Source: Forbes Magazine (Mark Sparrow) Now that Apple’s latest iPhone has been stripped of the conventional 3.5mm headphone socket we can expect to see a whole heap of new products from headphone manufacturers who have licensed Apple’s proprietary Lightning Connector. First out of the traps is JBL with a brand new set of noise-cancelling earbuds designed specifically [...]
Pub’s late licence reduction “an appalling decision” By Nikkie Sutton, 18-Aug-2016 A decision to reduce a Bedfordshire pub’s licence has been called “appalling” on a petition the licensee has started to restore its late-night licence. To read the article click here.
WITH its picturesque neo-classical arcade, lined with flowers and bushes, Holborn’s Sicilian Avenue is a spot usually as serene as the Mediterranean island it is named after. But a row has broken out on the old-world Italian street after the owner of a pasta restaurant accused the pub opposite of disturbing their al-fresco diners with [...]
Next time you’re kept awake at night by the moans and groans of your flatmate getting lucky, just be grateful you don’t live with a pair of horny hedgehogs. A man realised he had hedgehogs for housemates when two of the animals began mating extremely loudly in his home in Büchenbach, near Nuremberg in Germany. [...]
When a sleeping man was woken by music blaring out at 4.30am, he banged on his bedroom window in a bid to get his neighbour to turn it down. He returned to bed wearing earplugs, but moments later heard a loud smash as a 1.25kg gym weight was hurled through his kitchen window. The victim [...]
A DISTRICT Court judge has ruled that a Westport pub be only allowed live music three times a month due to a noise pollution complaint. The case of noise nuisance under the Environmental Protection Agency Act against Kenneth Lavelle of The Jester Bar was brought by elderly couple Loretta and Hugh O’Malley, who live above [...]
A NEWPORT pub will be allowed to open an hour later at the weekend – despite some residents saying it makes their lives “unbearable” with noise. Residents living near the Angel Inn at West Street had expressed concerns about the impact on noise and anti-social behaviour if the hours were extended, after Omar Qamar applied to [...]
LATE night noise from a restaurant’s outdoor dining area would be "hugely detrimental" to neighbours, a councillor has warned. After shutting up shop a few months ago, The Napier Arms in Woodford New Road has applied to change the old pub into a restaurant with a “raise rear patio, canopy and retractable roof to provide [...]
A pub landlord and a construction firm have been hits with fines from Hillingdon Council after local residents complained about their noisy neighbours. John Whelan, landlord at the Six Bells in Station Road, West Drayton, ignored a council notice ordering him to keep the noise down after residents nearby got fed up with late night [...]
The cases were heard at Sheffield Magistrates’ Court last month where fines and charges were awarded totalling more than £1,500. View of crowd covering ears Now Sheffield Council's housing officers are taking further action as those convicted live in council homes and their actions breach tenancy conditions. Councillor Bryan Lodge, Cabinet Member for [...]