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On Tuesday, the government issued councils with new reporting requirements aimed at making sure they are doing more to sort out their potholes.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

“It was always something of interest to me, outer space and rockets and that sort of stuff.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

“It’s not a blip, what’s going on—there is a sort of larger spark,” said EPI President Heidi Shierholz.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

“It’s sort of like outsourcing your workout to someone else and expecting to get stronger. Muscles — physical and cognitive — just don’t work like that.”

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

“There are no words. Very few, anyway. It is mostly drawings, maps, that sort of thing. You’ll understand when you see it.”

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman