A community garden created by residents in a York back alley has been destroyed - after the council sprayed it with weed killer.
City of York Council bosses have apologised for the blunder and are offering to help recreate the garden.
But residents, who have spent the last four years creating the Diamond Street snicket, off Huntington Road, which boasted dozens of varieties of plants, said they were "absolutely devastated" by the destruction.
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