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Plans to update flood defences on a stretch of the Thames in South London have been approved despite local concerns about tree felling and a walking…

The carbon-neutral Oceandiva is the same size as seven double-decker buses, but some locals have raised concerns about noise pollution.

Oceandiva is now berthed in the Royal Docks and is due to be in full service from June

A riverbank in South London was covered in so much dust that residents are saying it looks like an “explosion in a flour mill”.

Tributes have been paid to Christopher Jones, from Gorleston, a founding member of Norfolk and Suffolk 4x4.

She said: "We had local flooding where I live, a neighbours property was pretty badly hit. I had a call a family of five were stuck in a car in the middle of a single tracked road and the water had flood their car which was stuck in the flood water. They had been trying to find a way home and they got stuck as well. "The journey would normally take 15 minutes, it is only a couple of miles, but because a lot of roads are flooded, it took us three hours to get them home. "You are prepared for pe...