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Architects float walkway plan

14.09.11
A futuristic floating walkway is set to be built on the Thames in time for the Olympics... more

Mayor Boris Johnson rides to rescue of hurt cyclist

13.09.11
He is the one of the capital's best-known bike lovers, so it should be no surprise that Boris Johnson stopped to help a fellow cyclist who had been involved in an accident... more

Number of City cyclists soars to overtake rush-hour drivers

20.06.11
Cyclists are outnumbering motorists on some of the capital's busiest commuter routes in rush hour... more

New Year fireworks bill £1.8m from safety and clean-up costs

23.11.10
The bill for running the New Year’s Eve party on the banks of the Thames has been forced up because of safety concerns and clean-up costs... more

Thames Festival: London's biggest outdoor free party comes to town

10.09.10
A million Londoners will gather on the banks of the Thames this weekend for the city’s biggest free outdoor party... more

City Spy: Carron carry-on will run and run

17.08.10
Don't expect St James’s Place’s compensation negotiations with customers who lost out on former partner Peter Carron’s investment schemes to die down any time soon... more

Is it a Monty Python sketch? No, it's London's real-life Bicycle Repair Man

16.08.10
London’s first roadside repair service, reminiscent of Monty Python’s superhero Bicycle Repair Man, starts roaming the streets of SE1... more

Marchioness survivor braves fear of water with Thames charity swim

16.08.10
A survivor of the Marchioness disaster braves the Thames for the first time since the fatal accident 21 years ago... more

London is grinding to a halt. Does Boris Johnson care?

18.02.10
This morning on my way to work — a journey of just over eight miles — I encountered nine separate sets of road-works. Can't the Mayor crack some heads together?... more

Traffic hit by work on Thames tunnel and four bridges at the same time

17.02.10
Transport for London under pressure to explain how permission was given for roadworks to be carried out simultaneously on five Thames crossings... more

How Lloyds and RBS deal with a £150bn headache

25.09.09
Grosvenor won’t say. Lloyds won’t say. But, rest assured, the bank is negotiating with the Duke of Westminster’s property company to take over a few of the bankrupt projects that have left Lloyds with a £60 billion real-estate headache ... more

Where to enjoy the Mayor’s Thames Festival this weekend

11.09.09
A spectacular harvest festival and a night carnival featuring 2,000 performers in illuminated costumes will be among the highlights at the Mayor’s Thames Festival this weekend... more

A garden - just what the doctor ordered

10.09.09
Sitting in the quiet of the Thrive Garden in Battersea Park this week it was easy to imagine I was in the heart of the country... more

Who was best at seeing the worst?

30.04.09
The race to claim intellectual pre-emption of the credit crunch reached the final furlong this week.... more

Boris and friends make hay as sun shines on London festival

15.09.08
Tens of thousands of people took part in the Thames Festival - including some who pelted each other with dried grass in a hayfight... more

Mayor's carnival on the river

11.09.08
A spectacular night carnival involving 2,000 performers with lanterns and a firework display will end the Mayor's Thames Festival this weekend... more

'Urban forest' will run from Elephant and Castle to Tate

20.08.08
Plans for a "forest" in central London have been unveiled... more

Eat, drink and make merry by the Thames

08.08.08
A spectacular Thames Festival will round off summer next month... more

Million see festival end with a bang

17.09.07
A record one million people flocked to the Mayor's Thames Festival as London basked in late summer sunshine.... more

London by air, land and water

14.09.07
The 10th annual Thames Festival takes place this weekend, and a giant balloon art installation will mark the launch of London Fashion Week. ... more

Go with the flow at river festival

06.09.07
A million people are expected to converge on the banks of the river when London hosts the 10th Mayor's Thames Festival.... more


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