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Daily Mail
4 days ago
- General
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE The DEATH of fun! Fury as NIMBY neighbours force council to close public basketball court for 'mad' reason after similar militant locals BAN weddings and drinking near their homes
It's official - fun is under attack. Across Britain, ordinary people, especially the young, are being hounded, hobbled and harassed by joyless NIMBYs and killjoy councils obsessed with banning anything louder than a whisper. The latest madness? A public basketball court, a lifeline for teens in the town of Walmer, Kent - has been shut down because neighbours complained it was 'too noisy'. The town council also added that unlocking and locking the area was costing £1,200 a year, which it described as not being cost-effective for taxpayers'. This isn't an isolated incident. Across the country, similar stories are cropping up with alarming regularity. In Wiltshire the council refused to allow a stunning country home, Euridge Manor, an application to hold events because of complaints from locals that it would be 'like having a disco in the back garden'. Similarly an iconic gay London nightclub, G-A-Y, has been put on the market after its owner said strict licensing conditions and NIMBYs contributed to the area 'losing its queer identity'. NIMBYs even tried to block the conversion of a local property in Brandlesholme into a children's home as it will be 'detrimental to others living in the area'. So MailOnline has found some some of the most ridiculous examples of residents getting their way at all costs. A town council has sparked fury by closing a tiny basketball court in a seaside town after complaints teenagers have been making too much noise. Angry locals now fear the teenagers who used the area will 'cause chaos' in the town of Deal in Kent. Walmer Town Council has closed the multi-use games area (Muga) after some locals complained about noise coming from youths playing late at night. But residents nearby described the decision as 'really sad' and 'upsetting'. The town council said unlocking and locking the area was costing £1,200 a year, which it described as not being cost-effective for taxpayers'. Some locals said they wanted to see action taken against youths making noise late at night but believe a total closure is 'madness'. Dianne Begg, 77, who lives opposite, said a total closure had caused her upset. She said: 'The noise at times could be annoying. Especially late at night when the ball hit the fence, it was bang, bang, bang. 'It could be frightening. But I am shocked to hear they have closed it all together. What use will that do? They'll have nowhere to go. It's not a good idea.' Martyn O'Connor, 56, who has lived in the area for ten years, said the decision was 'madness'. The plumber said: 'I can't believe they've done that. It's foolish. It's madness. There was some noise every so often. But don't move into a house opposite a sports field if you don't want to hear noise. What do people expect? It's literally ten metres away. 'Go and live in the middle of nowhere if you don't want some noise. Closing it is very foolish. There's no benefit. You'll just have youths playing on the streets and hanging around rather than doing something active. 'Walmer isn't exactly full of wonderful things to do or tourist attractions. This at least gave the kids a purpose and it's an activity. To close it is a very backward decision.' But Kevin Gordon, 62, said the noise was 'hellish'. He said: 'I live opposite and it's a real pain. It does my head in. 'I can't get sleep because often they're playing at 10 and 11pm. It's a nightmare. It's frightening. 'It sounds like they'll be coming through the front door. They've hit my windows before, I feared they would smash.' Another local said: 'The people complaining have got nothing better to do. In Britain, in 2025 right now, there are far more serious and pressing matters to deal with.' WTC started a consultation on the future of the Muga in July 2024. They say this showed that only a small number of people were using the facility. Councilor Mike Eddy said: 'We have had complaints about the noise. Discussions are now ongoing about the future.' Walmer council leader Trevor Bond said he was assessing the concerns of locals. A spokesman for the council said: 'The decision was taken based on a few factors. 'We ran a survey on the usage of the Muga and found that only a minimal number of people were using the facility. 'When this was combined with the cost of opening the facility, members felt that this was no longer a cost-effective usage of the taxpayers' money. 'Walmer Town Council received regular complaints about the noise from the facility from the neighbours about the facility. 