STRAPPED-FOR-CASH COUNCILS WON'T REPAIR POTHOLES

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With Britain?s roads crumbling into decline 20 local councils strapped for cash have reduced the waiting list for repairs by redefining a pot hole as four cm deep! Wheel crunchers that don?t measure up no longer count!

Essex has gone deeper, deciding that anything under five centimetres is not a pothole. But like other local authorities, Essex council is struggling with cut backs of up to 10 per cent ? a reduction of £46 million!

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Keith Bingham joined the Cycling Weekly team in the summer of 1971, and retired in 2011. During his time, he covered numerous Tours de France, Milk Races and everything in-between. He was well known for his long-running 'Bikewatch' column, and played a pivotal role in fighting for the future of once at-threat cycling venues such as Hog Hill and Herne Hill Velodrome.