A small whale has been freed after it became stranded along the River Thames in southwest London on Sunday evening. Hundreds gathered at Richmond Lock and Weir after the whale, believed to be a Minke and between three to four metres long, became stuck on the lock’s boat rollers. Videos showed it being hosed down by a man believed to be a Port of London Authority (PLA) staffer, while a vet performed a check-up at the river’s edge, before the Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI) arrived at the scene to the cheers of onlookers around 9 p.m. Fire crews were also at the scene, along with the British Divers Marine Life Rescue service. Footage posted from the scene showed the whale finally being freed at about 1 a.m. Glen Nicolaides from London Fire Brigade told the BBC the whale had been moved to a more “stable” location where it would …