A property developer snapping up part of the Berlin Wall has triggered a new Cold War after a neighbour’s complaint – this time not in Germany’s but England’s capital.
Steve Thorpe, 65, bought a piece of the historic structure and brought it more than 650 miles back to his home in Dulwich, south-east London.
He installed the 3.1m slab at the back of his garden but a neighbour has since complained to Southwark Council about the piece of concrete that used to separate East and West Germany – saying it lacks planning permission.
And the local authority has now launched an investigation into whether
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