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Revealed: Britain's pothole hotspots - is your hometown on the list?

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Climate organisation Round our Way reveals 952,064 potholes were reported in Britain between January and November last year , marking a five-year high.

Edinburgh is the local authority with the most for the year , followed by Kirklees in Yorkshire ( 26.1 ) and Newcastle upon Tyne ( 26 ). Hillingdon in London ( 24 ), Cheshire East ( 19.8 ), Darlington ( 16.9 ), Bolton ( 16 ) and South Gloucestershire ( 16 )..

The world's first pothole robot was created by University of Liverpool spinout Robotiz3d .

Called ARRES (Autonomous Road Repair System) PREVENT uses AI to automatically detect, categorise, and fill in cracks.

Should the test be successful, the robot could catch and repair cracks before they become too big to fix.

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