Shamus Scanlon, 59, of Penstone Park, Lancing, received a letter from the council, who act as the local highway authority, stating that although his hedge was neatly cut, it was overhanging and narrowing the footpath. Shamus said: “Everyone compliments me on the hedge, no-one has ever complained. It’s a shame they have nothing better to do. “There are two pot holes and a collapsed sewer in the road outside my house and they have been there for ages. The whole road is full of them and the sewer is dangerous. “We are paying a community charge and the roads are full of potholes.” For the full story, see the Lancing Herald, Thursday, August 29.