The historic Cotswold village of Broadway is much admired for its tranquillity and beauty, but behind the picturesque façade lurks a bitter dispute between neighbours living in the same street. Cafe owner Robert Brown took advantage of his long-standing friendship with the McSweeneys and the Maymons to get them to invest in a business proposition to expand his catering empire. Such was their trust that they lent him £120,000 between them, each family unaware that they were not the sole investor. When the business began to fail, they discovered Brown's duplicity and that the chances of getting any money back were remote.
In Bristol, Tim Wrigley initially warmed to Barry Collins when he moved in next door, even helping run errands for his invalid neighbour and accepting his bizarre gifts of meat and cheese. However, when Tim began to refuse his neighbour's increasing demands and offers of gifts, Barry suddenly turned nasty. After two years of abuse, with intervention from the council and the police, Tim managed to get an injunction against Mr Collins for harassment. It should have ended there, but his neighbour took no notice and eventually ended up behind bars.
Valerie Loney's peaceful flat which she shared with her son James in Northampton became a nightmare of noise with the arrival of a new neighbour in the flat next door. Endless loud music, shouting and even personal threats had the family at their wits' end. The Housing Association were powerless to help until there was enough proof to evict, so eventually James decided to fight back. With the aid of a video, he uploaded evidence of the continual disturbance on to the internet for others to see, gaining support and sympathy online. It took a year before James recorded the evidence that he wanted, but would it be enough to get his nightmare neighbour evicted?
