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London council launches door-to-door patrols targeting dodgy landlords

Council officers have begun going door-to-door to catch out landlords who have broken rules

Evening Standard

Wembley landlord fined nearly £50,000 for housing eight people in five-person ‘house of horrors’

Council officers found eight people crammed into a home which was supposed to house up to five people

Evening Standard

I can’t imagine anything worse than cycling on a Lime bike – here’s why

With Brent Council looking to ban the toxic-coloured green bikes that have become a blight on our streets – and a massive inconvenience for the elderly and disabled – Olivia Petter argues that their demise is long overdue

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London borough on brink of banning Lime bikes for causing ‘havoc’ on roads

‘We are out of road for its activities in Brent’, council says

The Independent UK

Staff at 'inadequate' London school to strike over plans to turn it into academy

A North London primary school is set to close for a further five days over the next two weeks after staff agreed to take strike action against government plans to turn it into an academy.

Evening Standard

Wembley locals call for tiled murals celebrating major sporting events to go back on display

The murals were created ahead of the 1996 Euros but have since been covered up by advertising

Evening Standard

Fed-up neighbour wants north London pub's licence severely restricted over noise levels

A pub is having its licence reviewed after a neighbour complained of being ‘trapped in their home’ by a ‘hostile crowd’ on live music nights.

Evening Standard

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Harlesden: Rogue landlord fined £9k after ignoring pleas to fix north London flat

Brent Council take Kevin McLoughlin to court over flat issues

Evening Standard

Leonard Johnson obituary

Other lives: Brent youth leader and driving force behind Bridge Park, one of the largest black community projects in Europe

The Guardian - UK

Kilburn sinkhole: More than 100 people evacuated over gas leak and burst water main

Residents were given shelter in a nearby church after a 24-inch gas main ruptured and a sinkhole opened up

Evening Standard

Landlord who packed 40 tenants in four-bed Wembley home given first ever Brent Council banning order

He was fined five years ago after council officers found dozens of people crammed into an unsafe four-bedroom home

Evening Standard

Disabled woman left trapped in upstairs council flat with no lift for four years

Brent Council was forced to pay the woman, referred to as ‘Miss X’, £9,200 after the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) investigated her complaint

Daily Mirror

Fury as council clerical error sends residents’ cleaning bills soaring

People living on Brent council’s housing estates were landed with what they felt was an unaffordable increase in charges

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of households can apply for FREE help worth up to £1,000 to pay bills

The money can be used to cover things like rent and council tax arrears, white goods, counselling and mental health services, internet access and laptops, energy and water essentials and debts

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London builds TWICE as many council homes as rest of England as Sadiq Khan blasts Tories

Sadiq Khan is demanding ministers raise their ambitions as it emerged construction started on 10,000 council homes in the capital last year, compared to just 4,325 across the rest of England in the previous year

Liverpool Echo

New chief executive of Sefton Council announced

A new chief executive has been appointed after current council head Dwayne Johnson announced his retirement earlier this year

Evening Standard

Dangerous levels of damp and mould reported in hundreds of privately rented homes across London

Research reveals the huge volume of complaints made to London councils over the presence of damp and mould in rented homes

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Slash: My stories of Keith Moon, Ozzy Osbourne, Lemmy and more

Slash met Keith Moon when he was 11, spent a long night with Lemmy in a Soho boozer, and had an unlikely on-stage encounter with James Brown. These are his stories

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Daily Mirror

Family trapped in 'damp and mouldy' home as mum 'contracts pneumonia three times'

Mum-of-four, who is on the homeless register after being evicted, says her chest is 'a mess' because of living in a damp council flat, and her youngest child has repeatedly needed antibiotics

Wales Online

Woman forced to pay £65 after parking on 'invisible' yellow lines

"I just feel it's very unfair. I was being honest, I wasn’t trying to cheat"

The Independent UK

FA could install perimeter fencing at Wembley after Euro 2020 final chaos

A review conducted by Baroness Casey last year found there were more than 20 ‘near-misses’ which could have resulted in serious injury or death

The Independent UK

FA applies to install gated perimeter fencing at Wembley after Euro final chaos

Ticketless individuals were blamed for creating the risk of a loss of life at the England v Italy clash.

Evening Standard

FA backs plan for Wembley to install new gated fence to improve security after Euro 2020 disorder

Wembley Stadium plans to install a new gated fence to beef up security around the venue following violent disorder at the Euro 2020 final.

Daily Mirror

Mum says son is 'struggling to breathe' in flat that's 'covered in so much black mould'

Mum-of-three Aisha Hussain said she worries for her children, with one the same age as Awaab Ishak, two, who died in December 2020 due to prolonged exposure to mould

Wales Online

Mum paying thousands of pounds for flat that is so mouldy her son 'struggles to breathe'

Aisha Hussain says thick black mould has formed in the living room and bedroom walls in the flat she shares with her three children

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