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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Tristan Kirk

Loud buskers playing songs on loop across Leicester Square is 'psychological torture', says judge

Buskers blasting out songs on loop across Leicester Square on a daily basis has been compared to “psychological torture” by a judge, as he ordered Westminster Council to pull the plug.

Workers at Global Radio complained that they are “plagued“ by noisy and poor-quality buskers in the world-famous square and have to wear headphone or even go into a cupboard to get their work done.

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