'Another factor the council took into account was that down the road there has been significant investment in the facilities at both Victoria Park and Marke Wood. The Muga will remain locked and unused by the public for the foreseeable future, and there are no plans to demolish the site. No parties And Walmer locals are not the only ones waging war on their local area. Soho has always been the life of the party for London's cocktail sippers and club-goers but not one one street. In the heart of central London, the lights have gone out in one of the capital's most well-loved clubs. The iconic gay nightclub has been forced to sell up after its owner said strict licensing conditions and NIMBYs contributed to the area 'losing its queer identity'. G-A-Y nightclub in Soho was listed for sale in January by its owner Jeremy Joseph, who expressed his 'sadness' and disappointment at Soho 'losing its vibrancy'. Mr Joseph, 58, also took aim at 'anyone with power' and said they did not care about the hospitality sector or LGBT venues which has left Old Compton Street - where the club is situated - no longer feeling like 'the gayest'. The club, which spans 4,600 sq ft over its vast three floors is available now for a price of £410,000 per year which has been backdated from October 2024 to October 2044. The agreement means whoever purchases the lease will pay more than £8 million to own the property in roughly two decades time. The move to list the club for sale comes just two months after G-A-Y's sister venue, Heaven, was temporarily closed due to an alleged rape of a female by a male bouncer. 'This isn't an easy decision, to me this is more than just a bar,' Mr Joseph's Instagram statement read. PIctured is the statement by G-A-Y's owner, posted on Instagram announcing the sale The 58-year-old went on to take aim at The Soho Society, the police and environmental authorities after when describing how his plans to extend G-A-Y's drinks license to 3am led him fighting an 'uphill battle'. In November 2023, Mr Joseph was forced to close G-A-Y Late, which held a license until 4am due to safety fears, and his moves to get it back he said, were blocked immediately. 'The Soho Society is the most damaging organisation to the hospitality industry,' he told MailOnline. 'As soon as you apply for a later license in Westminster, everyone objects. If you look at any way to improve your business whatsoever, they will slam the door in your face. 'Even the Mayor saying London is a 24-hour city is nonsense, there is no appetite for late venues. 'This is the worst I've seen the industry, and it's getting worse and worse'. Care homes are banned From clubs to care homes, cold-hearted locals have ignored the desperate plea for safe and loving homes for children in care and blocked the building of a new carehome. More than 100 residents blasted plans for a three-bedroom children's home in a semi-detached house because it will look like a 'prison' and kids will play loudly in the park. Bury Council's planning committee met in February to decide if Orchid Care Limited, a children's residential care business, could change the use of the property on Rudgwick Drive, Brandlesholme, so three children aged seven to 18 with no home can stay there. Neighbours said proposals to convert the property on a quiet residential street would be detrimental to others living in the area. One heartbroken local is planning to sell her 'forever home' if plans to change the use of the house are approved. The mother-of-one said: 'There are very few teenagers living on the street to make friends with so they will soon become bored. 'There is nothing for them to do in the area other than hang around the park. I'd hate for that to be a no-go area. 'If the plans are approved I am going to move. I am selling up. It will be heartbreaking because I thought this would be my forever home.' Another resident said they have worked hard and deserve to enjoy their retirement in peace. 'We have worked hard all our lives to pay to own our home in a lovely residential area,' they said. 'We want to enjoy our retirement in peace. 'We expected the house to be bought by a family so it was a bit of a shock to discover it was bought by a business. 'They have another care home not too far from here and we have been told there has been a lot of trouble with noise and anti-social behaviour. The police are having to go there regularly, which we find rather worrying and are concerned it could happen here. 'There is a little bit of NIMBY element to this but we are protective of our homes and lifestyles. 'However, we really do feel there are more suitable areas for a children's home. 'There is nothing for them to do around here. The town centre isn't really in walking distance and there aren't any other amenities to keep them entertained. 'I fear that if they become bored, that's when trouble may start. 'There is a park close by and it's nice to see families playing on there but if teenagers are hanging around they might be put off playing there. 