English Channel

Around 3 billion pounds of the sale would come from selling assets such as state betting organization the Tote, the Dartford bridge and tunnel crossing over the Thames and the English Channel rail link, according to the report. The...

In this article: U.K., MarketWatch, Gordon Brown, Thames, London, and Wall Street Journal

...16b pounds from its debt mountain by flogging off a smorgasbord of assets, including state betting organisation the Tote, the English Channel tunnel rail link, a book of student loans, the Dartford bridge and tunnel crossing the Thames, and a...

In this article: John Key, Solid Energy, Labour, Recession, Bill English, Gordon Brown, Tax, Air New Zealand, and Meridian Energy

...have an elbow," he said. He will begin on the River Seine in Paris and make his way up the coast of France, cross the English Channel, then paddle up the Thames, finishing under Tower Bridge in London. Mr Johnson will travel between...

In this article: London, Paris, The Dominion Post, New Zealand, River Seine, Auckland, Thames, Cook Strait, and Foveaux Strait

...times over a period of 20 year and at one point held the record. Taylor attempted to emulate Matthew Webb in swimming across the English Channel but failed due to bad weather. He annually took on the French Champion, swimming in both the...

In this article: Henry Taylor, Battle of Jutland, First World War, Royal Navy, HMS St. Vincent, Chris Hoy, 2008 Summer Olympics, Lancashire, and Hollinwood Canal

...initially at Birkenhead then Hayling Island. During the war he was involved in the D-Day landings, stationed on a converted Thames barge to ferry ammunition across the English Channel. He started his senior footballing career with...

In this article: David Lapsley, St Mirren, World War II, Royal Navy, Thames, Bathgate Thistle, Hayling Island, and Hampden Park

Over the past 20 years he has taken part in 17 long-distance swims, including across the English Channel, along the whole of the river Thames from Kemble to London, and a 204-kilometre, 21-day swim along Sognefjord in Norway. During...

In this article: Lewis Gordon Pugh, New Scientist, Nelson Mandela, Timothy Noakes, Climate change, Epinephrine, University of Cape Town, South Africa, Eminem, and Plymouth

...B. Johnson to swim the English Channel. He became inspired to try himself, and left his job to begin training, first at Lambeth Baths, then in the cold waters of the Thames and the English Channel. On 12 August 1875 he made his first...

In this article: Matthew Webb, Dawley, Calais, Niagara Falls, Dover, Liverpool, New York, Pink Panther, and Cunard Line

The ice created a dam from Scandinavia to Scotland, and the Rhine, combined with the Thames and drainage from much of north Europe, created a vast lake behind the dam, which eventually spilled over the Weald into the English Channel. This...

In this article: Strait of Dover, Rhine, Thames, Meuse, North Sea, Europe, and Boulonnais

...the end of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. Later, in 1588 Elizabeth I addressed her troops not far from the Tilbury blockhouse as the Spanish Armada sailed up the English Channel. Between 1670 and 1682, the Tilbury blockhouse was...

In this article: Tilbury, Thurrock, Grays, Transport for London, Local Government Act 1972, Tilbury Fort, Mucking, and Chadwell St Mary