And that is precisely the problem that is blighting Rachel Gibson. After purchasing a property with a picture window that looked across beautiful tree top views, she was forced replace the clear glass with frosted.

The problem is that her new apartment overlooks other houses, and the permission to build was conditional on the window being opaque. This meant Rachel was left no choice but to let builders go ahead and put in place obscured glazing, leave her in a flat almost entirely reliant on sky-lights for natural illumination.

Having successfully sued the developers, Eddie Mitchell’s company Gee Development were ordered to buy back the apartment, but are now claiming that they are not in a position to be able to do so. The dispute remains unresolved.

In a world first ITV Local will be bringing you all the action from the FA Cup early rounds LIVE!

In the first game of the world renowned competition Oxfordshire’s Wantage Town will be battling it out with Isle of Wight’s Brading Town. Kick off is at 6.20pm tonight and you can catch the full match live right here on ITV Local’s dedicated FA Cup channel. The cup itself will be there so make sure you visit www.itvlocal.com/meridian/facup to catch a glimpse of sporting history!

Well, as players and fans gear up for tonight’s big match the team’s leaders couldn’t be more elated to have their teams play apart in the FA Cup. 

Here’s what Phil Morre, Director of Football at Brading Town F.C. had to say about tonight’s game:

‘Everybody at Brading Town Football Club is tremendously excited about our first ever venture into The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON. Not only were we delighted to be accepted into the competition, but to be chosen by E.ON and ITV Local as the team to kick off the 2008/09 FA Cup competition is amazing ! Brading Town’s FA Cup match against Wantage is the most exciting day in the club’s 150-year history.

Yesterday saw students up and down the country braving the nerve-racking situation of opening up those A-level result letters and finding out how they’d done.

In the South East it is likely that most were happy as results soared above the national average. It is estimated around 30% achieved A grades. However, despite the increased pass rates and the increase in A grades in the region, nationally only 3% achieved 3 A’s or more.

Discussion on A-level results inevitably focuses on the debate as to whether or not they are getting easier. For those taking them this is, for the most part, largely irrelevant with plenty riding on the outcomes of two year’s hard work.

Howletts Wild Animal Park in Kent has hosted clouded leopards since the late 60s and has in place a successful breeding programme for what is one of the most elusive of the big cats. And it is a programme that has just brought four new cubs to the park.

The newest arrivals were set to greet the waiting crowds, and wait they did about two hours before the 8-week-old cubs finally made an appearance. Howletts has bred over 30 cubs since they were first introduced to the zoo, which is a phenomenal achievement as the tropical forest dwelling leopards are notoriously difficult customers when it comes to procreation in captivity. However, such endeavour is important, counteracting the danger the species faces due to deforestation in its native region of South East Asia.

So, if you’re willing to sit and wait then it is likely your patience will be rewarded with a glimpse of all four of the shy and extremely cute cubs. Did I mention that the clouded leopard also has the longest canine teeth relative to body size of any big cat?

Jean Burgess despised the picture she had taken in 1953 when aged only 15. The reason? Her hairdo. A short perm affair that led her to vow that she would never have it cut again.

55 years on and with her hair measuring a length of 5 feet 6 inches, Jean is as good as her word. The grandmother from Sevenoaks in Kent, who spends 45 minutes washing and then an additional 2 hours combing her locks, has received considerable media coverage; a notable appearance on Blue Peter during the 80s is just one of many examples.

Jean suggested at 70, she would let the scissors take away some of the length, however she is past that marker and currently has no intention of hairdressing the issue.

Can you imagine our delight today when we found out that the internet hit ‘Charlie bit me’ was rooted in our region?! The sweet young lads are from Thames Valley’s Buckinghamshire and their short clip of sibling love created a YouTube frenzy that shows no signs of stopping. Since being uploaded a few months ago it has been viewed a whopping 43 million times. The video has opened the floodgates for masses of copycats - many of which see grown men pretending to be toddlers.

Well, presenter Mary Green has had the honour of meeting Charlie and his brother at their Buckinghamshire home and will be telling all tomorrow from 6pm on Thames Valley Tonight. So tune in to find out why a new internet star could be making their way to a computer near you soon…  

But if you can’t wait until tomorrow you can view the whole Charlie Bit Me clip here.

And if you know the secret of their success let us know by here on our blog!

An abandoned fawn only a few hours old was discover in Petworth Park, but is now being treated as one of the pack.

The pack in question is a group of hunt dogs that have taken in the newly named Bam Bam as one of their own. The first few days after discovery were touch and go for the young deer as around the clock feeding was necessary, however now healthy and growing Bam Bam is showing no fear of the dogs, or indeed his human carers, skipping proverbially foot loose and fancy free.

His friendly nature unfortunately will count against him, meaning he cannot be reunited with the Petworth Park deer, being too friendly for the publicly accessible land. It is hoped nevertheless that Bam Bam will be integrated into a herd in a less populated environment as soon as he is old enough.