Popping down to the Thames for a lunch time swim

Police alerted after 'CROCODILE filmed in the River Thames

The Crocodile was filmed lurking among luxury houseboats on the River Thames!

A dog walker called police after filming a crocodile swimming around luxury houseboats in the River Thames this morning.

He posted the footage on Twitter which he says shows the giant reptile floating around Chelsea Harbour in west London, which is fed by the Thames.

Chris Davies says he filmed the creature just after 8am after he saw two men staring down at it.

Mirror

Rachel Bishop

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Where to Governor, Dosh for the Black Cabs

Will losing Uber give the black cabbies a chance?

Black cab drivers have protested against Uber since the company arrived in London (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Uber has been told that it will be stripped of its licence to operate in London at the end of September.

Transport for London told the firm that it ‘will not be issued with a private hire operator licence’ because they found it was ‘not fit and proper’.

Uber said in a statement that the decision would Confirming Uber would appeal against the decision in court, Tom Elvidge, the firm’s general manager in London, said: ‘3.5 million Londoners who use our app, and more than 40,000 licensed drivers who rely on Uber to make a living, will be astounded by this decision.

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