Council workers employed by Tower Hamlets Homes apparently thought they were following heath and safety advice issued by the Fire Brigade when they went on a spree removing washing lines, hanging baskets, doormats, bicycles and security gates. They were halted by a nun, Sister Christine Frost, who pointed out that local yobs were far more pressing a problem.
The council must have realized in advance that its actions would not be popular, as it arranged for police officers to accompany its workforce. Residents understandably considered this a "heavy-handed" approach (and, to add insult to injury, presumably had to pay for the officers out of their Council Tax).
Housing CEO Jonathan Gregory promised that commonsense would be applied in the future. Why not apply it in the first place?
Amazing that any borough council in these penny-pinching days has the time and money to waste in this way.
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