complaints about noise pollution

Behind the scenes with Covent Garden’s street performers whose future is under threat

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Pete Kolofsky: ‘If Westminster Council were successful the result would be the death of Covent Garden street theatre’ – Heathcliff O’Malley Daredevil unicyclists, master illusionists, knife-eating acrobats: Covent Garden’s performers are an institution. They create a crazy, Vaudevillian microcosm, gobbled up by enthusiastic tourists. But today Westminster Council has launched a public consultation on the … Read more

The noise from the pickleball courts drives everyone crazy. Scientists are trying to come up with a solution.

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Pickleball player Catherine Parenteau will play in the Pro Women’s Doubles division on November 13, 2023 in Dallas.Bruce Yeung/Getty Images The pickleball craze has led to tens of thousands of courts opening across the US. The noise leads to complaints, lawsuits and even hunger strikes from local residents. The industry is trying to find solutions … Read more