River Lea oil spill: Eleven groups demand answers over ‘substandard’ clean-up
Volunteers criticise the Environment Agency and the Canal & River Trust for their response to the disaster
Thames21
New wildlife-friendly reedbed coming to Clapton
Waterways charity Thames21 announces results of public poll to pick locations
Hackney waterway in the running for new wildlife-friendly reedbeds courtesy of charity Thames21
Nine potential Lea Navigation sites, five of which are in the borough, included in online poll – with voters being entered into a special prize draw
‘Avid reeders’ use much-maligned plant to tackle pollution in River Lea
‘Army’ of reedbed volunteers are using nature to fight pollution in an operation to clean up East London’s waterways
Counting East London’s eels as they ebb from the River Lea
Once omnipresent in culture and waterways, efforts are now under way to tally – and save – the area’s dwindling eel population