"My home has been ruined by council - their giant hedge is swallowing my garden"

A fuming gran says her council has let the hedge next to her bungalow become so overgrown it is "swallowing" her garden.

Betty Calloway, 90, moved back into the bungalow where she and her late husband George once lived earlier in their marriage.

Following his death in 2022, Betty moved back to their marital home in Stirchley, Telford, Shropshire.

She paid £260,000 for the two-bedroom property in August and moved in last month.

But she says her life has become “a nightmare” due to an overgrown hedge which towers more than 15ft (4.5m) over her garden.