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
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
‘Swampy’ is branded ‘reckless and irresponsible,’ for allowing his son, 16, to stay with him in makeshift tunnels underneath Euston Square Gardens High Speed 2 protesters have constructed tunnels under Euston Square Gardens Veteran eco-warrior Dan ‘Swampy’ Hooper, is one of five people below ground Swampy has been branded ‘reckless’ for bringing his son Rory, … Read more
A teenager holed-up in secret tunnels below Euston Station in protest at the HS2 high-speed railway is the daughter of an eccentric millionaire who owns a Scottish island. Blue Sandford, 18, proudly posted last night a picture of herself in the illegal underground burrow, declaring ‘I put the crime in criminal’. The environmental campaigner is … Read more
HS2’s first 558ft-long tunnelling machines have arrived in the UK in more than 1,000 parts. The two contraptions were transported from Germany to a construction site in Hertfordshire near the M25. They will be assembled over the coming months before they start digging the high-speed railway’s Chiltern tunnels in spring next year. To dig the … Read more
China’s rat tribe: Over a million people live in subterranean tunnels 50 years after Chairman Mao told them to ‘dig deep’ to survive cold war Low income workers known as the ‘Rat Tribe’ now occupy the tunnels which cover an area of 30 square miles Construction of the underground city, dubbed ‘The Dungeon’, began in 1969 … Read more