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1 week ago | mylondon.news | Cameron Blackshaw

Organisers of a music festival on a Sidcup farm have postponed the event with less than a month to go following backlash from local residents and authorities. Neighbours feared days of "utter lawlessness and debauchery" after claiming to have witnessed men urinating, smoking cannabis and inhaling laughing gas outside their homes during previous events at the farm. BecksFest was advertised to take place on July 5 and 6 this year at Beck Evans Farm in Water Lane.

2 weeks ago | mylondon.news | Philip Lynch

A West London councillor was heckled out of council chambers at a meeting on Wednesday (June 11) over plans to shut a garden centre used by people with learning disabilities. This followed an impassioned petition hearing at Hillingdon Council. The petition related to the council's planned closure of the Rural Activities Garden Centre.

2 weeks ago | mylondon.news | Adrian Zorzut

A company leasing self-driving boats on London's canals has been given the green light to sell booze again despite residents' concerns it could lead to punters pooing in their gardens and having sex in public. Westminster City Council said GoBoat could sell up to two cans of beer per customer or a bottle of wine between two on its luxury skippered cruises between 9am and 10pm, seven days a week.

2 weeks ago | mylondon.news | Philip Lynch

Ten children centres in Ealing are set to be closed after the council's cabinet gave approval to the cost saving measures on Wednesday (June 11), though this is three fewer than originally planned. Following a strong campaign to keep the centres open, the partial victory will not see locals back down as they vowed to fight on over the remaining ten and called for a complete U-turn.

2 weeks ago | mylondon.news | Adrian Zorzut

A Central London pub where staff "downplayed" a man being stabbed in the thigh has asked for permission to reopen under a new name. Owners of the Frankfort Arms on Harrow Road said it wants to rebrand the pub under a new name and find new operators. It has also vowed not to challenge Westminster City Council if it seeks to extend a suspension of the premises licence.