Pot holes

In 2023 potholes reportedly cost UK drivers almost £500m in repair bills

Number of reported potholes in England increases by 40%

A new study on the state of potholes across England has looked at the individual county council statistics on potholes year on year and conducted a driver survey to take a temperature on the current situation.

The data, gathered through Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to county councils across England, compiled by analysts at Quotezone.co.uk , reveals a 40 per cent year on year...

Rishi Sunak said Britain will spend an extra £2.5 billion improving the roads

The first rut is the deepest

It has been a good week for Rod Stewart, the veteran rocker’s pothole problems will be sorted out by Essex County Council in April.

The singer – who had his greatest UK chart success with ‘Sailing’ – complained that "people are bashing their cars up" because of the potholes and that includes his Ferrari.

Pictures of Sir Rod fixing the problem with spade in hand have...