largest water and waste ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Thames Water has been given the go-ahead for up to £3bn of high-cost borrowing in an effort to avoid insol ...

(Bloomberg) -- Cash-strapped Thames Water bought itself some more time to reorganize its debts after a London judge approved an emergency loan worth as much as £3 billion ($3.8 billion).