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Radio London,2 mins

Kilburn: How a derelict estate became a dumping ground

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The last residents of the South Kilburn Estate moved out in July 2021 - and since then the areas around Exeter and Hereford houses have been filled with rubbish on an 'industrial scale'. One neighbour, 75-year-old June Turner, branded the situation in north-west London as "scandalous". She said: "It's become a great area for the drug-dealers, fly-tippers, the squatters. This is unacceptable." Brent Council, which started to clear the waste only after being contacted by the Âé¶¹Éç, said the site "will remain under constant surveillance". So how was it allowed to get in this state? Âé¶¹Éç Radio London's Harry Low has been to find out.

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