Part of the River Thames could become the first stretch to get alerts to say whether it is safe for bathing. As the open swimming trend booms, Port Meadow in Oxford could pave the way for other ...

Guerilla swimmers are defying the authorities to go swimming in the Thames – don’t listen to the gloomsters telling you it’s ...

An MP has told parliament the River Thames is becoming a place of real "poohsticks" due to untreated sewage. Layla Moran, MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, was calling for bathing water status to ...

E-coli levels along the stretch of the River Thames where the annual Boat Race takes place are three times over the threshold for poor bathing water, campaigners have found. Samples collected ...

The River Thames at Wallingford has been a popular place to swim for generations. ... Wallingford Beach in Oxfordshire was made a designated bathing water site in May.

The spot near Wolvercote, Oxford, sees an average of 46 swimmers a day during the peak season, but tests have found levels of E. coli bacteria exceeding the threshold level for safe bathing water ...