The prosecution against Patricia Hazelwood was carried out under the Environmental Protection Act 1990. It states that a so-called abatement notice can be issued when a local authority is satisfied that a nuisance exists, or is likely to occur or recur, in the area of the authority.

By RON LIVINGSTONE A RECORD haul of television sound equipment has been seized from the home of a noise pest. Environmental health officers from Middlesbrough Council executed a warrant issued by Teesside magistrates at the house near Albert Park following a string of complaints.

By Chris Brayshay A HOUSEHOLDER is to be prosecuted for keeping his neighbours awake with loud music.

By RICHARD BATTRICK MY brother and I inherited a small piece of land bought in the 1930s by our father, who rented out plots on it for about pounds 4 a year to tenants who built garages on their sites.

By Sanford J. Schmidt, The Telegraph, Alton, Ill. Dec.