Potholes

West Sussex landscaper Harry Smith-Haggett, 22, has been filling in Horsham's potholes with flowers dubbed 'pretty potholes'.

'I made my roads pretty!' Pothole flowerbed service goes viral

Residents have blasted developers after paying £550,000 to live on 'desolate' newbuild estate which remains unfinished - FIVE years after people moved in. Pictured: Lin Glover

Our dream home is an unfinished building site...after 5 years

Pavements were torn up and parts of the road surface was washed away after over 40mm of rain fell in just an hour, in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire.

Flash flooding causes severe road damage as storms continue

Tim Webb, 66, is trying to highlight the pothole issue - by photographing toys at some of the 'greatest' pothole sites in his local area.

Pothole tourist turns road defects into mini works of art

Protest sign at a roundabout on Eastern Way in Daventry - A series of protest signs highlighting the Daventry pothole problem by the mystery campaigner.

Mystery pothole artist mocks council with funny road signs

The huge pothole on Trinity Close in Stratford-upon-Avon, in front of the Holy Trinity Parish Centre and opposite to the Holy Trinity Church entrance. Local resident Matt Beacham, 57, with his sausage dog Richmond (inset).

Video shows dog going for swim in UK's oldest pothole measuring 9ft

Residents of Bel-Air chalet estates on Seawick road in St Osyth, Essex say they are suffering from "the worst road in Britain" Picture: James Linsell-Clark/ SWNS

"We live on the most potholed road in Britain"

Locals appear to have lost patience waiting for the holey highway in East Sussex to be repaired - and the resulting crude phallus drawings have attracted interest online.

Fed-up road users expose town’s potholes by painting rude shapes

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Pothole damage related breakdowns jump by 40% in a year, RAC reveals

Ben Thornbury demonstrating 'crazy pothole golf' in Malmesbury

Man sets up pothole crazy golf course to ‘make a point’ to council

Here’s how you can claim compensation from your local council if your car has been damaged by a pothole

How to claim pothole damages from your local council

Damage ranges from burst tyres to shattered suspension (NationalWorld/Abode Stock)

2.7 million cars forced off the road by pothole damage

The cost of road repairs is outstripping councils’ maintenance budgets (Photo: Adobe Stock)

Roads resurfaced ‘once in 116 years’ as pothole funding gap hits £14bn

A look at the UK’s most neglected street compared to The Last Of Us

Utility firms face fines for ‘plague of potholes’

Authorities hit with £13m pothole compensation bill in last four years

Coucils and roads bodies face 145,000 claims for vehicle damage as asphalt industry warns situation is becoming critical

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UK’s roads ‘on the edge’ as bill for pothole repair backlog tops £12bn

Pothole-related breakdowns have reached a three-year high, new figures show

Misery for drivers as pothole breakdowns hit three-year high

UK’s pothole plague drives up breakdowns by a fifth

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UK’s most pothole-plagued councils revealed

English councils spent more than 8m on pothole compensation claims in 2019-20

Councils fork out £8m a year in pothole compensation

Potholes in Hindley Green

Delight as work is set to begin on Wigan village potholes

UK's pothole hotspots - is your region among the country's worst?

How to claim for pothole damage: who is responsible and how to get compensation

Uneven pavements can be daunting to frailer pedestrians

Pavement craters restricting OAP walks

More than half a million potholes were reported by members of the public to local authorities for repair last year, according to new research.

More than half a million potholes reported to councils last year

Potholes on Swinley Road earlier this year

Borough gets extra £1.7m for road repairs

An extra £1.7m has been allocated for road repairs across the Wigan borough.

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One in five local roads in England and Wales is in a poor condition

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Potholes cost this country millions of pounds to repair says a correspondent

Readers' letters - March 31

One of the huge potholes along the s-bends on the way to Shevington

VIDEO: The state of our roads is shocking, and it's getting worse

"It is paramount this funding discrepancy is swiftly plugged."

Drivers 'at risk of skidding' on a quarter of A roads in England