Figures released from a Freedom of Information request show there have been an extra 7,000 calls complaining about noisy neighbours in Leeds since an out of hours telephone line was introduced. 

The Yorkshire Evening Post report:

Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show that problems with rowdy behaviour have forced almost 8,000 residents to make calls to Leeds City Council during the night since September 2011.

An out-of-hours service, established last year for those “at their wits end” has seen a huge surge in the number of calls, with more and more residents refusing to suffer in silence.

The figures obtained by the YEP show that 7,799 calls have been made to the out-of-hours team since September 2011.

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Matthew Burgess
http://www.mattburgess.co
I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.