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Listed below is a complete listing of our current news releases (by title).
In a landmark case today (Wednesday 2nd July) two divers from Kent have been made to pay a total of £63,500 in fines and costs for not declaring valuable items from shipwrecks off the UK coast.
Read more![Divers fined after raiding shipwrecks](/assets/cannonsummary.jpg)
Boat owners should stay off the booze for a safe bank holiday weekend on the tidal Thames.
Read more![Don’t mix boats and booze this bank holiday](/assets/dont-drink-and-boat.png)
In time for London Climate Action Week (24 June to 2 July), the Port of London Authority (PLA) has announced this year’s Thames Environment Fund, with the news that it has doubled the funding to £50,000 and tripled the maximum amount of each bid to £15,000.
Read more![Double the funding; PLA's Thames Environment Fund 2023 opens](/assets/EnvironmentFund23WhaleCompanyPaddleandPick.jpg)
Greener ships calling on the tidal Thames will be entitled to a 10% reduction in conservancy charges, as the PLA prepares to launch the UK's first hybrid pilot cutter.
Read more![Doubling of green tariff discount to boost tidal Thames air quality in 2019](https://server1.pla.co.uk/assets/air.jpg)