Tehran wants ceasefire but terms ‘not good enough yet’, US president claims, as both sides launch new waves of strikes

• Middle East crisis – live updates

Donald Trump has warned he is not ready to seek a deal to end the US-Israeli offensive against Iran, saying that though he thought Tehran was keen to negotiate a ceasefire, the US would fight on for better terms.

Trump’s comments came as Iran launched fresh missile and drone attacks on countries in the Gulf and on Israel, and Israeli and US warplanes launched new waves of strikes on Iran.

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‘I did it for the people,’ says Farbod Mehr, of song drawing lyrics from the work of revolutionary 20th-century poet Aref Qazvini

A stirring song – sung, apparently, by a young woman, with lyrics expressing the hope that sacrifice will lead to a better future – has become a soundtrack for Iranians in the first part of 2026, as the country experienced the brutal crackdown on anti-regime protests and then the US-Israeli air assault, now in its third week.

However, the singer, called Nava, is a product of artificial intelligence, created by a London-based artist of Iranian origin, Farbod Mehr.

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Unofficial body co-chaired by ex-Labour leader says Britain failed to meet its duty to seek to prevent a genocide

The Labour government has been complicit in crimes committed by Israel in Gaza and in the desecration of international law, according to an unoffical tribunal on Gaza chaired by the former party leader Jeremy Corbyn and two specialists in international law.

The tribunal’s findings to be published on Monday are likely to be cited in May’s local elections, in which Labour faces a rearguard action to beat off challenges from the Greens and Your Party, in part driven by anger that the government has not done enough to back the Palestinian cause.

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Nottinghamshire and Met police made arrests in past year, despite MPs voting to decriminalise in England and Wales

Vulnerable women in England are still being arrested and facing police investigations over suspected illegal pregnancy terminations, despite parliament backing changes to the law to decriminalise abortion.

Responding to a freedom of information request, Nottinghamshire police and the Metropolitan police confirmed they had arrested women suspected of illegal terminations between June last year and this January.

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• Former left-back signs until June with option to stay on

• Has been coach at Chelsea, Everton and Derby

Ashley Cole has been appointed as the head coach of the Serie B side Cesena. It is a first management role for the former Arsenal, Chelsea and England full-back, who has been developing as a coach since retiring from playing in 2019.

Cole’s positions have included working with Frank Lampard at Derby, Chelsea and Everton, with Wayne Rooney at Birmingham, and with England and the Football Association.

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• Barça restore four-point lead at top of La Liga

• Club’s presidential elections to follow match

Raphinha bagged a hat-trick as Barcelona thrashed Sevilla 5-2 to restore their four-point lead at the top of La Liga. After Real Madrid cut the gap by beating Elche on Saturday, the Spanish champions responded by romping to a comfortable victory.

Dani Olmo and João Cancelo also struck for Hansi Flick’s side, who host Newcastle in the Champions League on Wednesday. Fans streamed to the stadium to vote in the club’s presidential elections, with either Joan Laporta or Victor Font to be announced the new chief later on Sunday night.

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Secret of hedgehog hearing discovered at far beyond human range. Hedgehogs may be communicating with more than just snuffles, grunts and snorts, according to scientists who have discovered the animal's hearing range. The creatures hear sounds at a much higher frequency than humans, meaning they could be signalling to each other with noises that we simply cannot hear. The discovery could be a "game-changer" for the animal which is in decline in the UK and Europe, according to Dr Sophie Rasmussen at the University of Oxford. It could help scientists work out how to protect the animals from stressful noises when in rescue centres, or develop sound repellants to deter hedgehogs from going near machines that can kill them, such as cars, lawnmowers or strimmers.

Got a pack of cards and some time to kill? Play Solitaire. Don't have a table handy? Play One Handed Solitaire [< 2 min.]

