Steak restaurant on paddle steamer in Essex starts sinking into lake

Shopping centre eatery said to have begun sinking before lunch service and observers describe it as going down like the Titanic'

A restaurant on a converted paddle steamer has begun to sink into a lake in Essex.

Photographs of the Miller & Carter Steakhouse at the Lakeside shopping centre showing it partially submerged emerged online on Friday. Some observers described the venue as going down like the Titanic", while one wrote online: Looks like my family meal is cancelled!"