Worth of data. We re looking at them spilling untreated sewage for over half a month. The thames is a world famous river and it s a central part of london life. But despite its importance, parts of the river are being used as an open sewer. This is barnes, in south west london. Now, the river s pretty low at the moment, so i m standing on what you might think is the riverbed. Except, it isn t. It s a mound of wet wipes. Ugh! it s just. Look at these. It s just wet wipes after wet wipes after wet wipes. It sjust everywhere, you know? how can we live like this? debbie leach runs a river charity that s campaigning to clean up the thames. It s about the size of two tennis courts, and who knows what s down there in the river? this is just what we can see. You don t really realise what it is until you get down in this. Yeah. And you start really prodding around it. Yeah, yeah. I mean, every time the stick goes in, wet wipes come out. And when you re standing up there on the riverbank, you as
and this is a month s worth of data. we re looking at them spilling untreated sewage for over half a month. the thames is a world famous river, and it s a central part of london life. but despite its importance, parts of the river are being used as an open sewer. this is barnes, in south west london. now, the river s pretty low at the moment, so i m standing on what you might think is the riverbed. except, it isn t. it s a mound of wet wipes. ugh! it s just. look at these. it s just wet wipes after wet wipes after wet wipes. it sjust everywhere, you know? how can we live like this? debbie leach runs a river charity that s campaigning to clean up the thames. it s about the size of two tennis courts. and who knows what s down there in the river? this is just what we can see. you don t really realise what it is until you get down in this. yeah. ..and you start really prodding around it. yeah, yeah. i mean, every time the stick goes in, wet wipes come out. and when you re standin
prime minister. mr speaker, what i can tell- the right honourable gentleman is that, is that all guidance was followed completely. during numberten. tens of thousands of people have spent a fifth night without power in north england and scotland after storm arwen destroyed infrastructure. the government outlines more details of its 10 year plan to reform the social care system in england, including £300 million investment to help people live independently for longer. staff at 58 universities start a three day strike about pay, pensions and working conditions. the death of a 16 year old girl in hamilton in south lanarkshire is being treated as murder. a typical uk family will spend £1,700 more on bills and food next year, according to a forecast for bbc panorama. good afternoon. the health secretary sajid javid says there s no need for people to change their plans for christmas because of the omicron variant. but he said it would be sensible for people to take a lateral flow
and, we look at a treasure trove of freddie mercury s personal items collected over 30 years before they go under the hammer. and coming up on bbc news. manchester city and arsenal go head to head at the etihad, with city looking to turn the tide in the title race with a win over the league leaders. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the first plane carrying british nationals fleeing sudan is due to land at stansted airport in about an hour. the evacuees were initially taken to larnaca in cyprus, before boarding a charter flight to the uk. more flights are expected throughout the day, to move hundreds of uk citizens out of the country during a 72 hour ceasefire, which has come after more than a week of fighting. british passport holders have been asked to make their own way to an airbase on the outskirts of the sudanese capital khartoum. so far, three british planes have flown from there to larnaca. another potential escape route is by sea, from port sudan, bu