While there are several solitaires that can be played in one hand, this one has become synonymous with the term. It's also called "Toilet" or "Head" solitaire, for obvious reasons, and sometimes "Idiot's Delight," which is a pejorative more commonly applied to several other solitaire games. Some might object that, as demonstrated, someplace is required for the discards. You can eliminate that by putting the Jokers at the back of the pack at the start of the game and placing your discards on them. When you draw a Joker, you know you've gone through the whole deck. If you have the Jokers face up, you don't even have to remove them to shuffle: simply fan the shuffled cards and move the Jokers to the back. If you are going to be standing the whole time you may want to practice the table-less riffle shuffle, because the overhand shuffle is not very good. One Handed Solitaire Rules:

1. Uses all 52 cards (no Jokers)
2. Deal four cards
   • If the top card and the fourth match rank, discard all four
   • If the top card and the fourth match suit, discard the middle two
3. Deal another card (or more, if you have fewer than four) and re-evaluate
4. The goal is to move all cards to the discard.

Note that if you discard two cards, you should then check if the top card and the newly promoted fourth card also match, and so on. (Discarding four cards just resets your hand to a previous state.) This game isn't played so much as revealed. Everything has been predetermined in the shuffle and your job is to discover it. (It could be called "Calvinist Solitaire.") It engages your brain just enough to keep your attention, which gives it a meditative quality. As mentioned in the video, there's a variant (we'll call it the "Flush" variant) that adds:

• If the top four cards all match suit, discard all four.

YouTuber "curiousepic" came up with another variant. This one replaces the discarding rules:

• If the top card and the fourth match suit, discard the two matching cards (instead of the middle two)
• If the top card and the fourth match value, discard the middle two cards (instead of all four)

He claims it results in more and longer "chain reactions" of cards being eliminated from your hand, which he finds more fun. It does have an obvious consequence of not being able to completely eliminate cards from your hand, as you only ever discard two of four cards. Royal Marriage A related game is Royal Marriage (AKA Royal Wedding, Betrothal, etc.) It and most of the games listed here are from the Accordion family of solitaires, so they share some similarities. YouTuber "Sir Thecos" demonstrates, with one-handed play shown toward the end. Royal Marriage Rules:

1. Uses all 52 cards (no Jokers.)
   • The King and Queen of Hearts are set aside.
   • After the shuffle, the King is placed at the back of the deck (last card) and the Queen is played first.
2. Deal one card at a time
   • If a pair of cards with either the same rank or suit are separated by one or two cards, the in-between cards may be discarded.
3. The goal is for the King and Queen to meet (discard all other cards.)

If you don't want any loose cards you can simply put the Jokers behind the King. Any two cards of the same suit can be used instead of the (rather on-brand) King and Queen of Hearts. If you're anti-royalist, you could use the King and Ace of Spades with the goal of introducing the King to the Death Card. Cards of the same rank could also be used, e.g. for a same-sex pairing, but that would raise the difficulty since there's fewer matches they have in common. Note that the in-between cards may be discarded. The longer you leave them, the more possibilites will show themselves (along with a larger hand, which you'll be tempted to reduce if playing in-hand.) One strategy is to allow a run of discardable cards (e.g., all hearts) to build up near the Queen and try to use them to pair off with the cards near the King, once he shows up. As originally described by Professor Hoffman in The Illustrated Book of Patience Games (1892) it is implied that discards are made as they present themselves. The Wikipedia Rules emphasize the optionality of discarding, which seems to be the modern consensus. There is a "variant" (some treat this version as the default) that takes optional discarding to its logical extreme and deals all the cards out before play begins. This is actually playable in-hand, although you'll be looking at a fraction of the total cards at any time. It has the benefit of allowing you to work from both ends, hopefully with a better chance at the endgame. It also allows for easy discarding, placing everything behind the entire deck, and allows for easy resumption of interrupted play with the King denoting the in-hand side of the deck. The downside is that it can be frustrating looking at the line of cards "through a straw." Nidgi Novgorod The game Nidgi Novgorod as described in The Standard Hoyle (1904) is somewhere between One Handed Solitaire and Royal Marriage. Nidgi Novgorod Rules:

1. Uses anchor cards similar to Royal Marriage but of matching rank (player's choice.) No Jokers.
2. Cards are played singly, as in One Handed Solitaire
3. If the top card and the fourth match rank or suit, discard the middle two
4. Goal is to discard all but the two end cards.

