55K views · 1.2K reactions | On this day in 1989, the nation would wake up to the news of a tragic accident on the the River Thames. The Marchioness pleasure boat sank after colliding with a dredger and 51 people sadly lost their lives. Following the recommendations of the inquiry into the disaster, the RNLI’s rescue service began on the Thames in January 2002, with lifeboats stationed at Teddington, Chiswick, Tower (Waterloo Bridge) and Gravesend. | RNLI | Facebook

4 comments | Reporting London ran from 1981-1989 covering topical issues affecting London at the time. Here is the opening sequence. | Thames TV Archive | Facebook

Thames River, 1920's. Archive film 19750

ITV Thames | strike continuity | 3rd September 1984

Disaster survivors and anti-corruption groups clashed with police as they attempted to get into the compound of the Office of the Ombudsman on Friday, November 7. They are demanding an urgent investigation against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for his alleged central role in institutionalizing corruption within the government's infrastructure budget and flood-control projects Bahagyang tensyon sa protesta kontra korapsyon sa Ombudsman nitong Biyernes, Nobyembre 7. #philippineswelove #MAGNANAKAW