Potty! Workers turn up to do repairs but fail to fix 50 potholes

FED-UP residents living on a road dubbed "Pothole Avenue" say workers finally arrived after months of protest - then only carried out a few repairs.

- Jacob Freedland

Neighbours in Mildenhall, Suffolk, have put up with holes as large as 18in wide.

Homemade signs warn drivers along the quarter-of-a-mile stretch of road after exasperated residents said it had deteriorated over the past two years.

After protesting to the county council for action over several months, workmen were sent out but still left more than 50 potholes.

Allison Brown, 57, blasted the attempted repairs on Trinity Avenue as a "joke".

The housekeeper said: "A couple of people have damaged cars because of the roads. We wanted to buy a new car but now we won't.