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Engineers working to repair the hole have confirmed the discovery of abandoned sand mining tunnels

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Months after a massive sinkhole sparked a major incident in Surrey, a network of underground Victorian tunnels have been discovered close to the site.

Residents of quiet Surrey village of Godstone were told to “get out as quickly as possible” after a huge crater swallowed a street overnight on February 17.