New Thames barrier could be built
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A study into the feasibility of a Â£20bn new Thames barrier is to report within weeks, it emerges.
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A new approach to managing floods could result in some areas being flooded in Wales.
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If one hardened cockpit door is good, would two barriers be even better?
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LONDON - Travelers face new delays and disruption on trips to Britain under government plans unveiled yesterday to tighten defenses against terrorism at airports, rail stations, and major public spaces.
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Israel has begun construction work on the southern section of its controversial West Bank separation barrier. At least two bulldozers could be seen on Sunday levelling land around the village of Sikka, 15km from the city of Hebron.
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Plans for venues and transport are among details of the London 2012 Olympic Games bid to be unveiled.
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British Home Secretary David Blunkett said Tuesday that security measures at Buckingham Palace need improvement but the public shouldn&#39;t be stopped from coming close to main palaces and monuments across the country.
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By Kent, Joan  La Crosse leaders will start off the new year by considering a proposal directing City Engineer Randy Turtenwald to design barriers for the Riverside Park levee.  The proposal comes three months after the Sept.
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The Palace of Westminster housing the British houses of parliament is to be turned into a modern fortress with a barrage on the Thames, an electrified fence and road blocks, the Sunday Times reported, quoting a ...
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Eurostar is set to make its inaugural journey from Paris to London via a new 186mph high-speed line.
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The Houses of Parliament, its celebrated neo-Gothic exterior a symbol of the nation itself, will go behind an electric fence, roadblocks and even a floating barrage in the Thames under new security rules.
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A government review is ordered into whether floods in parts of England could have been prevented.
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Judges back Palestinian village's challenge over route of controversial West Bank barrier.
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London mayor Ken Livingstone has approved a multi-billion pound project to redevelop his city's gritty eastern edge in a bid to balance out the sprawling metropolis' east-west divide and improve its 2012 Olympic bid.
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A storm heading from the Atlantic towards the UK prompts authorities to issue new flood warnings.
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Plans for a Â£1bn reservoir in Oxfordshire are unveiled by Thames Water in order to meet increased demand.
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The River Thames, which bisects the centre of London, is said by some to be among the world's cleaner urban waterways, but that claim to fame is undermined by frequent spillage from the capital's sewage system.