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A juvenile minke whale that became stranded in the River Thames has been put down. Hundreds of people gathered along riverbanks in south-west London after the whale was first spotted on Sunday.

The whale was loaded on to the back of a truck at Teddington lifeboat station and taken to Whipsnade Zoo A juvenile minke whale that had to be put down after becoming stranded in the River Thames ...

He has also found the corpse of a minke whale, cows that had waded in off ... Lost and Found on the River Thames, has come across several bodies. Maiklem, who scavenges the banks and shores ...

The news that two male bodies were recovered from the River Thames while the search for chemical attack suspect Abdul Ezedi was under way could easily have been overlooked. On average, 25 bodies ...