Honey leaves road in sticky spot

Around a tonne of pure honey spilled onto the roundabout

Motorists were left in a particularly sticky situation when a lorry shed its load of more than a tonne of honey across a busy road.

The spill caused traffic problems at a roundabout near Morrisons' supermarket on the A467 near Rogerstone, Newport.

It was not until firefighters arrived that that they discovered the liquid on the surface was in fact pure honey.

Gwent Police stopped drivers from going all the way around the roundabout while the road was cleared.

Police were called to the scene at about 1100 BST on Wednesday after the lorry overturned.

Barriers were put around the pool of honey to stop it seeping into water courses and council staff worked to clear the mess.

No one was injured in the incident and the clean-up was expected to take several hours.