That is the message from residents of a Driffield road this week after a number of gardens were flooded with sewage during recent heavy rain.

Householders in Wansford Road have said they believe the problem has been made worse since the building of a new housing estate nearby.

And they have called for urgent action to help tackle the issue.

But water company officials say the latest incident was caused by the drains being blocked up with cooking fat.

And a local ward councillor has also urged the public to ensure they dispose of similar products more carefully.

The flood was initially reported shortly before 6pm last Tuesday evening.

It is believed that five gardens on Wansford Road, up to the junction with Verity Way, were hit by the sewage.

Resident Jim Holmes said: “The place absolutely stank. We’re sick of it. This has been going on for too long.

“We had no trouble before those new houses were built.”

But a Yorkshire Water spokesman told the Driffield Times the drains had been blocked with fat which becomes solid when it cools.

Further investigations were also set to be carried out and work to unblock the drains would be done ‘as a matter of priority’, he said.

East Riding ward councillor Felicity Temple, who also attended the scene, added: “People need to be reminded that if you chuck fat down the sewer, it blocks the thing up.”

And she urged residents: “If you see sewage coming up through the road, you need to do something urgently.”

But Mr Holmes said he believed the drainage system simply cannot cope with the load on it.

He said: “They keep saying it’s cooking fat, but the drains aren’t built to cope with all this extra. I just don’t think it can take it.”