A FRUSTRATED resident has discovered the grass is not always greener on the other side after branding the cutting situation in Bromsgrove a dire mess.

Matthew Burk, from Mount Vernon Drive, has contacted Bromsgrove District Council on five occasions to ask them to cut the grass in his neighbourhood but claims nothing has been done.

"At the beginning of this year the council tax increased by 25 per cent so services would not be affected but they seem to be getting worse.

"If you look around Bromsgrove nothing has been done. I've contacted the head of technical services who said that someone would come out to cut the grass by the end of this week but no-one has turned up." A council spokesman was unavailable for comment.