'We are also concerned the staff employed won't be properly trained to care for the children.' Wedding bells silenced While wedding bells are often a cause for celebration but not for one royal couple. Instead of wishing the happy couples a long-lasting marriage King Charles joined the army of nuptial NIMBYs to block the creation of a wedding venue near Queen Camilla's home. The sale of a £3million house next to Camilla's Wiltshire country retreat created fears that it could become a rowdy wedding venue. Royal sources told the Mail last month that a proposal to sell The Old Mill next door and turn it into a wedding venue caused the Queen 'great anxiety', leading Charles to intervene at the eleventh hour to block the sale and buy the property with private funds. A source familiar with the plans said: 'Think of it – dozens of wedding guests carousing every weekend just the other side of her fence.' The King and Queen are far from being alone in their concerns over the raucous scenes that weddings can bring - even when they are being hosted at opulent stately homes. MailOnline has spoken to residents on the frontlines of the war between locals and wedding venues to find out just how bad it's become. Locals say Euridge Manor hosts two huge weddings each week - even though his application to hold the events has been at the centre of controversy. It retrospectively applied for planning permission to hold events in 2021, which the council denied. An enforcement notice was then served in August 2022, prompting an appeal by Euridge Manor. A second planning application was then made in September 2022 that also included plans for a new access road. It went over the statutory period for determination, leaving it undecided. That has now also been appealed alongside the enforcement notice. Euridge Manor say the matter has been the subject of a 10 day inquiry and a decision from an independent planning officer is likely within a couple of months. His fed-up neighbours, many of whom expressed their objections to his lucrative wedding business, are on tenterhooks as they too await the outcome of his barrister-led appeal. They have complained about the noise and obscene language emanating from the venue and the extra traffic the weddings generate along the narrow country lanes surrounding the property. One local told MailOnline this week it was 'like having a disco in the back garden'. Cyclists say they have been knocked off their bikes by wedding guests hurtling along the winding lanes nearby and horse riders complain the vehicles pass too close to their animals. One resident who lives on the opposite side of the valley to Euridge Manor said the noise from the weddings is 'intolerable'. She said: 'We have to listen to the speeches and all the swearing those speeches often contain. In one particular instance, a best man was giving his speech through the public address system on a microphone and shouted 'W****r, W****r, W****r' at the top of his voice. A lot of children live round here and they are being subjected to some awful language. 'They say they are putting on so-called society weddings, but they sound like an uncouth lot to me, if the swearing is anything to go by. 'Then, when the music starts up, it's like having a disco in the back garden. The noise carries across the valley and seems to amplify it. It's like the acoustic effect of an amphitheatre. 'This used to be such a lovely place to live but since he started up with his weddings, life around here has become a nightmare. Many locals are considering selling up and leaving the area if he wins his appeal. 'And if he loses his appeal, what about the people who've booked weddings there in the months ahead? They'll have to cancel their plans and find somewhere else. That would be very stressful.'
Yahoo
17-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
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Yahoo
20-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
People Are Sharing The Moment Their Parents Acknowledged Voting For Donald Trump Was A Mistake, And I'm Speechless
Several people online have opened up about their regret after voting for Donald Trump, so we asked people in the BuzzFeed Community whose parents voted for Trump to tell us what it took for their parents to acknowledge they made a choice that was harmful to themselves or others. A similar scenario was also presented in the r/BoomersBeingFools subreddit. The responses were wide-ranging. Here are a few of them: 1."When I explained to my parents that Trump-appointed Supreme Court justices canceled student loan forgiveness because GOP states sued, they were furious." "My little brother has $100,000 in undergrad debt, and my daughter has $7,000. I went on to explain how the GOP and Trump ruined the ACA, and that pushed them over the edge. My dad decided he was too old to vote. He says he's not smart enough to understand what's going on behind the issues and doesn't want to mess it up for the rest of us. He's been trying to convince other old people/Fox viewers just to give up and leave it to the next generation." —uniquemeat905 2."MY DAD'S GAY NOW!" —angeliclegend423 3."My 92-year-old dad has always leaned right in his politics and usually voted Republican. When Trump came on the scene, he thought it was just a publicity stunt. He never liked Trump but thought he would make a good president because he was a 'good businessman.' He voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020." "During the 2024 election season, he