Alan Horn says the River Great Ouse, pictured during the River Festival, is "the jewel in Bedford's crown" [Alex Pope/BBC] People are being warned to avoid popular swimming spots at a river after high ...

More Wilmington-area beach towns are advising beachgoers to stay out of the water as Hurricane Erin draws closer to the Cape Fear region, bringing life-threatening surf and rip currents to area ...

BERLIN (AP) — A century after the city of Berlin banned swimming in the Spree River because it was so polluted it could make people sick, there’s a push by swimmers to get back into the water. Around ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Nearly 10 recreation sites along North Carolina rivers failed testing for fecal bacteria this week, and five coastal spots in three counties had swim warnings into the weekend ...

First, France cleaned the polluted river so that Olympians could swim there. Now, a year later, it is opening three sites for locals to plunge in. Paris Dispatch First, France cleaned the polluted ...