Residents locked in legal battle with neighbour who barricaded communal footpath with 4ft trellis

Residents on a road of Victorian terraces are locked in a bitter legal battle with a neighbour after she barricaded a communal walkway with a garden trellis.    Police were called last month when Julia Hartley, 53, erected the four-foot tall trellis fence along with a sign which read, ‘Private 14-8’, on Common Road in Evesham, … Read more

Campaigner applies for public footpath to be opened through Sarah Beeny’s Somerset farm

A campaigner has applied for a public footpath to be opened through Sarah Beeny’s former dairy farm in Somerset in a bid to convince the TV presenter to join her fight against ‘nightmare’ ramblers reopening byways on private land.  Ann Scott, 72, who lives over 200 miles away in Norfolk, submitted the claim which will … Read more

Scary moment a mob of kangaroos guard a suburban footpath – and even the dogs watching are scared

Who roo lookin’ at? Moment three kangaroos ‘guard’ a footpath in a suburban street – and even the Rottweiler is scared to pass Melbourne dog walkers get a big scare when they come across three Kangaroos The territorial marsupials were standing guard over a narrow pathway As a woman films, a big ‘roo hops forward, … Read more

Millionaire wins two-year planning war to build 5ft tunnel under public footpath through his garden

A millionaire has won a two-year planning war to build an underground tunnel in his garden – despite outrage from his fashion tycoon neighbours. Retired company director George Chapman’s garden near Chichester in West Sussex is divided into two halves by a public footpath. He lodged plans to build a 5ft tunnel to connect the two … Read more

Boy screams in panic as aggressive magpie swoops at him while he rides a scooter on a footpath 

Terrified boy screams in panic as a VERY aggressive magpie repeatedly swoops at him while he rides a scooter on a footpath – leaving his dad in stitches Young boy has been filmed screaming in terror as he gets swooped by a magpie The boy was riding a scooter in Wollongong, south of Sydney, with … Read more