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Anti-pothole crusader warns drivers to 'adjust bras'

UK March 30, 2025 By Sara Odeen-Isbister

Resident Douglas Debnam on Whitebarns Lane in the village of Furneaux Phelham in Hertfordshire. Photo released October 29 2024. Furious villagers embroiled in Britain's longest running pothole row have said they will refuse to pay nearly ??100k out of their own pockets to fix the road to their homes. Locals of Whitebarns Lane, in Furneux Pelham, Herts, are locked in a bitter dispute as the lane links the main road through to village to their cul-de-sac. Hertfordshire County Council said that Whitebarns Lane has always been a public footpath and not a road - meaning it cannot be repaired at public expense. However angry villagers say the lane is covered with 32 potholes and a dispute over the road surface dates back to 1960s.

Councils handed £1,600,000,000 to fix pothole-blighted roads - but there's a catch

Politics March 24, 2025 By Craig Munro

Resident Sarah Wright on Whitebarns Lane in the village of Furneaux Phelham in Hertfordshire. Photo released October 29 2024. Furious villagers embroiled in Britain's longest running pothole row have said they will refuse to pay nearly ??100k out of their own pockets to fix the road to their homes. Locals of Whitebarns Lane, in Furneux Pelham, Herts, are locked in a bitter dispute as the lane links the main road through to village to their cul-de-sac. Hertfordshire County Council said that Whitebarns Lane has always been a public footpath and not a road - meaning it cannot be repaired at public expense. However angry villagers say the lane is covered with 32 potholes and a dispute over the road surface dates back to 1960s.

Here's how much it will cost to fix our pothole-pocked roads

Politics March 18, 2025 By Craig Munro

Pothole land comp.

Welcome to Pothole Land: People so fed up they made theme park out of road craters

UK January 16, 2025 By Jasper King

A car is being driven pasta pothole on a UK road.

It cost UK drivers £579,000,000 to repair pothole damage last year

UK January 15, 2025 By Noora Mykkanen

Rod Stewart with a cartoon background of a road

Sir Rod Stewart's historic battle with Britain's most mundane problem

Showbiz November 18, 2024 By Kitty Chrisp

Resident Sarah Wright on Whitebarns Lane in the village of Furneaux Phelham in Hertfordshire. Photo released October 29 2024. Furious villagers embroiled in Britain's longest running pothole row have said they will refuse to pay nearly ??100k out of their own pockets to fix the road to their homes. Locals of Whitebarns Lane, in Furneux Pelham, Herts, are locked in a bitter dispute as the lane links the main road through to village to their cul-de-sac. Hertfordshire County Council said that Whitebarns Lane has always been a public footpath and not a road - meaning it cannot be repaired at public expense. However angry villagers say the lane is covered with 32 potholes and a dispute over the road surface dates back to 1960s.

Neighbourhood told to fork out £100,000 to end 60-year pothole row

UK October 29, 2024 By Gethin Hicks

Traffic on UK motorway and image inset of a map of the worst motorways in England.

Map shows England's worst motorway plagued by 'roadworks, potholes and delays'

UK October 9, 2024 By Noora Mykkanen

The Metro daily cartoon by Guy Venables

Cartoons October 7, 2024 By Guy Venables

A man is seen standing angrily over a huge pothole filled with water in Cheshire

Pothole crisis widening as callouts near 500,000 in 2024

UK October 8, 2024 By Sam Courtney-Guy

The official unveiling of two new sculptures of Corgis outside Walsall Arboretum Visitor Centre, commemorating Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Release date ? October 4, 2024. A cash-strapped council has been slammed for spending ?35,000 of taxpayers cash on two corgi statues in tribute to Queen Elizabeth II. Walsall Council forked out thousands of pounds on the stone corgis which have gone on display in Walsall Arboretum as it celebrates its 150th anniversary. But many residents have questioned whether the cash could have been spent better elsewhere as the authority looks to slash ?20m from its budget this year. Locals also pointed to the fact council tax had been raised by 4.99 per cent and said they failed to 'see the point' of the 5ft long commemorative corgi statues. Tracey Wilkins, 55, of Blakenall, Walsall, said: "I like them, but it's a bit controversial, isn't it?

Council spends £35,000 on Corgi statues ‘instead of fixing potholes’

UK October 5, 2024 By Laura Brick

Cars are seen lined up along the side of the M25 after a huge pothole damaged the vehicles

Victim of M25 pothole carnage stranded for six hours after 58 cars taken out

UK October 23, 2024 By Tom Sanders

The disgusting sight of raw sewage on the River Thames at Datchet in Berkshire

Should bosses be jailed for 'poisoning' our waterways? Metro readers wade in

Letters September 12, 2024 By Letters Editor

Senior couple holding hands at coffee break

Dignified end or a slippery slope? Metro readers debate assisted dying

UK September 10, 2024 By Letters Editor

Woman sick of potholes with a shovel outside her house in Halkirk, Scotland.

Woman sick of potholes risks her health to fix them

UK August 21, 2024 By Sarah Hooper

The costly heatwave mistake that could land drivers a £400 bill

UK August 12, 2024 By Noora Mykkanen

Labour manifesto launch set-and-hold GETTY / REX / METRO.CO.UK KEIR STARMER

Congratulations Sir Keir - now here are the promises you made to us. We'll be watching

Politics July 5, 2024 By Craig Munro

Labour manifesto launch set-and-hold GETTY / REX / METRO.CO.UK KEIR STARMER

Everything you need to know from Labour's General Election manifesto

Politics July 5, 2024 By Craig Munro

Outrage as Greek tragedy leads to migrant deaths

Letters June 19, 2024 By Metro News Reporter

A comp image of a private jet with Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer on the foreground.

Fact check: How many UK party leaders use private jets?

Politics June 19, 2024 By Noora Mykkanen

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