No internet for five months anger

Border Telegraph: Families forced to live in the Dark Ages after new-build estate still hasn't got phone lines

THE HORROR

Spotter's Badge: Derek

Double yellow lines in front on my driveway anger

Bristol Post: Man with a driveway the size of an aircraft carrier says he won't be able to park in front of his house any more

And that IS a tragedy.

Also, I'm reminded of this chap.

Spotter's Badge: Lee

Wonga wasp nest anger

Hull Daily Mail: Woman says she's taken out a doorstep loan to get rid of a wasps' nest

I think I'll be siding with the yellow buzzy bastards in this one-sided battle.

Spotter's Badge: Ian

Stop crashing your cars into my house (AGAIN) anger

Braintree and Witham Times: Bloke builds fortifications to stop people crashing into his front wall

You may remember Mr Allan from such previous APILN appearances as:

Home made road sign anger, featuring a fine shoe-string tie; and

They smashed my bollards anger, in which his fine chapeau makes its debut

If you're in Braintree and driving a car with faulty brakes DO NOT go pay Mr Allan a visit.

Spotter's Badge: Thomas

Two years to fix a leak anger

Bolton News: Many pictures of an angry woman folding her arms against the backdrop of a mouldy ceiling

OK, three.

Spotter's Badge: Karen

Power surge anger

Chronicle Live: Power surge caused by vandals wrecks appliances

Luckily the Christmas lights are OK.

Spotter's Badge: Charlotte

Blocked-off light anger

Cambridge News: 'Horrendous' building blocking off light to woman's garden

That's unfortunate. Let's see how much light, eh?

Hmm...

Spotter's Badge: Claire

Stop crashing into my fence anger

Kent Online: No, really, please stop crashing your cars into my fence

DONE A POO.

Spotter's Badge: Neil

Flooded garden anger

Wolverhampton Express and Star: Why oh why does our garden keep flooding?

It'll be all that water etc that falls out of the sky.

Spotter's Badge: Gordy

Wrong kind of plastic anger

Bolton News: Council won't empty woman's recycling because of Roses tub and a coathanger

Somebody who hasn't heard of the 'hide it at the bottom' school of fake recycling

Spotter's Badge: Karen, Paul

We've got a stream under our house anger

Rossendale Free Press: Residents want council to do something about stream that's strated flowing under their houses

"Um, no, it's private property" is the correct answer.

Spotter's Badge: Karen

Bloody great fence anger

Stuff.nz: Householders lose stunning view and $1m off their property value after neighbours build huge fence

How bad can it be? Here's the 'before' picture.

Ah. Point proven.

Spotter's Badge: Cassie

House covered in turds anger

Coventry Telegraph: Woman's house spattered with turds due to blocked drain

People who do science: How did those turds manage to get so high up the house?

Spotter's Badge: Rob R, Hazel

Laid a cable anger

Stuff.nz: Utility company 'has vandalised my new fence'

Excellent skills by the photographer. Everybody goes home with knee-knack.

Spotter's Badge: Joseph

Strange definition of the word 'overlooked' anger

Bucks Free Press: Windowless Tesco store totally overlooks my house

...says woman from window totally overlooking new Tesco

Water bill anger

Crawley News: Housemates convinced giant water bill isn't theirs

The way they're throwing it about the garden, it could be anybody's

Spotter's Badge: Skuds

Water mains anger

Essex Echo: Man assumes approved dismayed stance as burst water main floods his home

As usual, they're on fire in the Essex Echo comments, with one pointing out that he can't be *that* flooded because - look at the water level. That's called "water draining away", you nerk

Spotter's Badge: Barry

Broadband box anger

Portsmouth News: 'BT have planted a broadband box in front of my driveway'

Except, as eagle-eyed readers have pointed out, there isn't actually a driveway there at all.

Tatty garden anger

Watford Observer: Neighbouring contractors 'have left our garden looking like a building site'

...after exercising their legal right to cutting back overhanging trees. Nice fence.

Spotter's Badge: TRT

Sea wall spoilt my view anger

South Wales Evening Post: Sea wall spoils view of the sea

However, it does stop your house from being flooded, so swings and roundabouts, eh?

Spotter's Badge: Daryl