Sixty-four-metre 'fatberg' discovered in English seaside resort

Eight weeks needed to remove mass of fat, oil and wet-wipes from sewer in Sidmouth, Devon

A block of hardened fat, oil and wet-wipes longer than six double-decker buses has been discovered in a sewer metres from the sea in a popular Devon resort town.

It will take workers eight weeks to cut up and remove the 64-metre "fatberg" from the sewer beneath The Esplanade in Sidmouth.