'We're scared to walk down the street - wild overgrowth has turned town into a jungle'

Residents are being forced to walk in the road because of overgrown weeds that have taken over their pavement.

They are ending up with “faces full of leaves and insects”, despite repeatedly asking their local council to tackle the foliage.

The greenery, which is sprouting from the trunks of trees on the footpath, forces people to either walk on the road or trek through tangled vegetation.