A map shows the route of London’s new ... Following tests this summer, the sewer will then be handed to Thames Water to run – despite the company leading the tables for raw sewage discharge ...

For decades London’s Victorian-era sewers have discharged raw sewage into the River Thames after heavy rain. But that could be about to change, thanks to a vast tunnel that’s been built ...

as well as modernising 90 miles of sewers to “lower the risk of sewer collapses”. However, the proposals have provoked a consumer backlash because Thames plans to raise average water bills by ...