Rescuers race to save whale from being stranded

RESCUERS were last night in a “race against time” to save a whale swimming in the River Thames in central London.

Fears were growing for the 15ft-long northern bottle-nosed whale, as experts believe it may become stranded when the tide changes.

But any rescue operation for the mammal may be hampered by the darkness, river mud and the Thames’s notorious undertow.