Oxbridge Boat Race: Oxford coach criticises 'national disgrace' Thames pollution
"Alarmingly high" levels of E.coli bacteria were found in the Thames days before the historic Oxbridge Boat Race this weekend.
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"Alarmingly high" levels of E.coli bacteria were found in the Thames days before the historic Oxbridge Boat Race this weekend.
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British boaters are being warned of alarmingly high levels of E. coli in the waterway May the best team . . . not get violently ill. British boaters are being warned of alarmingly high levels of E.
Sixteen tests around Hammersmith Bridge in west London over a month found high levels of the bacteria.
Elite athletes have been issued with health guidance ahead of a historic race on the capital's river because of sewage.