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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!

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh in Blackpool

Transport Secretary praises council's record on fixing 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

31 of the worst roads for potholes in Lancashire

31 of the worst roads for potholes in Lancashire - as voted by you

Lancashire's potholes are being fixed within a reasonable timeframe, the county council has said

Lancashire 'back up to speed' with pothole repairs, council claims

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

An example of the 'blobbing' technique of pothole-filling in Preston - but will repairs like this last?

Anger at claim Lancs has returned to 'disastrous' way of filling potholes

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

25 of the worst roads for potholes on the Fylde Coast

Rebecca Salisbury was taken to hospital with a dislocated her ankle after tripping on a pothole in Seed Street, Preston on January 25

I broke my ankle on a pothole and the Council told me 'that's life'

Technology aimed at keeping drivers safe on smart motorways frequently stops working, an investigation has found

'I worry about breaking down as smart motorways are death traps'

County Cllr Scott Cunliffe says the people's priority is obvious - potholes

I'm a Lancs councillor and all people say is 'fill in the potholes'

There are criteria for deciding which roads are resurfaced

These are the Fylde coast roads being resurfaced with axed HS2 cash

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

A mystery artist has been mocking a council by erecting signs around a town slamming the state of its pothole-ridden roads.

Lucinda Herbert

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

The rainbow crossing on Dickson Road.

I woke up to find my road had turned into a rainbow

The pre-planned maintenance for Lancashire's roads is intended to stop them ending up like this

These roads in Fylde and Wyre will be resurfaced this year

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This is what readers have to say about the state of Lancashire's roads

Blackpool is set to receive £120.8m of relocated HS2 moneY

Residents have their say on what £125m of HS2 money should be used for

The deep pothole in Rosslyn Avenue hich led to a woman tripping over

Sinkholes plaguing street as woman injured

A pothole in Green Lane, Whitestake

This is how bad the potholes are on my daily commute in Lancashire

Rishi Sunak is expected to reveal how more than £2bn of reallocated HS2 funding will go to local authorities across the North

Blackpool set to get share of more than £2bn of HS2 money

Potholes on School Road

Decision made over 'dangerous' potholes creating a hazard for drivers

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"

Potholes are being fixed quicker

Council massively reduces payouts on tripping claims

Tripping claims have reduced - saving taxpayers' money

Shelagh Parkinson

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

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

Cash will be spent on fixing potholes

Potholes cash to fix Blackpool roads

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

A file image, dated April 4, 2018, of a pothole in a road

This is what the government plans to do to combat motorists’ scourge

Terry Bennett blames the state of Dinmore Avenue for his car needing repairs during its MOT.

Potholes and bumps: How bad are Blackpool's roads?

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

Overhead shot of Preesall

Fears raised over Preesall homes plan

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

Potholes putting people off cycling, survey finds

Councillors hope to repair potholes in Anchorsholme

Bid to blitz all potholes in just one weekend

Lancashire County Council is bringing spray injection patching to the county to tackle the pothole epidemic. Pictured is Nigel Baines from Nuphalt Contracting. Photos: Denis Oates.

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

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

Crossley's Bridge is set to close on Monday

Traffic measures introduced ahead of Crossley's Bridge closure

Road problems count for one in gour council compensation claims

Blackpool Council shells out £1.3m in compensation claims - including potholes

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