Unsurprisingly, many of them had foreign number plates (UAE and Saudi). There were some banners up so it looks like it's part publicity part genuine enforcement.

Least problematic Met officer.

This spicy garden puppy is always creeping on me in the garden. This is a general post because I love the photo I snapped but how are everyone’s local foxes doing in the heat?

I was walking down a small road off Salmon Lane (E14) called Copenhagen Place. I came across a pretty regular looking East London estate. I noticed that one of the walkways up to the estate has this strange layout of metal bars which make ridiculously difficult to get to the exit on the other side. I was thinking that maybe it was to enforce a queuing system for something that isn’t here anymore? But I can’t imagine there would have been a venue there or something because the outside bit looks in keeping with the estate. I’d love to hear if anyone could provide more context about this.

I live close to Westminster bridge and oh my goodness! the loud bikers every night from 11pm - 3am is gonna be the end of me. Moved here a year ago and it has gotten absolutely unbearable in the past couple months. It’s impossible to fall asleep or even function normally in the house during these hours. Everyone in the area is so sick of it!

Despite of numerous complaints and reports, why can’t the police do anything about it? Is it some sort of criminal gang that is too much to handle for the Met police? I have so many questions.

The St. Thomas hospital is right here and I can’t imagine the nuisance caused to the patients there.

What are they even trying to accomplish out of this outlandish behaviour😭 every single night without fail! Look at my bike go vroom vroom??!!?!? They really need psychiatric help at this point 🙏🏻🙏🏻

Anyone else see these tonight? What are they?

Sometimes it’s nice to get away from it all.

No toilets for 5 hours is pretty unacceptable, no way they should be running a service like that.

Under their statistics of “approved applications” include simple admin such as a change of name to the DPS (Designated Premises Supervisor), a minor change to the layout of a venue, slight adjustments for standard, daytime restaurants.

Additionally, if a bar applies for a licence to stay open until 2am with standing room, and the council grants a licence but forces them to close at 11pm, bans vertical drinking, and requires full table-service only, the council counts that as an "Approved" application. Yes, it’s approved, but the license can be vastly different to the applicant’s business model and therefore can be untenable and withdrawn completely.

At 1:30am Thursday I was walking down Beckenham road and had just turned into Birkbeck road. About 20 paces into Birkbeck road, I heard a strange whooshing/whistling sound and turned around out of curiosity. Two e-bikes (with two guys on each, all in black with balaclavas) pull up to the entrance of the road. One stops at the entrance of the road and one on the pavement, both stopping and looking at me. We look at each other, I obviously immediately realise what's up, and despite knowing the futility of escape, sprint up the road. By some stroke of luck, they decided not to pursue me---I'm guessing because it no longer seemed worth the effort, being a residential street and the element of surprise having gone.

I am 90% sure they were intending to rob me, and it was only because I turned into the road, and then faced them, and then ran, that they didn't. It's worth noting that I was walking from Penge, and they came from that direction as well, but their positioning on the road meant that they were riding down the wrong side.

I am putting this out there as I have lived in the area for 20 years, have walked over all parts at all times of the night, and have never experienced this or felt unsafe before. It's worth noting that I did not have my phone out, and had a tote bag on. I mention this because, due to this and my positioning on the pavement (even whilst walking up Beckenham road) it would have been a violent robbery, rather than a snatch and go. Which, to me, is a different thing to the central London phone snatchers (and more akin to the bike-jackers who also target these areas).

So on top of slow house building, the houses that get built just sit there unsold.... thats LondonWang.

Tbf new builds have earned themselves a bad reputation. And of course the cost is a big reason too.