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Outcry as residents want to turn London youth club into coffee shop

Outcry as residents want to turn London youth club into coffee shop

Bollo Brook youth centre credited with saving children from knife crime is at centre of gentrification row

A London youth club credited with saving children from rising knife violence is facing calls for its closure from new residents who think it would be better used as a coffee shop.

The Bollo Brook youth centre in South Acton, which serves some of the poorest and most vulnerable children in London, is embroiled in a gentrification row with residents demanding the council close it down and remove it from the area, claiming it has been “dumped” on them causing “nothing but problems”.

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