Thames Estuary
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Reference no | 1025 |
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Designated as world heritage site | May 5, 2000 |
Islands | Isle of Sheppey |
Mersea Island | |
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ID | 1272387 |
About Thames Estuary
The Thames Estuary is where the River Thames meets the waters of the North Sea, in the south-east of Great Britain.
Thurrock residents tell of life under a 'bankrupt' council
... Thurrock Council, which covers an area of Essex just north of the Thames Estuary, is merely one of an increasing number to have issued a notice under section 114 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 - effectively meaning the authority is bankrupt...
Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot John Hemingway 'just lucky'
... He recorded in his logbook that on 18 August 1940 he bailed out of his Hurricane near the Thames Estuary after it was hit by a German aircraft...
Water firms illegally spilled sewage on dry days - data suggests
... The BBC analysis suggests that Thames Water - with customers from the Cotswolds to the Thames Estuary - dry-spilled for 1,253 hours in 2022, at 49 overflow sites...
Grays lorry deaths: Man admits manslaughter over death of 39 migrants
... The bodies of the 39 people were found in Grays on 23 October 2019, after the lorry had travelled by boat from Zeebrugge in Belgium to Purfleet on the Thames Estuary...
Outrage at public contract for firm behind P& O sackings
... The government confirmed that a new freeport for the Thames Estuary region had recently been approved, and would be run by a partnership between DP World, the carmaker Ford and Forth Ports...
River Thames: Sharks and seahorses found living in waterway
... The Thames Estuary and its associated blue carbon habitats are critically important in our fight to mitigate climate change and build a strong and resilient future for nature and people...
Sir David Amess: What does city status mean for Southend?
... " It also has London Southend Airport, and just up the river are the ports of London Gateway and Tilbury who have come together to develop Thames Freeport with its exciting visions for the future of the Thames Estuary...
General election 2019, Your Questions Answered: What will the parties do about transport?
... The Lib Dems would ban any expansion of Heathrow, Gatwick or Stansted and wouldn t support a runway in the Thames Estuary...
Grays lorry deaths: Man admits manslaughter over death of 39 migrants
By Jeremy Britton & Pete CooperBBC News
A Romanian man has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese migrants who were found suffocated in a sealed lorry trailer.
The Victims , including 10 teenagers, were discovered in Essex in 2019.
Marius Mihai Draghici also admitted one count of conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration at a hearing at the Old Bailey.
The 50-year-old was remanded in custody and Judge Richard Marks KC said he would be sentenced at a later date.
Draghici was detained in Romania last August following The Execution of a European Arrest Warrant and was extradited to the UK.
The bodies of the 39 people were found in Grays on 23 October 2019, after The Lorry had travelled by boat from Zeebrugge in Belgium to Purfleet on the Thames Estuary .
An inquest heard their, as temperatures rose in the back of the sealed lorry container and oxygen levels dropped.
Each of The Lorry victims, and their families, had to an organised criminal group that promised a better life and Safe Passage to the UK.
Det Ch Insp Louise Metcalfe said it was " The Most complex investigation ever undertaken by Essex Police".
" We have always maintained that the actions We Believed Draghici was responsible for could never go unpunished. We now know they will not, " she added.
Police said Draghici's role was to be involved in the onward transportation of The Migrants once they arrived in the UK.
Four men have been over the deaths.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com