Home made coral reef

Marine specialists from London Zoo are growing a massive coral reef for an £85m aquarium in the East End.

The reef includes living colonies seized from smugglers who had tried to bring the coral into Britain.

The living reef, comprising of species from the Indian and Pacific oceans, is thought to be the biggest of its kind to be grown in the country.

The feature will form the centrepiece of the Biota centre in Newham, covering the size of five football fields.