Glamorous girls are Britain's first female sewer rats

Two young women have broken the mold to become the first female apprentices in their field - of SEWAGE workers. Pretty Abi Hayward, 22 and Deryn Spencer, 17, began their apprenticeships last month and work on sewage sites on a day-to-day basis as part of their mucky job. The duo beat over 500 candidates to become South West Water's first ever female Water Operations Apprentices and will work on sewage sites and treatment plants across Devon and Cornwall during the two year apprenticeship. The pair's hands on work can involve anything from hand raking raw sewage to taking waste water samples for testing to using rods to clear blockages in the sewerage.