This council's tweet to show off how it fixes potholes backfired spectacularly

Get Darren a longer spirit level

Cheshire West and Chester Council certainly had good intentions when it send one of its media staff out to follow a highways team for a day, fixing potholes and tweeting the results, but this innocent attempt to get a bit of positive PR managed to backfire spectacularly.

It all started with an apparently harmless tweet: "Further along the road another potential problem has been reported. Darren inspects it and explains that as it is under 50mm no action needs to be taken at this time."

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Henry Robertshaw began his time at Cycling Weekly working with the tech team, writing reviews, buying guides and appearing in videos advising on how to dress for the seasons. He later moved over to the news team, where his work focused on the professional peloton as well as legislation and provision for cycling. He's since moved his career in a new direction, with a role at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.