You get two long, thin, canoe-type structures, stick nine people in them and then row along the River Thames ... vacation.” Oxford won the first race in June 1829 at Henley-on-Thames and in ...

The build-up to the annual Boat Race contested by Oxford and Cambridge Universities is shrouded by fears rowers could contract E.coli thanks to the poor water quality of the River Thames.

THE Boat Race returns for the 170th time this weekend - and fans will be preparing to take their place on the banks of the River Thames. The famous old race between Oxford and Cambridge ...

Oxford Mail Camera Club members have been taking some striking photos of the River Thames ... of different Thames locations. Mark Guschtscha took a memorable photo of his father fishing a football ...

Concerns have been raised before the men’s and women’s Boat Races between Oxford University and Cambridge ... coli in the River Thames. The Boat Race, which was first staged in 1829, is ...