More than 100 years later, the artificial canal that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans still operates around the clock.

A yellow weather warning for wind came into effect at 3pm this afternoon (December 6) as the recently named storm touched ...

Britain's Thames Water has received a joint bid from Covalis Capital and France's Suez Group as it seeks more than 3 billion ...

A new pedestrian and cycling bridge over the River Severn, designed by Moxon Architects and Jacobs, has opened to the public.

Hopes for bringing back a canal to the town centre as part of a route to Cricklade may not have been completely scuppered by ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A 57-year-old tractor driver branded an "industrial-strength idiot" by social media users has been arrested after reportedly ploughing through flooded streets in Tenbury Wells. In a video shared ...

Nearly 250 flood alerts and warnings - including a rare 'severe' warning where flooding poses a danger to life - remain in place across much of England today. The Environment Agency (EA) has ...

Night - Mostly clear with a 37% chance of precipitation. Winds SSW at 7 mph (11.3 kph). The overnight low will be 47 °F (8.3 °C). Cloudy with a high of 68 °F (20 °C) and a 61% chance of ...

Until the middle of the nineteenth century the Sovereign regularly travelled on the river Thames, either on State occasions or between the Royal Palaces of Windsor, Westminster, Hampton Court, ...

“Pollution in Britain’s rivers and seas and the travails of Severn’s unquoted peer Thames Water mean this sector’s name is mud with many. “However, a modest increase in the dividend and ...