You look at enough of these games, and you start to realize that they're all one rule change away from another game. The Queen and Her Lad This game was first recorded by Mary Whitmore Jones in the 3rd series of her Games of Patience (1892). That edition is not online, but fortunately a 1909 plagiarism of her work is. The Queen and Her Lad Rules:

1. Uses anchor cards similar to Royal Marriage but of the Queen and Jack of Hearts. (No Jokers.)
2. Cards are played singly, as in One Handed Solitaire
   • If the top card and the third match in rank or suit, discard the middle one.
   • If the top card and the fourth match in rank or suit, and the middle two also match in rank or suit, discard the middle pair.
   • If the top card and a matching card are separated by a run of contiguous pairs (in rank or suit) the intervening pairs are discarded.
3. Goal is to eliminate all cards between the Queen and Jack.

There is apparently a variant where any run of a suit between pairs can be discarded (so, an odd number) but I lost track of where I saw that. Decade Decade (AKA 10-20-30) is a latecomer, only appearing in 1949. It is sometimes described as a teaching game for children learning addition, but it engages a different part of your brain than the solitaires we've discussed so far. Decade Rules:

1. Uses all 52 cards (no Jokers)
   • Cards are valued aces-low, with all face cards worth 10. (1-10)
2. Deal three cards
   • If any two or more contiguous cards add up to 10, 20, or 30, discard them.
3. Deal another card (or more, if you have fewer than three) and re-evaluate
4. The goal is to move all cards to the discard.

There are also some variant rules, the main two being

• Only two or three cards can be used to create the value ("strict" rules.)
• The hand is treated as a loop; cards from the beginning can be used with cards at the end

The tabletop version is usually played in a line, but there's a version that uses stacks. If you've mastered tens, there's the similar Seven Up. Endgame Rules There are a couple other Accordion family games which have rules for the endgame that may be worth adopting. Hoffman mentions Push-pin Patience in a footnote on Royal Marriage. He notes that once all the cards have been dealt, the player may transpose any two of them. Ednah D. Cheney, writing twenty years earlier in Patience : A Series of Games With Cards (1865), describes Push-pin and makes no mention of this rule, but does allow that after all the cards have been dealt, the player may move the first card to the end "which may make new combinations possible." (Her version has the cards all dealt out first.) Hoffman also mentions Discards in the same footnote, citing Dr. Pole's Cyclopedia of Card and Table Games, which permits the discarding of any three cards if the ending hand is "unmanageable." Shout It Out Finally, a game that's not in the Accordion family. I came across this video in the "Solitaire With The Card Guy" YouTube channel. He demonstrates three in-hand solitaire games, two of which (One Handed Solitaire, which he calls "Patience," and Decade) we've looked at. The third is called Shout It Out. It's apparently a children's game, but it's new to me. Shout It Out Rules:

1. Uses all 52 cards (Jokers optional)
2. State aloud (or subvocalize) a rank that you think the next card will not be.
3. Draw a card and compare the rank. If it matches, you've lost.
4. Goal is to get through the entire deck.

I've played it over a dozen times and never got halfway through the deck.

De zee-eend leeft normaal in Siberië en Alaska en trok met zijn aanwezigheid zo’n 18.000 bezoekers naar het Waddeneiland. Maar eind december werd de bekendste watervogel van Nederland in „zorgwekkende toestand” binnengebracht bij opvangcentrum Ecomare.

