"A huge mass of used wet wipes has formed an 'island' that has changed the course of England's second longest river, MP says"

And here I thought the fatbergs of south London were nasty: "Hey, At Least You Don't Have To Move A 40-Ton Fatberg..."
...by hand.

Via Business Insider, July 2:

• A huge mass of wet wipes has formed in the Thames in London, changing the course of the river.
• The "wet wipe island" is the size of two tennis courts.
• Ministers are urging the public to not flush wet wipes, and are considering a ban on those that contain plastic.

A "wet wipe island" the size of two tennis courts has formed in the Thames, causing the river as it flows through London to change course, according to The Times of London.

Ministers have asked people to stop using wet wipes, and the government is considering banning those that contain plastic.

Fleur Anderson, a Labour MP, warned that when flushed down the drains, wet wipes don't disintegrate and instead end up in the Thames, England's second-longest river.

"There's an island the size of two tennis courts, and I've been and stood on it — it's near Hammersmith Bridge in the Thames, and it's a meter deep or more in places of just wet wipes. It's actually changed the course of the Thames," Anderson during a session of questions on the environment, food, and rural affairs in the Commons, per The Times....

....MUCH MORE

Gives a whole new spin to Blake's:

And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon Englands mountains green...