A brother and sister from Weston have been fined nearly a thousand pounds for failing to tidy their garden.

Jonathan and Joan Colwill's property in Rosedale Avenue - which was in a state of disrepair, had oil drums, dead trees and broken glass piled outside and grass up to six feet high - had been complained about since December 2009.

North Somerset Council have now taken action - and after the siblings pleaded guilty, they've been made to pay nearly nine hundred pounds in fines and court costs.