Condition of England and Wales’ local roads revealed by AIA annual survey 

An annual independent study of the local highways network across England and Wales published by the Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA) – a partnership between the Mineral Products Association and Eurobitume UK – has revealed almost one in five roads could need to be rebuilt within the next five years. The 2022 Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance (ALARM) survey found that more than 37,000 miles of carriageway is in need of essential renovation within the next half a decade, and indicated that the estimated one-time catch up cost for bringing all …

Personal touch emblazoned across Dunmow Rovers team’s brand-new Tarmac football kit

When young Ethan Haughey runs on to the pitch with his Dunmow Rovers teammates, he will be able to take pride in the fact that he designed the football shirt he wears.   The green and yellow kit colours – which were originally chosen by the club’s founders Bill and Norah Pratt back in 1975 – has been especially-made to incorporate the 11-year-old’s design.   Ethan, who plays for the Under 11s,  won an internal competition where everyone in the club – which plays in the Essex, Blackwater and Dengie …