Weer voor Rotterdam ☁️ - 15-03-2026 19:15 CET

In één oogopslag:
• 9.1°C · Bewolkt ☁️ | Min 5.0°C / Max 11.5°C | Kans op neerslag 13%

Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 5.0°C, Max 11.5°C (Matige regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 3.6 mm, Kans op neerslag 13%, 🧭 1009.0 hPa ↘️ -0.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 33.8 km/u (9.4 m/s), richting: ↗ 211°

Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:

• 20:00: 8.6°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 19%, 🧭 1009.9 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 22.3 km/u (6.2 m/s), richting: ↑ 182°
• 21:00: 8.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 45%, 🧭 1008.8 hPa ↘️ -1.1 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 28.8 km/u (8.0 m/s), richting: ↑ 186°
• 22:00: 8.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 67%, 🧭 1009.0 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 31.7 km/u (8.8 m/s), richting: ↑ 193°
• 23:00: 7.0°C (Matige regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 2.7 mm, Kans op neerslag 83%, 🧭 1008.2 hPa ↘️ -0.8 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 31.7 km/u (8.8 m/s), richting: ↑ 196°
• 00:00: 7.1°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.9 mm, Kans op neerslag 95%, 🧭 1007.1 hPa ↘️ -1.1 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 33.8 km/u (9.4 m/s), richting: ↗ 212°
• 01:00: 8.3°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.1 mm, Kans op neerslag 100%, 🧭 1007.8 hPa ↗️ +0.7 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 20.2 km/u (5.6 m/s), richting: → 273°
• 02:00: 8.4°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.8 mm, Kans op neerslag 94%, 🧭 1008.7 hPa ↗️ +0.9 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 27.7 km/u (7.7 m/s), richting: → 272°
• 03:00: 8.2°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 81%, 🧭 1009.0 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 28.4 km/u (7.9 m/s), richting: → 276°
• 04:00: 7.1°C (Lichte regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 1.5 mm, Kans op neerslag 67%, 🧭 1009.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 27.4 km/u (7.6 m/s), richting: → 283°
• 05:00: 6.8°C (Helder) 🌕, Kans op neerslag 54%, 🧭 1010.0 hPa ↗️ +0.8 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 25.6 km/u (7.1 m/s), richting: → 283°
• 06:00: 6.6°C (Licht bewolkt) 🌕, Kans op neerslag 40%, 🧭 1010.9 hPa ↗️ +0.9 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 24.8 km/u (6.9 m/s), richting: → 282°
• 07:00: 6.8°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 29%, 🧭 1011.8 hPa ↗️ +0.9 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 24.1 km/u (6.7 m/s), richting: → 280°

Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:

• maandag 16 maart: Min 6.6°C, Max 10.4°C (Lichte regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 3.3 mm, Kans op neerslag 35%, 🧭 1013.8 hPa ↗️ +4.8 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 28.4 km/u (7.9 m/s), richting: → 264°
• dinsdag 17 maart: Min 8.8°C, Max 13.7°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.6 mm, Kans op neerslag 4%, 🧭 1018.7 hPa ↗️ +4.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 19.1 km/u (5.3 m/s), richting: ↗ 205°
• woensdag 18 maart: Min 6.4°C, Max 15.9°C (Gedeeltelijk bewolkt) ⛅, 🧭 1023.5 hPa ↗️ +4.8 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 11.5 km/u (3.2 m/s), richting: ↖ 121°
• donderdag 19 maart: Min 4.1°C, Max 15.6°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1026.0 hPa ↗️ +2.5 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 6.9 km/u (1.9 m/s), richting: ↙ 49°
• vrijdag 20 maart: Min 5.2°C, Max 10.9°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1024.5 hPa ↘️ -1.5 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 11.7 km/u (3.2 m/s), richting: ↙ 41°
• zaterdag 21 maart: Min 3.2°C, Max 10.1°C (Licht bewolkt) 🌤️, Kans op neerslag 1%, 🧭 1020.1 hPa ↘️ -4.4 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 18.1 km/u (5.0 m/s), richting: ↙ 62°

Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 19:15): 9.1°C (Bewolkt)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 3.4°C (-5.7°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 22.7 km/u (6.3 m/s), richting: ↑ 182°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 43.2 km/h (12.0 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 62%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1009.9 hPa ↘️ -0.9 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 50.0 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 0.0
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 06:55 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 18:46

Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 36 🟢 (Goed)
• PM2.5: 7.0 μg/m³
• PM10: 11.1 μg/m³

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DEN HAAG (ANP) - Het Centrum Informatie en Documentatie Israël (CIDI) heeft geen uitnodiging ontvangen om deel te nemen aan de gesprekken die minister-president Jetten maandag voert met vertegenwoordigers van de Joodse gemeenschap. Dat laat CIDI-directeur Naomi Mestrum weten. Het is niet duidelijk wie er wel met Jetten om tafel gaan.

Mestrum laat weten verrast te zijn dat het CIDI geen uitnodiging heeft gekregen en noemt het "een duidelijke beleidsverandering ten opzichte van eerdere kabinetten", waarbij het CIDI vaak werd uitgenodigd als het ging over de Joodse gemeenschap in Nederland. Ze noemt het opvallend dat haar organisatie "die structureel antisemitische incidenten verzamelt en in kaart brengt" niet is uitgenodigd voor een gesprek dat plaatsvindt na aanslagen bij een Joodse school en synagoge. Mestrum hoopt dat Jetten zich 'toch nog bedenkt'.

Het CIDI laat weten om opheldering gevraagd te hebben bij het ministerie van Algemene Zaken. Het ANP wacht op een reactie van Algemene Zaken.

JERUZALEM (ANP/RTR) - De Israëlische premier Benjamin Netanyahu heeft zondag een video van zichzelf geplaatst waarin te zien is hoe hij een kop koffie haalt en een praatje maakt met een medewerker. Dit deed hij nadat Iraanse staatsmedia geruchten hadden verspreid dat hij dood of gewond zou zijn.

In de video, die is opgenomen in een café aan de rand van Jeruzalem en op Netanyahu's Telegram-account is geplaatst, vraagt ​​een medewerker hem naar de geruchten. Netanyahu grijpt een kop koffie en reageert met een woordspeling op het woord 'dood', dat in Hebreeuwse straattaal ook kan worden gebruikt om uit te drukken dat je 'helemaal gek bent op' iemand of iets. "Ik ben gek op koffie. Weet je wat? Ik ben gek op mijn volk."

Eerder op zondag zwoer de Iraanse Revolutionaire Garde dat ze Netanyahu zal doden. Israël doodde eind februari Irans opperste leider Ali Khamenei.

In de spreekkamer draait zorg steeds vaker om schermen, scans en protocollen, terwijl één van de krachtigste interventies gratis is: een hand op een arm, een rustige omhelzing, een zachte massage. Arts en massagetherapeut Michaela Maria Arnold spreekt daarom zelfs van “beroepsmatige aanraakgeneeskunde”: aanraking als therapeutisch middel dat net zo serieus genomen zou moeten worden als een medicijn of apparaat. Toch wordt in de medische opleiding nauwelijks gesproken over hoe je een patiënt fysiek benadert, behalve via apparaten zoals stethoscopen en echo’s.

Wat aanraking in het lichaam doet

Onderzoek laat zien dat liefdevolle aanraking de aanmaak van stresshormonen remt en het zogenaamde knuffelhormoon oxytocine stimuleert, wat een kalmerend effect heeft op hartslag, bloeddruk en angst. In de huid zitten speciale zenuwvezels – C‑tactiele afferenten – die juist reageren op langzaam, zacht strijken en die signalen doorgeven aan hersengebieden die met emotie en welbevinden te maken hebben. Dit verklaart waarom een omhelzing soms meer kan doen dan een goed gesprek: het lichaam wordt letterlijk in een andere stand gezet.

Van huidhonger naar zelfaanraking

De pandemie maakte pijnlijk duidelijk wat “ huidhonger” betekent: mensen die maandenlang nauwelijks iemand aanraakten, rapporteerden meer eenzaamheid, slapeloosheid en stress. Niet iedereen heeft echter een partner, gezin of sociaal netwerk dat dagelijks nabij is – en niet elke aanraking is wenselijk of veilig. Daarom benadrukken onderzoekers én artsen dat ook zelfaanraking werkt: rustig over je eigen hoofd strijken, een hand op je borst leggen, of je huid bewust insmeren kan dezelfde kalmerende zenuwvezels prikkelen. Aanraking is daarmee geen luxe, maar een basisbehoefte die we – in en buiten de zorg – veel bewuster zouden moeten voorschrijven.

