Temporary road restrictions have been approved for a number of roads across Tottenham this weekend to allow for a boxing event, ensuring vehicle movement and emergency services access.
During school pick-up and drop-off times, when access is restricted to residents, ambulance drivers face a difficult choice of dropping patients off at a distance from their home, or risk receiving a fine for entering the zone.
Road restrictions outside Hackney schools have suffered repeated attacks by vandals in recent months, leaving parents fearful for their children's safety. Following tip-offs from residents about appalling criminal sabotage, a Freedom of Information (FoI) request to Hackney Council revealed that since last June there have been 22 reported instances of criminal damage to school streets infrastructure.