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Emergency services have resumed the search for a man's body in the River Thames.

They were called out at around 8.50pm yesterday after the man was reported to have fallen in close to the Sir Steve Redgrave Bridge and the University of East London. The search was called off after two hours and resumed today.

Firefighters have rescued a man trapped 20 metres underneath a man hole cover on a Woolwich building site.

Teams from London fire brigade and Air Ambulance used specialist equipment to lift the man to safety at the Grand Depot Road site this afternoon.

Lifesaving dogs showed Wharf workers what they could do by dragging them from the Thames last week.

Fundraisers collected up to £500 for Guide Dogs in exchange for a ride to safety from a Newfoundland in East India Dock.

Firefighters using ropes and a cherry picker came to the rescue of a pair of Canary Wharf window cleaners stuck on the side of an office building on Friday.

The two men were suspended in their cradle, jammed on a ledge at the fifth floor of 25 North Colonnade, which is occupied by the FSA, above the Crossrail site.

Firefighters using ropes and a cherry picker came to the rescue of a pair of Canary Wharf window cleaners stuck on the side of an office building today.

The two men were trapped in their cradle, jammed on a ledge at the fifth floor of 25 North Colonnade, which is occupied by the FSA, above the Crossrail site.

A triathlete launched into a late-night rescue after a woman plunged into Royal Victoria Dock.

Will Scadding hauled the stricken woman from the dock after hearing her screams from his home in Fairfax Mews.