A GROWING PROBLEM...

Tree roots drive Gladys, 84, to tears

- By DAVID HUMPHREYS

A LIVERPOOL grandmother said she was prepared to tell the city council “where they can shove it” over a disagreement involving a troublesome tree.

Gladys Bakken, 84, was shocked to be told that she needed to provide evidence to resolve an issue of a tree causing problems with her front drive in Croxteth.

Gladys had expressed her frustration after roots from a large tree outside her home on Lower House Lane began to lift up her bricked driveway. She told the ECHO how the damage had actually caused her to trip and fall over.