Man 'cracks code' to getting potholes fixed - painting them with St George cross

A man believes he has 'cracked the code' to getting his local council to fill in potholes - paiting them with a St George’s Crosses. Ben Thornbury has previously turned potholes into a pitch-and-putt course and the 20-year-old has also started eating his breakfast out of others in a bid to highlight the problem.

Now Ben has come up with a new way of making sure they get filled in. He applies white paint over them followed by red to form a cross to make the English national flag.

He is doing it in his home town of Malmesbury, Wilts as as patriotic folk have been putting up St George’s Crosses in their neighbourhoods - like in Birmingham.

Ben said: “I noticed all the England flags going up in Birmingham.

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