A MOTHER is again pleading for a fence to be built after her 18-month-old girl was injured in her garden.

Single mother Andrea Ball, together with neighbour Lorna Mirow, of Hodder Grove, have campaigned for two-and-a-half years for Twin Valley Housing Association to put up a fence to separate their gardens.

Andrea's youngest daughter, Amy, received a black eye after playing in the family garden, and now the neighbours say they are at the end of their tether.

Andrea, 33, said: "I have two daughters, Amy, and Holly who is two. They just can't play out in the back or the front because it's too dangerous. There's no fence in the back and the next door neighbours are doing a lot of building work so the kids can't go in there.

"We also have a problem with water running off Birch Hall Avenue and down the garden. It has washed all the soil away and now it's impossible for the kids to play out there and we just can't afford the price of a fence."

Lorna said: "I'm terrified for her kids. I don't mind them around at all but when there's so much work going on it's dangerous. They could fall and get badly injured or drink something they're not meant to.

"Amy climbs all over the place and she's already fallen once. Something needs to be done before something serious happens."

Lorna bought her house from the council ten years ago and has carried out thousands of pounds worth of refurbishments.

She added: "I've put up fences nearly all the way around and that's cost nearly £3,000. We've put up a wire fence separating us from Andrea's house but the kids can easily get through. It's so dangerous it needs to be sorted out."

Coun Dave Smith said: "It seems likely the family will have to put up their own fence and use their own money. It's a shame but Twin Valley is not obliged to take any action."

Twin Valley said the association's officers would work directly with Andrea to sort out the problems.