squeezing the earth in at the shield's face. Tunnel workers gather the muck and dirt as it pours in. They toss the dirt on conveyor belts, which carry the excess soil out of the tunnel.

Designed to handle storm overflows, the Thames Tideway Tunnel opened its gates today, capturing 589,000 cubic metres of sewage within 24 hours during heavy rainfall in September. The 25km ‘super ...

The tunnel is wide enough to fit three buses side by side. After eight years in the making, London's £5bn super sewer has been completed. Known officially as the Thames Tideway Tunnel ...

The first four sites along London's new "super sewer" - officially known as the Thames Tideway Tunnel - have been brought into operation. The valves, which operate like giant gates, are being used ...

A project to build a road tunnel under the Thames Estuary has become Britain’s biggest planning application at 359,000 pages long with 2,383 separate documents. Paperwork for the £10 billion ...