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- Thames Water, the water company, has found a new 100-ton fatberg blocking sewers in Whitechapel, east London.
- It is made of fats, oils, and grease, costing tens of millions of pounds annually to clear.
- The company notes a seasonal rise in blockages during December and January, with clearance costs reaching £2.1 million.
- The fatberg is described as a "grandchild" of the 2017 fatberg, which weighed 130 tons.
