The average price of a house in the city was £720k last year, which is substantially higher than the average price nationwide. Too costly for a lot of Londoners, this left a void in the market, which the southeast’s self-build project filled. Residents of Ladywell, Lewisham, have begun to occupy the 36 price-capped homes inContinue reading “Lewisham Community Builds Its Own Homes”
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Nurse Who Made Patients Wash His Car
A mental health nurse who made four vulnerable patients wash his car as part of their ‘therapy’ has been struck off. Ian Brown, who worked at a care home for male offenders with mental illnesses in Ipswich, claimed the activity was ‘more constructive’ than ‘sitting outside smoking’. A Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) misconduct hearing heardContinue reading “Nurse Who Made Patients Wash His Car”
Every Time It Rains, Our New Homes Flood
Frustration and dismay have become the norm for homeowners who have been left with flooded gardens every time it rains—and they claim it’s because drains were not installed. Locals who live in the Rivers Edge development in Warrington, Cheshire, allege their gardens have been left ‘unusable’ because water sits on the patio and floods theirContinue reading “Every Time It Rains, Our New Homes Flood “
A Seaside Town’s Cash-Strapped Council Spends £5.3 Million Upgrading Cycle Lanes On One Of The ‘Widest And Safest’ Roads
Residents of a seaside town have vented their fury over their hard-up council’s decision to spend £5.3 million of taxpayer cash upgrading cycle lanes on a road described as one of the ‘widest and safest’ in the area. In Bournemouth, Dorset, Glenferness Avenue already has bike lanes installed on both sides. However, resurfacing, expanding, andContinue reading “A Seaside Town’s Cash-Strapped Council Spends £5.3 Million Upgrading Cycle Lanes On One Of The ‘Widest And Safest’ Roads”
Bankrupt Labour-Run Local Authorities Threaten To Hike Council Tax To Balance Their Books By Turning Off Streetlights And Cutting Bin Collections
Residents of Birmingham will see significant increases in council taxes along with reduced services as the “bankrupt” town hall joins a growing number of local governments in their financial crunch. City councillors are set to vote on a ‘devastating’ package that would see taxes rise nearly 10 percent in each of the next two years—aroundContinue reading “Bankrupt Labour-Run Local Authorities Threaten To Hike Council Tax To Balance Their Books By Turning Off Streetlights And Cutting Bin Collections “
Students Are Trying To Cancel My Bookshop For Selling Literature On Slavery
According to the proprietor of the bookshop, university students have attempted to close it down because it sells books about suicide and enslavement. Tasha Berks has run Bookmark, a second-hand bookshop in Falmouth, for over 20 years, but claims that ‘woke’ students have recently come into her shop to ‘check’ if her collection is ‘racist’.Continue reading “Students Are Trying To Cancel My Bookshop For Selling Literature On Slavery”
Hellhole Island
Residents living on a ‘ghost town’ island claim gangs of youths ‘control’ the streets because they ‘never see police officers’. The angry residents of Sheerness, Kent’s Isle of Sheppey, who “feel abandoned” by the authorities, have called the town “the town that time forgot.” People are leaving the island in the Thames Estuary in searchContinue reading “Hellhole Island”
It Has Been Decided To Cancel MORE Bonfires
Glasgow and Leeds have become the latest Bonfire Night cancellation casualties as councils across the United Kingdom continue to scrap annual firework displays due to significant budget pressures. Thousands of residents across the two cities had been hoping to enjoy their first public showing since 2019, with previous spectacles having been cancelled due to COVID.Continue reading “It Has Been Decided To Cancel MORE Bonfires”
What A Load Of Rubbish!
Rotting piles of decaying waste have been lining the streets of the East End in the second week of a month-long walkout by refuse collectors. Residents, politicians and tourists urged Tower Hamlets council to urgently come to a deal with the striking workers as rotting food and discarded nappies lay in mounds up to 6fContinue reading “What A Load Of Rubbish!”
Construction Of A ‘Death Trap’ Estate Near A Cyanide Dumping Site
Terrified residents claim a new 48-housing development will be a possible death trap which is being built on land that’s next to a historic waste site filled with drums of cyanide which could start leaking underground at any point. Horrified mother of two Jessica Ramsay, conveyed concerns of some other residents, saying that it wasContinue reading “Construction Of A ‘Death Trap’ Estate Near A Cyanide Dumping Site”
THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO 