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Wednesday 30 June 2021 7:16 pm

Londoner on furlough finds fortune in the Thames

By: Michiel Willems

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Furloughed from her job and confined to London by coronavirus lockdowns, Flora Blathwayt founded a business based on rubbish she retrieves from the muddy banks of the River Thames. Watch the full report.

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