Mike Utton News Today

And the soil is waterlogged. One farmer in wiltshire says the losses are heart breaking. Our reporter liz beacon has the story. So this is our wheat thats been damaged by the wind and the rain, as you can see. For a farmer, august should be one of the busiest times of year, harvesting crops. This year, the Unrelenting Rain has put paid to that and everythings ground to a halt. Its pretty depressing and its pretty heartbreaking because weve gone to lot of effort to grow this wheat and, of course,...

Days to repair it according to the highways act. mike is not alone in failing to get compensation from the council for pothole damage. out of 548 claims since january, only 25 have received compensation. potholes can be dangerous and are very much a source of concern to motorists. nottinghamshire county council says it is doing what it can with its programme of inspections and repairs but for motorists like mike, its not enough. rachael royce, bbc east midlands today, nottinghamshire. taylor swi...

This is where mike utton nearly came a cropper driving his car home from work on the busy west leake road on a gloomy dark winters night. so this is where you were, what happened? how dangerous did it feel? extremely dangerous and, as you will see when you have a look at the road and vehicle that is about to go past us, the speed that vehicles do go along this road is phenomenal. and it was pitch black. theres no lights on the road and extremely dangerous and there is a very sharp blind bend jus...

At the roads picking up on any actionable defects, actionable potholes that make cause harm, injury or damage to highway users. and that gets programmed into the works for us. the public are encouraged to contact the council to report potholes. additionally, a new website gives information about when theyve been mended. the highways agency — which is responsible for major roads — says weather can affect how quickly potholes can be repaired. we try and fit in repairs as much as we can during ...