A woman from Salisbury is to make a compensation claim after tripping on an uneven pavement and breaking a bone in her foot.

Janet Street, 62, told the Salisbury Journal the incident happened because of a drop of one inch in the level of the pavement in Albany Road.

She claimed that the pavement in the area is in a "very bad way".

"My foot is in plaster and I will not be able to work for the next four to six weeks," Mrs Street added.

The sheltered housing worker is now planning to make a compensation claim and has taken photographs of the pavement where the incident occurred to use as evidence.

A recent series of Freedom of Information requests by the Liberal Democrats revealed the extent of the problem of poorly-maintained pavements in England.

The requests revealed that local authorities paid out £82 million to settle compensation claims related to injuries caused by uneven pavements between 2004 and 2009.