"...'ole in the ground, so big an' sort o' round..."

Oooh, you're not kidding!

Police were called to the rush hour incident in Whalley Range, Manchester, at 7.15am. The road was closed while fire crews winched the car out.

Luckily, the driver escaped without injury. Alarmed witnesses said that firefighters were reluctant to get too close to the car in case more of the road surface gave way.

Meanwhile, in Norfolk:

That's a better approach than the one taken by Dorset council, I must say....

H/T: Dave Ward