A former lifeguard has battled injury and a stomach bug to swim the navigable length of the River Avon in an apparent first. Craig Openshaw, from Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, swam 47.1 miles (75 ...

A village in Worcestershire has been named among the prettiest to visit in the UK for a mini break. The list from The Times ...

A clean-up operation takes place in the River Avon at Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, after a break-in at a disused mill led to an oil spill.

Plans to make the River Avon navigable as far as Warwick have been announced. Continuous boating on the river from Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, currently ends at Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire.

Historic Tewkesbury's independent shops, streets and alleyways - in pictures Just an hour down the M5 from Birmingham, this stunning historic town is set on the River Severn and the River Avon ...

Thousands of eels have been released into the River Avon in Tewkesbury as part of a conservation effort. The baby eels - known as elvers - were caught by fishermen last spring and now 60,000 have ...

It is expected flooding will impact low lying land and roads adjacent the River Avon from Abbotts Salford to Tewkesbury, with Offenham, Evesham, Twyning and the Eckington Road also likely impacted.

Bit of a navigational problem when you cannot find an entire river. But that was the issue presented to Lock Keeper Bob Scarrott by boaters going downstream from Worcester on the River Severn ...

Latest flooding updates at 5pm: The River Severn level at Mythe Bridge was 4.60 metres. Property flooding is possible when it goes above 4.40 metres; The River Avon level at Tewks.

Tewkesbury Abbey in Gloucestershire in west-central England, was surrounded by floodwaters after weeks of rain in the UK. While the popular tourist attraction was spared being inundated with water ...

A former lifeguard has battled injury and a stomach bug to swim the navigable length of the River Avon in an apparent first. Craig Openshaw, from Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, swam 47.1 miles (75 ...

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