The row over a four-foot-high fence outside a house next to a chip shop took another twist yesterday when council workmen, armed with power tools, dissembled the structure. Their move came just 24 hours after a man was arrested for firing a shot at the couple as they worked on the new fence. The couple claims that people waiting for the chip shop could queue up on the opposite site to their house‘The whole thing has left me traumatised. ‘Then we heard cheers coming from the chip shop. Cllr Gordon Castle, Alnwick ward member for Northumberland County Council, said: 'I've raised this with officers at County Hall to the highest level.

Source: The Nation September 25, 2021 15:00 UTC