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AI scanner used to detect potential potholes

The technology is being trialled by a council to help identify road defects at an early stage.

Beds, Herts & Bucks

A group of workmen in fluorescent clothing on a roadside work to lay down tarmac.

Pothole-fixing machines a 'game-changer' for roads

Two Bobcat machines were bought by Wiltshire Council and have been operational for 18 months.

Henley & Thame MP Freddie Van Mierlo stands in front of a purple banner with BBC Radio Oxford branding.

MP says roads 'appalling' after pothole bursts tyre

Henley & Thame MP Freddie van Mierlo said his wife was "upset" as it was her car.

A pothole in the middle of a road with dozens of cars and houses on each side.

Pothole repairs up by 30% - council

An average of 153 potholes were repaired a day over the past 10 months, a council says.

Stoke & Staffordshire

A pothole on a fast rural road in the UK.

'Self-healing' roads aim to solve pothole crisis

Self-healing asphalt roads could soon offer a solution to the UK's pothole crisis, researchers say.

A view from the pothole, which is deep, and filled with water, looking up towards the road. There are traffic cones and signs on the road, and a car drives past.

Massive pothole proving difficult to fix

Traffic lights are set up to divert drivers around the deep "craters".

Ben kneeling down next to a spoof roadworks sign, outside on a street.

Teenager claims potholes are like 'moon craters'

Ben Thornbury says repairs carried out by Wiltshire Council on a street last year did not work.

A sign reading: "Oxon Highways presents: Pothole World", "fun for the hole family" and "guaranteed to drive you potty". It is right next to a road.

'Pothole World' sign mocks county's roads

A sign, which promises "fun for the hole family", appears on the A41 near Bicester.

Market Drayton mayor, Roy Aldcroft on the high street, kneeling in the road measuring a 3x2 foot pothole which is 7 inches deep. Roy is looking at the camera as he is kneeling.

Town's potholes are major issue, say residents

Residents say the council needs to do more to fix potholes in Market Drayton.