Olympian cleans up waterways
Olympic Gold Medallist Ed McKeever will be sharing his Olympic experience whilst cleaning up London's waterways with volunteers from the Big Waterways Clean Up on the River Lea.
Olympic champion helps in clean-up
An Olympic champion who cleaned up at the Games, is now cleaning up for real.
Ed McKeever, who won a Gold this summer, joined other volunteers in the River Lea in East London.
The scheme is part of a campaign to ensure the waterways in the shadows of the Olympic Park stay free from rubbish. Piers Hopkirk reports.
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