Water leaks across Kent left running for months despite drought and hosepipe ban as ‘Wedogivea’ rubber ducks from Otford, near Sevenoaks highlight problem

Fed up with water leaks going unrepaired for weeks, an aircraft engineer has found an unusual way to draw attention to the problem. Andy Maycock takes a family of five rubber ducks to leaking roads and rates each site according to the amount of water, how long it has been flowing and the response from the water company. Aircraft engineer Andy Maycock, 59, with his “Wedogivea” duck family beside…