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Greenwich Council implements ice cream van ban on street
A south-east London council has unanimously voted to ban ice cream selling at popular tourist spot - but business owners are planning once again to take the fight to the High Council has disallowed itinerant ice cream trading on King William Walk near Greenwich Park, on the grounds of pedestrian safety and environmental was forced in 2023 to re-run the a consultation by the High Court after being challenged by father and son ice cream business owners Paul St Hilaire Sr and St Hilaires said they will be appealing the council's latest decision. At a recent meeting of the full council, Cllr Jackie Smith shared the results of this second court-ordered consultation and proposed King William Walk be officially designated as a prohibited street for what is known as "itinerant ice cream trading".Having rerun the consultation, the end result was the same in terms of the council's Smith said "unregulated trading" raised concerns about pedestrian safety, environmental health and "the preservation of the area's historic character".She added the council was not opposed to ice cream trading, just to vans trading in King William Walk, primarily due to the "potential danger to pedestrians" caused by queuing on the busy road. The councillors agreed and voted in favour of the ban. The St Hilaires have had a licence to trade there since 2015, and say that Greenwich Council originally introduced a sales ban on the street without telling also say they had no complaints against them and that they had paid all the relevant licensing St Hilaire Jr said they are waiting for a High Court date in relation to the council's separate move to prohibit King William Walk from being a licensed street for trading.
BBC News
27-01-2025
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Mia Shay St Hilaire died from a severe reaction to nuts
A 12-year-old girl died after drinking a milkshake made in an unwashed blender at a cafe in south-east St Hilaire had a tree nut allergy and had a severe reaction after her order was believed to contain traces of hazelnuts and almonds from a previous milkshake made in the same machine at the Pop Inn Cafe on Southwark Park was taken to hospital where she died in August cafe has been fined £18,000 and its proprietor given 100 hours of community service after admitting six criminal charges related to the Food Safety Act. 'Prevented so simply' Evidence provided by Southwark Council's food safety team included CCTV evidence showing the cafe's operator, Baris Yucel, had not cleaned the blender before making Mia's drink and there were substances left behind from the preparation of a previous Council argued that this caused her to suffer a severe allergic reaction and that Mia's death could have been parents, Adrian and Chanel St Hilaire, said they "think of Mia every day" and "knowing her death could potentially have been prevented so simply only adds to how heartbroken we are as a family".An inquest into Mia's death will take place at a future date.
