For the past 16 years Hilaire Purbrick, 45, has inhabited the seven-foot cave he dug on his allotment patch in Brighton, East Sussex, living off the land.

That was until the eco-warrior met his match with Brighton and Hove City Council who decided his cave didn't have enough exits in case of fire.....

Having ignored the order Mr Purbrick was taken to court and now finds himself banned from the land all together. He intends to go to the Court of Human Rights to contest the order.

"I am still living there and intend to continue to do so," he said. "I know lots of people in this town who live in houses with only one door with no fire exit."