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I'm not quite sure if that's slug/ snail damage, unless the little critters were balancing on the pot edge underneath the leaf rather than slithering around leaving the tell tale slime path.But something has definitely been in the middle of that leaf, under- or overside, having a meal...

I don't have Queen of the Night, but I do have some Epiphyllum. Plants often look the worse for wear.

Not to mention Huw Edwards and Gregg Wallace. Seems to me the BBC sometimes believes its own publicity about its "star" turns and fails to check thoroughly before appointing them and again when problems are first reported instead of the long drawn out accusationsa and denials that have gone on...

Welcome to the forum @singer61 !

Happens every year with our Magpies, even our Blackbird has tried pulling Trachy fibres off. It does no harm to the plant to the plant all.

That looks very similar to the one my brother has. We had colder than -5c here this year and it suggests burgandy spires can only take a lite frost, so perhaps similar cultivars are the same.

My olive has been happy in its pot for almost 30 years. I used the same compost mix as you describe in your first post. I used a load of stones/pebbles I gathered from my garden to cover the bottom of the pot by 2-3" then added another 2" of grit, then the compost on top of that.I often forget...

Get the ivy off the fence. It will work its way through the paneling and eventually damage it as well as upsetting your neighbour.

Plant a few else where in case a couple die after planting and you can replace them.

From the new picture I agree that the stems and bud do look like an ash. Looking at the old picture again where I thought it had lobed leaves, I believe that might be your neighbours tree. I took the green to be one tree and not two and I could only see leaf detail on one half.

After chopping out a 40yr old pyracantha last summer I'd never entertain the stuff, it was in a neighbours garden. Diabolical stuff.