A lorry driver has been fined after being spotted preparing his lunch on his vehicle's fuel tank on the hard shoulder of the M25.

The trucker had stopped for a "rest break" close to St Albans on Tuesday morning, according to police.

He was seen chopping tomatoes and onions on the outside of his lorry, and was told the hard shoulder was "not the best place to prepare dinner".

A number of people commented after officers from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire road policing unit publicised the incident on Twitter.

One said: "Truckers get hungry you know," and a number commented on the driver's healthy meal choice.

A road policing officer said: "The driver stopped on hard shoulder for rest break and decided to make his lunch on the diesel tank. [He was] issued with a graduated fine."