JCB ask Britons to nominate worst potholes – and vows to fill them with new £165k vehicle

Last week we brought you the news that JCB has unveiled a specific vehicle designed to fix the nation’s ravaged roads. The PotholePro is a £165,000 heavy-duty model that’s claimed to be able to fill a crater in less than eight minutes and can complete jobs that usually require three different road-repairing machines.  Now the … Read more

JCB launches new pothole-repairing vehicle that can fill one in 8 minutes

British manufacturer JCB has launched a new vehicle that’s specifically designed to eradicate potholes from our roads in record time. Called the PotholePro, the heavy-duty machine has been revealed ahead of National Pothole Day on Thursday, though it has already been undergoing trials in England for months. JCB says it is the most efficient vehicle … Read more

Deaf cocker spaniel is rescued from 20-foot rabbit hole by JCB after being stuck there for 30 hours 

Dizzy rascal! Deaf cocker spaniel called Dizzy who ran into a rabbit hole and got stuck 20ft underground is rescued by a JCB after being stuck there for 30 hours Deaf cocker spaniel Dizzy disappeared during a walk with owner Duncan Flowers Mr Flowers, 54, put out an appeal on social media in a bit … Read more

LORD BAMFORD: I built up JCB into a global exports titan

A New Year. A new beginning. Time to look ahead to the future. A Brexit deal was finally done on Christmas Eve.  A negotiated settlement based on zero tariffs, which I suspect is the preferred outcome for the majority of businesses on both sides of the Channel. It is certainly my preferred outcome. Some bumpy … Read more

JCB worker, 53, who was driven to drink by being furloughed was found dead inquest hears

JCB worker, 53, who was driven to drink by being furloughed was found dead at foot of the stairs by his wife after suffering cardiac arrest triggered by excess alcohol, inquest hears Craig Batkin, 53, collapsed at his home in Stoke-on-Trent on May 17  He had been furloughed for two months by JCB digger company His … Read more

JCB Billionaire slammed by neighbours for visiting planning site by HELICOPTER

A billionaire Baron and his wife who were planning to build ‘the most sustainable hotel in the UK,’ have been slammed by their neighbours for alleged ‘daily helicopter flights’ to the site of the development. Lady Carole Bamford OBE was intending to develop a 46-bedroom hotel in leafy Kingham, a picturesque village in Chipping Norton, … Read more