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Australian tourists were amongst the passengers rescued from a London Duck Tours vessel on the River Thames after it burst into flames.

BRON IN THE DON | Our London adventurer has found a little piece of home here in London, in the most unexpected of places — the River Thames. So, with the chance to walk the famous waterway and tick off #26 on her London Top 100 list, she set ‘sail’ ...

GO HARD OR GO HOME | The ‘reality soap’ TV show 'Made in Chelsea' doesn’t interest me in the slightest. People-watching in Chelsea, however, is something I’d recommend tuning in to.

One of the world’s largest battery storage projects will be built on the banks of the River Thames in Essex, after the UK government recently granted permission. When it is completed in 2024, the battery will eventually store 1.3 gigawatt hours of electricity – enough to to supply more than ...

Winter frost fairs were common on the frozen River Thames between the 17th and 19th centuries, but they’ve become unimaginable in our lifetime. Over decades and centuries, natural variability in the climate has plunged the UK into sub-zero temperatures from time to time. But global warming is tipping the odds ...

SPECIAL FEATURE: What will it take for the world to finally tackle climate change? Encouragingly, there may be a historical precedent: Victorian London’s handling of the ‘Great Stink’, where the River Thames turned into an open sewer, overturned beliefs founded on misinformation.

Ice ages form during protracted periods of a relatively cooler Earth. A definition must include the condition that the Earth is sufficiently cool for permanent ice formation.

The BBC intends to use the drive to get out of London to better reflect the makeup and views of other parts of the UK. Too often England has been treated as the default setting. But just because BBC2’s Newsnight is broadcast from Cardiff or Manchester a handful of times ...

Recently I had the pleasure of photographing some of my favourite places in central London. But this time I wasn’t a tourist looking for a good shot, I was a photographer capturing the love of my two dear friends.

"Not only am I enjoying my teaching but I also have the chance to travel Europe on the long weekends and in school breaks. I often have to pinch myself about how incredibly lucky I am to be undergoing this stage in my career and life.”

The countdown is on for the 2015 Rugby World Cup and fans from around the world are preparing to follow their teams to London in the hope of watching them lift the coveted Webb Ellis trophy

Australian Josh Hooper was on the losing crew as Oxford thrashed Cambridge by 11 lengths in the historic university boat race in London.

Everybody wants to have a good time on New Year’s Eve. Here are top 10 places to be this New Year’s in London.

OUR LONDON | Each week an Aussie Times writer will bring you a top five list from their favourite neighbourhood. This week EMILY BANYARD reveals there's more to Chiswick than meets the Antipodean eye.

OUR LONDON | Each week an Aussie Times writer will bring you a top five list from their favourite neighbourhood. This week COURTNEY GREATREX goes over to the other side, to see what is happening in South East London.

OUR LONDON | Each week an Aussie Times writer will bring you a top five list from their favourite neighbourhood. If all roads lead to Rome, then all Tube lines deliver you to Hammersmith. This week MICHAELA GRAY shows you what’s out there once you leave the Underground.

Trenton Oldfield, the Australian activist who was jailed for disrupting the 2012 Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race, has been ordered to leave the country after his application for a spousal visa was refused.

HONEYMOONING NOMAD | Last week we showed you a side to London you may not know all that well — an affordable London! This week, the budget-friendly fun continues with another top ten of free London activities.

Full list of the major Queen's Diamond Jubilee events in London, including the Thames Boat Procession and Jubilee Concert plus where to watch the celebration on big screens.

RIGHT SAID ED | In less than a month London is going to be transformed. Not from Olympic fever or Trenton Oldfield histrionics (fingers crossed) but from a righteous celebration that will be the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

BRON IN THE DON | There is no denying it any longer — spring has sprung in London and with every sunny day people flock to the green spaces across the capital to revel in the fresh(ish) air and sunshine. One green space that our London adventurer hadn’t checked out ...

There are numerous train connections for tourists in and around London and visitors will quickly become familiar with the comings and goings of the London Underground - affectionately known as "The Tube".

Greater London is crisscrossed by 14,800km of public roads, each with an average width of 8m. This network accounts for 8% of the metropolitan area, and motorways and A-roads alone cross the Thames and its tributaries at least 400 times.

Le Carré’s novels dramatically changed the way the British public, fed on a diet of James Bond and Len Deighton, perceived the world of intelligence. They also provided welcome fodder for newspapers. A story about former MI6 chief John Scarlett’s post-intelligence career published in the i paper in November 2015 ...

Disease outbreaks shape our cities. Public health concerns have influenced some of the most iconic developments in urban planning.

It’s hard to see how the COVID-19 pandemic will lead to any better outcomes for the people who live in informal settlements

If you’ve recently arrived to the urban jungle that is London, here are three happy trails that you can take to fall in love with this amazing city.

Castles, parks and the Danube: Juliette Massardier discovers the history and charm of Budapest.

What Aussies in London really like are also the things they’re too ashamed to admit to friends and family back home, or things they just won't get.. like Primark, Jeremy Kyle and Snakebites.

LONDON'S 10 TOP GREEN SPACES: The concept of ‘going to the park’ in Australia conjures up images of children’s birthday parties and unruly teenagers looking for a place to drink after dark. In London, the park stands for something completely different.

Call yourself a traveller? But you've been saying these place names wrong the whole damn time!

Particularly for us Aussies, a cold, wintery Christmas and the prospect of a white Christmas is extremely exciting and somewhat of a novelty. There are endless events and activities to immerse yourself into during the festive silly season in London.

Missing home just isn’t what it used to be. On my previous visit to the UK, to call my mother I had to put £23 in a phone box and dial 48 numbers while trying to ignore all the flyers of scantily clad women dying for me to call them ...

From history to modern architecture, to museums and tours, here are our top London experiences you just have to do while you're in town...

I strategically forgot the bit about hubby leaving his shoes in the middle of the doorway, and that he is an Aussie Arsenal supporter who can scull a beer in less than 30 seconds.

If you are a lucky ticket holder for the London New Year’s Eve fireworks extravaganza, here’s 10 great tips to make sure you enjoy the celebrations to their fizzing, sparkly, screaming fullest.

Don't miss out on the magic this summer...

Visiting a dusty old London museum barely sounds like the place to grab a quick adrenaline fix - but there are still plenty of knuckle-shredding activities to indulge in within the capital. Here are five of the best:

EXPAT FACTOR | Raised west of Sydney in the cloud-cloaked (and recently bush fire ravaged) villages of the Blue Mountains, Amy Firth is an Australian singer/songwriter living in London. She recently released her second EP on iTunes entitled 'Watchmaker's Daughter'. Amy is also the founder of The Vulnerability Project, which ...

FEATURE | With temperatures in the UK set to rise, POPPY DAMON has investigated the best ways to keep cool and enjoy the sunshine (while it lasts).

HONEYMOONING NOMAD | Faced with reminders of life back home, our adventuring newlywed experiences that feeling we’ve all had at one point in our UK journey: homesickness.

BRON IN THE DON | With Arts in her eyes, our resident adventurer visited one of the most popular cultural destinations in London. #66 on the Timeout London Top 100 — the Southbank Centre.

London is a city of living history - of historic sights, famous figures and hidden stories. It is a history present in everyday life, from the streets we walk to the pubs we drink in. PAUL BLEAKLEY discovers five of London's best pubs with a past - where you can ...

SECRET LONDON | London is a dynamic and vibrant city, and it can sometimes be hard to make sure you have your finger on the pulse. GEORGE KATRALIS lets us in on a few of his favourite off the beaten track London haunts with Part 1 of his Top 10 ...

Looking for somewhere you can have a pint and a punt (the English punt, not the Aussie), all served up with a side of history? Our Oxford Aussie local, AMBER ROSE, shows us her city as seen through the bottom of a glass.

As an Australian living in Oxford, AMBER ROSE hopes to convince fellow Australians that there is life outside of London, and a pretty good one at that.

LOST IN LONDON | Yes, I know the Jubilee was months ago. And yes, there has been, oh I don’t know, the little matter of the Olympics in the meantime to help delete the collective memory of the BBC's coverage pondering how many toilet breaks the Royals would have needed ...

Not one to waste opportunities, our London adventurer saw the chance to knock two off her London Top 100 list when she travelled out to the quaint area of Greenwich.

CHRIS'S KITCHEN | Chris Ark, the man in charge of the kitchen at Gordon Ramsey’s Claridge’s restaurant, dissects the very best food markets and stalls in London and gives you his favourite few.

BRON IN THE DON | To tick off London’s Top 100 things to do and see, that is my mission and I have chosen to accept it! The mission started a few weeks ago when a friend of mine picked up a little book that features London’s Top 100.