The pothole in County Tyrone was so deep a man could stand waist deep in it and despite numerous attempts to fill it the tarmac kept sinking

The UK's worst pothole - so deep a man stood waist deep in it - has finally been filled in as part of a £160,000 road makeover.

Councillor Malachy Quinn - who shared a photo of himself standing in the hole - said Ferry Road in County Tyrone, NI, had been a problem for 40 years. But despite numerous attempts to fill the hole, the tarmac simply disappeared, as the road was laid on an unstable peat bog and it kept sinking.

He lobbied the Department for Infrastructure (DFI) multiple times, but over and over again, the tarmac simply sank. Desperate Malachy then shared a picture of himself standing in the pothole - which went viral on social media.

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