BY SARA MALM FOR MAILONLINE Gaza is a coastal strip of land that lay on ancient trading and maritime routes along the Mediterranean shore. Held by the Ottoman Empire until 1917, it passed from British to Egyptian to Israeli military rule over the last century and is now a fenced-in enclave inhabited by two million … Read more
Property tycoon Christian Candy (pictured with his wife Emily) has won a planning war against his neighbours to build two huge tunnels connecting his £150 million ‘Candyland’ complex Property tycoon Christian Candy has won a planning war against his neighbours to build two huge tunnels connecting his £150 million ‘Candyland’ complex. The billionaire has been … Read more
Property tycoon Christian Candy (pictured with his wife Emily) has won a planning war against his neighbours to build two huge tunnels connecting his £150 million ‘Candyland’ complex Property tycoon Christian Candy has won a planning war against his neighbours to build two huge tunnels connecting his £150 million ‘Candyland’ complex. The billionaire has been … Read more
Mystery medieval tunnels that don’t appear on any maps are uncovered near 12th century abbey by workmen moving electricity pole The team stumbled on the underground network – unseen for hundreds of years The tunnel site was found near to the Tintern Abbey close to the England border Engineers working for Western Power Distribution stumbled … Read more
Mystery medieval tunnels that don’t appear on any maps are uncovered near 12th century abbey by workmen moving electricity pole The team stumbled on the underground network – unseen for hundreds of years The tunnel site was found near to the Tintern Abbey close to the England border Engineers working for Western Power Distribution stumbled … Read more
The final anti-HS2 activist in a network of tunnels in London’s Euston Square Gardens has been removed after 31 days underground. A lone protestor, known only at this stage as Bradley, was the last man remaining underground trying to stop the high-speed rail line going ahead, after high-profile campaigner Swampy finally left the site yesterday … Read more
Swampy’s 16-year-old son Rory Hooper has left him in tunnels below Euston where they were protesting against the HS2 project, declaring ‘I am looking forward to seeing mum’. Rory had spent 22 days living underground in a move that had been criticised as bad parenting by some quarters. When he came out of the tunnel … Read more
An anti-HS2 campaigner who handed himself to police after spending 11 days in tunnels beneath Euston Station has been ordered to stay away from all HS2 sites. Lachlan Sandford, 20, known as Lazer, was taken into police custody after he voluntarily left the network of tunnels beneath Euston Square Gardens in central London on Saturday. … Read more
A 17-year-old girl is set to appear in court tomorrow morning after she was arrested as she left a network of secret tunnels near Euston Station. A number of activists from the HS2 Rebellion Group have now spent 12 days in the elaborate underground network to protest the £98billion HS2 project. The first to leave … Read more
The 16-year-old son of veteran eco activist Swampy, who is holed up with his father in tunnels under Euston, said his mother was ‘really proud’, but ‘worried’. Rory Hooper said being in the cramped burrows protesting against HS2 was ‘more fun than he thought’. And he revealed he was in daily contact with his mother … Read more