A couple have won a bitter row with their neighbours over a hedge they claimed were making their lives a misery.
Keith Smith, 71, and his wife Julie, 68, were left frustrated by a row of cypress trees belonging to David Hunter and Niena Hunter Mistry in the Edinburgh suburb of Prestonfield.
The five-year feud, which began as a mild disagreement, grew increasingly to involve Edinburgh Council, the Scottish Government and even the police, who were called to the home multiple times.
The Smiths turned to the City of Edinburgh Council in a bid to have them chopped down, but were left stunned when the council rejected.
However, they later successfully appealed to the government and the trees had to be cut to 8.5ft.
