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A man has won a battle to save a row of 65ft trees his neighbours claimed were ruining their lives. ‌

Colin Nelson was locked in a dispute with neighbours Kevin Pratt and Elizabeth McCabe. ‌

They said the trees between their rural properties near Forth, Lanarkshire, restricted light and kept them in darkness. ‌

Mrs McCabe also claimed she is unable to grow plants in her garden due to a lack of sunlight.

Mr Nelson told them reducing the height of the trees , which were planted by his father and grandfather in 1959, would kill them and said his mother does not want them to be felled.

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Mr Pratt and Mrs McCabe applied to South Lanarkshire Council under high hedge laws in a bid to have them chopped but that was rejected.

The Scottish Gov

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