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If your neighbour’s hedge has grown too large and is encroaching on your garden, it’s important to know your legal rights and the boundary rules before you start trimming.

Arguing with your neighbours is never enjoyable, no matter the cause. Disputes over gardens are very common, and determining who’s right isn’t always straightforward.

Take, for instance, a situation where your neighbour’s hedge becomes overgrown and begins creeping into your garden space. You may feel tempted to cut back the branches, but before grabbing the secateurs, it’s important to understand what’s permitted by law and what crosses the line.

Not sticking to the regulations could get you into trouble, and your neighbour might even pursue legal action against you for property damage.

Based on the official government website, you’re allowed to trim your neighbour’s hedge if it extends into your property from their home or a public highway – but only under specific circumstances.

It’s only permissible to cut back up to the property boundary. If you go beyond this, your neighbour could pursue legal proceedings against you for damaging their property.

Your neighbour has a duty to care for their hedges so they don’t damage your property or grow excessively tall. If any damage does occur, your neighbour may be held responsible.

To prevent potentially breaking the law, it’s recommended to check who actually owns the hedge before trimming it. The solicitors at Bonallack and Bishops said: “If it transpires that you have trimmed or moved a hedge which belongs to someone else, you could be held liable and forced to pay substantial legal costs.

“There are no hard and fast rules with regards to boundary ownership, and the only way to find out who owns a boundary border is to check the deeds at the Land Registry. Often, there’ll be no definitive answer and it’ll ultimately be a shared responsibility.”

On the other hand, if your hedge has spread so that it extends over your neighbour’s property, they are entitled to trim back the portion that has crossed the boundary line, though they must return any cuttings to your land.

If any trimming occurs on your side of the boundary, this could be considered an offence under the Criminal Damage Act 1971, unless there’s a lawful excuse.

You are within your rights to pursue a civil claim for any resulting damage, though it’s always recommended to attempt a conversation with your neighbour beforehand.

If confronting them feels daunting, consider writing a letter that clearly outlines the issue while keeping strictly to the facts.

Earlier this month it was reported that Glenn Gibbins, who was recently elected as a Reform councillor in Sunderland, had complained about the “amount of Nigerians in town” in a social media post made in 2024.

According to the campaign group Hope Not Hate, the later-deleted post read: “Should melt them all down and fill in the pot holes!!”

Speaking to Sky News’s Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips, Conservative leader Mrs Badenoch branded the comments made by Mr Gibbins as “disgusting” and said that it “worried” her that Reform UK deputy leader Mr Tice would not directly condemn it.

She said: “I think that was a disgusting comment that that Reform candidate made, and the Reform (deputy) leader… Richard Tice, wouldn’t even condemn it.

“That’s what I’m worried about. People say all sorts of stupid things, they should get slapped down when they do that.

“We cannot have a climate of violence against people based on their ethnicity in this country, but you need the leaders of the party, you need the senior ones, to be able to say that’s not what we’re about, that we’re very much against it. When they don’t say that, then we need to be worried.

“And I was really shocked when Richard Tice was interviewed that he would not condemn those comments.”

Last week, Mr Tice was asked whether he was happy for someone with those views to represent the party on BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme.

In response he said: “This weekend we are celebrating our incredible successes.

“Like any party, we have internal party processes to look where people have said or done the wrong thing.”

He continued: “I condemn everything that is wrong and inappropriate.

“Voters have heard all of this smearing and this sneering against all of us, and they have voted for more Reform.”

A Labour Party spokesperson later criticised his alleged failure to “call out clear racism”, adding: “It speaks volumes that Richard Tice tried to brush off these comments.”

Mr Tice later posted on X: “I literally said in the interview that I condemn anything that is wrong or inappropriate. Which obviously includes those (Mr Gibbins’s) remarks: simple.”

Reform UK have been approached for comment.

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Sally re-opened the Ebor Inn at Bishopthorpe on Wednesday, which had been closed since last year.

Until his sad death of Covid in 2021, the popular pub had been run by her late father Gordon Watlins for 39 years.

The pub’s owner, Tadcaster-based Sam Smith’s Brewery, recently gave the pub a new look with an exterior restoration of its brickwork. Further renovations have taken place inside, with more planned.

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Sally posted on social media at the weekend that she is ‘astounded’ at the support received.

She said: “I sat down at around 3pm with my friend who had never been to the Ebor Inn before. I was thinking I’ll have an hour catch up as I’d not seen her for a while and then one by one you lovely people started coming in…

“Before I knew it it was 7.30pm!!! And still you kept coming in….

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“What an afternoon/evening!! I am totally overwhelmed by the numbers that have come through the door not just today (although today was insane) but every single day we’ve been open!!!

“I have loved every minute… the support is just amazing! I’m so hoarse from talking so much!!! But every moment is so heartwarming and to hear you all speak so highly of my late father. I love it!”

Sally added: “We know it’s not just a job for me and I can confirm that I am eternally grateful and flattered by everyone’s support. I hope you all keep coming in and we can keep the pub going with this wonderful sentiment.”

Among the dozens who have commented underneath on Facebook, one said: “I am so glad that everything has gone well for you and the team at the Ebor. It is such a lovely pub and you deserve every success for taking the challenge on, Gordon would be so proud of you. Well done and keep up the good work.”

As the Press previously reported, initially, the Ebor Inn will be a ‘wet’ pub, meaning drinks only, before it starts serving food from June.

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The re-opening comes amid others, including the Blacksmith Arms at Skelton, near York, which is also owned by Sam Smith’s Brewery.

The Punch Bowl at Marton-Cum-Grafton, now owned by Boroughbridge hospitality entrepreneur Simon Wade, also reopened this month after a major refurbishment.

However, as reported earlier today, the tenants of the community-owned village pub, the Black Lion at Skelton on Ouse will be leaving venue this Saturday, blaming an ‘unsustainable’ business model.  

The Press has approached Sally for comment.