these 2 islands would destroy the tsunami and instead of london so the thames estuary would be where the tsunami would come in that would build up force up the thames estuary and destroy a lot now this was a proposal and several people looked at the maps of my goodness we could put at least 6 runways on those 2 either and forest picked it up and said we need a new have port for that and i said but if it's a nominee does hit this we lose our ip. the net result of all of this was i i said i wouldn't be prepared to chair that commission but i was prepared to cherry commission to look into the future development of the thames estuary area but he announced to the press to us that you were going to chair the. so i stepped put his arm around me and said so they've it is agreed to chair this commission and i think afterwards can i have a word with you and he said sure and i said do you remember what he said not caring commissions into the future and he just rubbed his head and put his head down and said oh silly me silly me sorry but never mind the press will have deemed to have got it wrong

the count by scientists at london zoo found 138 harbor and grey seal pups had been born in the thames estuarythis year or thames was declared biologically dead in the 1950 s. after all accident levels fell to 0 in some parts researchers say the latest tally is proof the waterway is now and good health. take a look at the headlines right now on al-jazeera at least 5 people have died as hurricane dorian smashes the bahamas it has been downgraded to a category 4 hurricane but remains life threatening at least 13000 homes have been destroyed. in the midst of this dark tragedy. of northern bahamas. mission and focus now. is search and rescue and recovery. for the prayers for those in affected areas and for our 1st responders to. the initial reports from albuquerque is that the devastation is unprecedented and extensive. they are deeply worried. the images and videos we are seeing have not breaking. many homes. businesses and other buildings have been completely out of time actually destroyed. kongs later says she has never considered resigning despite a leaked recording of her saying she would qui

the count by scientists at london zoo found 138 harbor and grey seal pups have been born in the thames estuary this year the river thames was declared biologically dead and the 1950 s. after oxygen levels fell to 0 and some researchers say this latest tally is proof the waterway is now. good news website al-jazeera dot com and keep it right here we haven't set up headlines for you i never said it right. these are the headlines on al-jazeera at least 5 people have died as hurricane dorian smashes the bahamas it's been downgraded to a category 4 hurricane but remains life threatening bringing winds of up to 230 kilometers an hour about $13000.00 homes have been destroyed. in mid century to start a tragedy. mission and focus now. is search and rescue and recovery. for the prayers for those in affected areas and for our 1st responders. the mission to tell it. is that the devastation is unprecedented and extensive. they are deeply worried. the images and videos we are seeing. breaking. many homes and. businesses and other buildings have been completely of passion destroyed. britain's prime minister

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promising results that count by scientists a london zoo found 138 pops have been born in the thames estuary this year the river thames was declared biologically dead in the 1950 s. researches say the latest seal tally is proof the waterway is now in good health. and this is al-jazeera to get a round up of the top stories british prime minister boris johnson is holding a cabinet meeting this hour as he braces for a showdown in parliament over his break supplants the british pound has fallen to its lowest level in more than 2 and a half years on the continued uncertainty. the iranian oil tanker seized off gibraltar before being released appears to have turned off its tracking beacon the adrian dariya one formerly known as the grace one reportedly switched off its tracker on monday shipped tracking websites had previously shown the vessel off the coast of lebanon and heading north woods body has more from tehran. according to iranian officials they have not disclosed where exactly this ship is heading since it was released by the authorities injured on august 15th this ship has made its way to

count by scientists at london zoo found 138 harbor and great seal pups have been born in the thames estuary this year the river thames had been declared biologically dead in the 1950 s. after oxygen levels fell to 0 in some parts. this is after the release of the headlines u.k. m.p.'s trying to take control of the parliamentary agenda or to stop but no deal exit from the european union the government's lost its working majority as well after one conservative m.p. quit the party cross the floor to join the liberal democrats parliament will vote on a motion later that could lead to fast tracked legislation to delay break that until january prime minister barak's johnson speaking earlier said that would be a mistake. this house has never before voted to force the prime minister to surrender such a crucial decision to the discretion of our friends and neighbors overseas because what this bill would mean is that unless we agree. to the terms of our friends and partners they would be able to keep us in the e.u. froze long as they want and own their terms and the response from labor leader jeremy

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biologists are working with fishermen in the thames estuary to save native oysters, which are on theecline in population over the past two hundred years. and you can see more on that story on inside out london. that's tonight at 7.30, on bbc one. let's take a look at the travel situation now... signal failure at bromley by bow means the circle line has severe delays, the district line is part suspended west ham to tower hill. as is th hammersmith and city line barking to liverpool street. and london 0verground is also part suspended sydenham to west croydon because of a tree on the track the m4 has reopend between junction 5 langley and j6 slough after being closed all weekend for roadworks. usual delays building coming towards town on the m4. the piccadilly underpass remains closed westbound because of gas works now the weather with kate kinsella good morning. a dry and bright start. a bit of sunshine but do not be full. it is going to change. cloud increases and every rain arrives. enjoy the sunshine. i'll start. gradually, with the cloud increasing, rain becoming heavy and persist

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