ASSEN (ANP) - Na een dubbele aardbeving in de buurt van Assen heeft het Instituut Mijnbouwschade Groningen meer dan driehonderd meldingen van schade gekregen. Dat instituut is verantwoordelijk voor het afhandelen van schade door gaswinning uit het Groningenveld. De aardbeving bij Assen gebeurde in een ander gasveld. Die schade wordt afgehandeld door de Commissie Mijnbouwschade, die 132 meldingen heeft gekregen.

Het kan zijn dat mensen hun schade hebben gemeld bij het instituut terwijl ze eigenlijk bij de commissie hadden moeten zijn. "Het instituut is bekender dan wij. Groningen is landelijk veel in het nieuws geweest. Buiten het Groningenveld zijn niet veel bevingen geweest", zegt een woordvoerder van de commissie. Het is ook mogelijk dat mensen voor de zekerheid hun schade aan het instituut én aan de commissie hebben doorgegeven. Daarom is het op dit moment nog niet zeker hoeveel mensen precies schade hebben gemeld.

Volgens de woordvoerder lossen het instituut en de commissie de meldingen onderling op.

Het is topdrukte in de keuken van de familie Ergenc: nog maar een paar minuten voordat het gezin het vasten kan breken. Dat doen ze niet alleen, maar samen met een bijzondere verzameling tafelgasten. Buiten het gezin om kent namelijk bijna niemand elkaar.

Soepel ging het allerminst, maar Feyenoord won zondagmiddag wel van Excelsior. Dankzij twee doelpunten van Ayase Ueda werd een achterstand omgebogen en won Feyenoord met 2-1. Maar daarmee is het lek niet boven menen Dennis van Eersel en Dennis Kranenburg in de podcast Feyenoord: De Verlenging.

Greg Adams Photography posted a photo:

I found the contrast of this abandoned ferry on the banks of the Thames with the London skyline behind it to be quite remarkable.

"The historic MV Royal Iris ferry (built 1950) is currently abandoned, derelict, and partially submerged on a mudbank in the River Thames at Woolwich, London, near the Thames Barrier. It has been in a state of disrepair since 2002, often flooding at high tide and recently suffering damage from fire.

From: World of Cruising
"MV Royal Iris once played a firm part in British history – from Elvis Costello and The Beatles, to Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip" www.worldofcruising.co.uk/editors-corner/thames-royal-iri...

Greg Adams Photography posted a photo:

I found the contrast of this abandoned ferry on the banks of the Thames with the London skyline behind it to be quite remarkable.

"The historic MV Royal Iris ferry (built 1950) is currently abandoned, derelict, and partially submerged on a mudbank in the River Thames at Woolwich, London, near the Thames Barrier. It has been in a state of disrepair since 2002, often flooding at high tide and recently suffering damage from fire.

From: World of Cruising
"MV Royal Iris once played a firm part in British history – from Elvis Costello and The Beatles, to Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip" www.worldofcruising.co.uk/editors-corner/thames-royal-iri...

Greg Adams Photography posted a photo:

I found the contrast of this abandoned ferry on the banks of the Thames with the London skyline behind it to be quite remarkable.

"The historic MV Royal Iris ferry (built 1950) is currently abandoned, derelict, and partially submerged on a mudbank in the River Thames at Woolwich, London, near the Thames Barrier. It has been in a state of disrepair since 2002, often flooding at high tide and recently suffering damage from fire.

From: World of Cruising
"MV Royal Iris once played a firm part in British history – from Elvis Costello and The Beatles, to Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip" www.worldofcruising.co.uk/editors-corner/thames-royal-iri...

arbuloj has added a photo to the pool: