Angelina

These are very real and sensible questions to ask - and seem to be dismissed or swept way. There are indications of a catastrophic impact to human life, but that is also being dismissed - and we carry on regardless

what's wrong with people? just because you can do something doesn't mean you should. you can go to a restaurant and order through an app, and then go and collect your food at the bar, or you can choose to go to a restaurant where you will have a waiter. AI will inevitably cause severe losses at entry level across many industries (call centres, data entry, customer service). In fact it already is. The scale will be far more severe than any indication by AI companies etc (AI will compliment the workforce, not replace it). Do you want to support this - or do you want to support people? Make your choices wisely - the consumer has FAR MORE power than you realise

Hard to get evidence for what has happened, but going forward, get cctv evidence of trespass and any interference, ask you other neighbours to as well. Contact solicitor and report to police and council. get more plants to replace those destroyed

they should be interested - you've had someone trespass on your property and break into your car, and there is clear record of that

surely there are fingerprints?

We have found 3 stag beetles in the old tree stump, and single nesting bees in the grass, so we're still not mowing it. I have taken the seeds head off the dart grass and trimmed the dead bluebells and it's alright.

They don't think and I seriously believe they couldn't care less.

the pond needs cleaning regardless of the rubbish being thrown or blown

Since the ES have posted such a glowing report of the festival, perhaps they'd be interested in a report into the resulting damage, or the Guardian?

I completely agree. Pride used to be in Brixton and Brockwell Park before it outgrew it and moved to Finsbury Park. Quite reasonable to accept limitations and respond properly

Have to admit, I did have to check myself - I've been to many festivals and it seems a bit contradictory to challenge one, but our local park is not the place for a festival of this size. It just needs to either scale down to the environment (smaller footprint, less damage) or find a better location. There is a VAST difference between festivals out in the countryside and the same in an urban park.

Work such as dry rot treatment will have a guarantee. Major works as such are more general and I've not seen guarantees on any I've had done. You need to find the source of the damp and the cause of it and be able to demonstrate that it's down to the works that have been done.

Best to just get in touch with the council. You need to see what works were approved and the scope. It's probably advisable to get an independent legal survey (not a standard RICS) and look at current condition, what they said they'd fix, if they did what they said and what the problems are with what they did. Was it just your flat and the other flat mentioned? Asking in case there's any other leaseholder/ tenant involved

getting a Tesco is mildly depressing

Revenue could all be contractual and fixed or it could have multiple elements. I don’t think we know that

Yes I suppose it could mean that, if there is a fixed cost for GLA for everything - but the FOI can be worded so that it asks what the revenue agreement is - ie is it fixed or does it include a % of revenue from the stalls and tickets etc.

I don't think the interest is to know what the council are paying GALA - just what the benefit is and how it's being invested elsewhere

AIice - a FOI is about ascertaining facts. It's not at all unpleasant, just necessary.

Additionally, the council should be bound by the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981: This is the primary law protecting wildlife in Britain, including birds, their nests, and eggs. TfL, like other operators in London, must adhere to this Act when carrying out activities on their land or infrastructure.

yes and it's illegal for the council to withhold information requested as an FOI, although they can use the exemption, if it meets criteria of being commercially sensitive, but it seems that is not the case, and would be less so if questions are suitably worded. I don't know if there has been one, but am suggesting we compile questions and send one

a Freedom of Information request should confirm the amount of revenue generated from the event for the council and what the council spent that on. There is nothing that meets the "commercially sensitive" exclusion (which is for the safeguarding of information which if disclosed would prejudice the commercial interests of any person, including the Public Authority holding the information), Perhaps the best way forward is if we list the questions we want the council to answer and submit an FOI. It is a criminal offence for the public authority to refuse to disclose information and that can be enforced by the Information Commissioner. I would have though that the council would want to be transparent.

Imagine how it is for those in close proximity, and the wildlife and animals. i can hear it here, which is far.

Honestly don't know what Lambeth are thinking - they should consider their reputation, loss of public trust, legal challenges and findings of maladministration. Perhaps they have and don't care. It stinks of commercial bias and contempt for the legal process and public.

Will be interesting to see how this plays out, after the event.

Shocking - so fast. Machines can have a false device for inserting your card into and then they retain it. Your bank should return your money