Middlesbrough has the right raw materials: the river and empty industrial land beside it.

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In normal conditions the reservoir will be empty, filling when river flows increase and there is a risk of flooding.

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He followed the river upstream through the flooded bowl of the foothills, swollen with April rain, sleeping in empty riverboats while the sun, pale in the blue mist of the river, grew dimmer.

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The town already has a shopping centre, White River Place which opened in 2009, although some units are currently empty.

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Empty houses belonging to the Environment Agency at nine locks and weirs along the River Thames are to be rented out to the public.

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There could be a lot of empty seats in the proposed 20, 000 seat arena on the banks of the River Thames.

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He said he feared River Island and other big names would decide to move to the new site instead and the empty shops would remain unused.

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Ladd, an experienced mountain climber as well as world-class kayaker, stops mid-river to instruct the children how to roll their kayaks into the water, and use another kayak to empty the water and get back into their boat.

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