Potholes

Potholes top the list of motorists’ bugbears

Cars damaged by a pothole cost an average of £164 to repair

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Toyota Land Cruiser review: unstoppable in the worst UK weather

TomTom's new "Tom" device aims to alert you to hazards without using any apps

TomTom “Tom” hazard alert device review: simple, clever, effective

Pothole.

Closer look at UK’s pothole crisis as councils told to prove progress

Domino's launches pothole-proof delivery bike

Domino's unveil bike to keep pizzas safe from potholes

Shocking UK Sinkholes and Landslips Caught on Camera

Land Rover driver rams workman after ignoring road closure

Land Rover driver rams workman and sends him 'flying into a bush'

Serife Mehmet, 30, said she has often wished to move away from the area due to the extent of the rubbish

Revolting rubbish and nightmare potholes are making my car filthy

Furious resident Douglas Debnam on Whitebarns Lane in the village of Furneaux Phelham in Hertfordshire, is embroiled in Britain's longest running pothole row.

Our council want £100k to fix road with 32 potholes...we're furious!

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
A woman says her dream home has turned into a ‘nightmare’ - as the luxury newbuild estate looks like a ‘building site’ - five years after residents started moving in.
Lucinda Herbert

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

Potholes near North Middleton, Wooler.

Alnwick councillor raise pothole concerns

Northumberland County Council leader Glen Sanderson.

County council leader quizzed on potholes ahead of budget

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

UK’s roads ‘on the edge’ as bill for pothole repair backlog tops £12bn
Report finds road conditions continue to decline as councils struggling to keep roads open and safe
Matt Allan

UK’s pothole plague drives up breakdowns by a fifth

(Composite: Kim Mogg/JPI Media)

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

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

Whalebones at the former Seahouses First School.

Work set to start on new footpath to link coastal villages

23million has been announced to fund winter road repairs in the North East.

Â£23m announced for road repairs in the North East

23million has been announced to fund winter road repairs in the North East.

Â£23m announced for road repairs in the North East

Marking on the Newton on the Moor to Longframlington road.

PROBE INTO POTHOLES: Council springs into action after Gazette spotlights '˜wors...

Potholes in the road from the north of Longframlington village to Newton on the Moor.

PROBE INTO POTHOLES: Another contender for worst road

Pothole on the Longframlington to Newton on the Moor road.

Pothole images paint a grim picture

The patching process being carried out by Northumberland County Council operatives.

PROBE INTO POTHOLES: How the council deals with all the holes in the roads

What percentage of Northumberland's road are in a poor condition and require maintenance?

The state of Northumberland's roads

A pothole on the road between the A1 and the A697 near North High Moor Farm.

Probe into Potholes: A Gazette investigation into the scourge of our roads

POTHOLES: No council interference

Northumberland County Council's jet-patcher machine for filling potholes.
Picture by Jane Coltman

Another Â£1.3m for pothole repairs in Northumberland

POTHOLES: It's a never-ending circle
We have a series of potholes in the main estate road within Allerburn Lea.
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POTHOLES: Is there a lack of response?

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Potholes: Repair work seems poor

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