ED RICHARDSON SOUTH AFRICA isn’t the only country with roads falling apart. A new website has been launched to help motorists tackle what is described as “the increasing scourge “of Britain’s potholed roads. Potholes.co.uk, is “designed to assist long-suffering tax-payers highlight poor road surfaces to their local councils, plus advise on how to make a compensation claim should their own vehicle be damaged by a pothole. “Experts say there has been a 65% rise in defects on English roads alone during the past decade, with the shortfall in funding for repairs running at an estimated £1.6bn,” say the designers of the website.