Enough fat to fill a double-decker bus has been discovered clogging up a Kingston sewage pipe.
The 15-tonne blockage, composed of fat and wet wipes flushed away from homes and businesses, was found under London Road by Thames Water investigators earlier this month.
Gordon Hailwood, waste contracts supervisor for Thames Water, said: “We’ve never seen a single, congealed lump of lard this big clogging our sewers before. Click here to continue to video