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By Lauren Beavis & Rom Preston-Ellis Residents including a 101-year-old claim a council told them to fill the potholes on their road themselves. Elderly locals in Watchet in Somerset say they live on ”the most potholed road in England”. They say their road has 21 potholes – but believe their concerns have been dismissed by council highway staff for two years. They claim they were informed by the council it is the fault of their cars – because they have five cars in total. The say more than six people have fallen over as a result of the potholes – described by a neighbour as ‘bomb craters’ – …

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