heard me rant about Trump's criminality, his horrible treatment of women and people of color, and his overall lack of morality. I was deeply disappointed to think he would still vote for Trump in 2024 and struggled with my feelings toward my dad, who's a decent man that I love so much. But who would vote for a nightmare of a human being like Trump? After the election, I had to avoid talking to my dad for a few days because I was so angry. The first time I saw him after the election, he asked how I felt about it. I told him I was very angry at people who voted for Trump and didn't want to talk about it. He was silent momentarily and then asked, 'Would it make you feel better to know that I didn't vote for him?' I was incredulous. He continued, 'I thought about it a lot and finally decided that my daughter is one of the smartest people I know, and if she thinks he's a terrible person who will be a terrible president, I trust her judgment.' I started crying and told him he just gave me the best present ever. I could love my dad fully without being angry at him. It was such a huge weight lifted from me. He also made me promise not to tell my two MAGA brothers that he didn't vote for Trump." —Anonymous 4."They have lost more than 20% of their retirement savings since Trump was inaugurated." —Anonymous 5."My boomer parents are swiftly seeing the fallout of their votes, and I think it's weighing on them. We live in a very red county with plenty of MAGA signs, but my dad took his down." "I've taken every opportunity to rub their noses in their mistakes when given a chance. I'm a social worker for our county mental health authority and am paid through Medicaid and Medicare, so my job is in limbo with the upcoming budget cuts. I also have a child with special needs supported by an IEP, which could get screwed up soon. My mom could lose her cushy work-from-home auditing job due to her employer calling for RTO. My dad wants to retire due to health issues but is now worried about social security and health insurance. We live in a farming community, too, so we'll see what spring brings as the farms start ramping up. Anytime anything is brought up about the impacts these things will have on our lives my parents just hang their heads. They can't deny it anymore, but I'm just so damn angry over their years of supporting that mango monster." —u/Worstedfox 6."She's not totally against Trump, but my mom is very unhappy with the issues he's causing regarding grocery prices/shortages, and she's even less impressed with Elon Musk's involvement in the government." "She says Trump has lost his mind and that this 'isn't what [she] voted for' (it kind of is, though)." —Anonymous 7."I'm low-contact with my narc parents, who are MAGA, and I also do social work for a Medicaid program. I saw my mom a week ago for the first time since the election, and she had the nerve to ask if my job was safe with everything going on." "She couldn't even look me in the eye when she asked. Like, it's a little too late to worry about it now. I just answered, 'for now.' I sure hope her disability benefits and free state insurance don't go anywhere. 🙄" —u/cocopuff333 8."My father-in-law voted for 'Chump,' and my spouse is probably going to lose his federal employment. He keeps saying it won't happen, but I don't think he can deny it anymore. Same with our neighbors, they're clearly ashamed. BE ASHAMED!!!" —u/2hennypenny 9."My parents are starting to distance themselves as if their support and votes didn't get us where we are, LOL. But they'll still defend him if pushed enough." "Some noteworthy quotes: 'I don't care, I don't run the White House. I just vote.' 'None of what's going on affects my life. I'm 65 years old, and you know what the last thing that affected me was? The draft.'" —u/Biscuits-n-blunts 10."My mother just denies that she voted for Trump now. During election season, she kept calling Kamala Harris 'camel.' She also complained about everything the Democrats were doing while praising the Republicans. Now, she claims she never voted for Trump and didn't want him to be president." —u/vulke12 11."My in-laws and many former friends are already denying that they voted for Trump and took down many of their social media posts from before the election. I will not forget or let anyone else forget. I will call them out on their denials for the rest of their lives. I will not let their grandchildren forget who and what they voted for and the direction that took our nation." —u/BernieDharma finally, "My almost 90-year-old stepfather was a conservative Republican for approximately 80 years in a house filled with liberal women. Once Trump announced he was running and made public his plans for the next four years, my stepfather became an independent, voting for Democrats LOL." —Anonymous If your parents voted for Trump in the 2024 election but have expressed regret now that he's in office, we want to hear about it. Share your response below, or fill out this Google form to remain anonymous. Your response could be featured in an upcoming post. Responses have been edited for length/clarity.
