A woman who was injured after falling down a pothole has been awarded compensation for the injuries she suffered.

Fiona Denial, 24, was walking through the car park at Osborne House Community Nursery in Hillsborough when the accident happened.

She suffered soft tissue damage to he ankle and was absent from work for three weeks, reports the Sheffield Telegraph.

In addition, she claims, she continued to suffer stiffness for several weeks after the incident and it was six weeks before the swelling went down.

Ms Denial has now been awarded £3,750 from the nursery, which declined to comment on the case.

"Quite frankly it was an accident waiting to happen. I just hope now that the holes can be filled in so that other people don’t go through the same pain as I did," Ms Denial commented.

According to the BBC’s Inside Out programme, 20 councils have paid out £1 million in damages over the last two years as a result of injuries and damage allegedly caused by potholes.