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Evening Standard
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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Tough Mudder banned from Finsbury Park after damage branded a ‘disgrace’ by MP David Lammy

Haringey council has said it will no longer allow Tough Mudder challenges in Finsbury Park after damage described as an “environmental disgrace” by Labour MP David Lammy.

Hundreds of people took part in gruelling obstacle courses held at the north London park across Saturday and Sunday - leaving the grass churned to thick mud, and tyre tracks imprinted on the ground.

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