along the tunnel before it fills up with sewage. just looking for history. looking for stories, really. lara is a mudlark, forever searching the brown banks of the river thames. ifound a complete iron age pot, a tudor shoe. but alongside the treasures are more familiar items that have been flushed away. condoms, tampax applicators, sanitary towels, wet wipes. you name it, i ve found it. this is london, but it s a story repeated across we are spoiling it, you know? we are pouring our waste into it and just destroying it. but deep beneath the river, the clean up plan is nearly ready to flow. a £5 billion tunnel, the largest and deepest the capital has ever seen. the reason we are riding on bikes through this tunnel is because it sjust so big it s 15 miles long, all the way across london, under the river thames. and the idea behind it is,
difficult position, and made it very hard to give people anything like the dignity or the security or the support that they need. after the earthquake, the crossing was closed. no aid was getting through. i ve come to north london to an aid collection centre. they re bringingl in milk, formula. milk for babies. snacks, food. food, nappies. sanitary towels. and all the stuff that we re i seeing here, this is all stuff that arrived today? yes, they all arrived today. around half a million people in the uk have family links to turkey. many face an agonising wait for news. i called literally anyone i could get hold of. your mind leaves you. you can t control your
difficult position, and made it very hard to give people anything like the dignity or the security or the support that they need. after the earthquake, the crossing was closed. no aid was getting through. i ve come to north london to an aid collection centre. they re bringingl in milk, formula. milk for babies. snacks, food. food, nappies. sanitary towels. and all the stuff that we re i seeing here, this is all stuff that arrived today? - yes, they all arrived today. around half a million people in the uk have family links to turkey. many face an agonising wait for news. i called literally anyone i could get hold of. your mind leaves you. you can t control your mind at this time.