The garden should be a place for rest and relaxation, but Jane Bamford's has more in common with a toxic wasteland than a calming retreat.
A bizarre blue algae has spread across the 58-year-old disabled woman's back yard, and now she fears it could be slowly killing her beloved pooches.
She says the stinking swamp formed after builders failed to fix a build-up of water. In a bid to improve things, Jane laid new grass seed.
