'This is our home. We shouldn’t have to live like this.'
Residents say the estate has seen an increase in drug-taking and crime Residents of a ‘warzone-like’ estate say they’ve had enough after watching their street descend into chaos. The Little Ilford estate in Newham, east London, is home to people of all ages, from pensioners to couples with young children – but some say it has deteriorated rapidly in the last few years.
‘Two or three years ago there was a guy in the block who’d be up in the early hours, walking up and down with a machete. ‘We were told nothing could be done. It was a year before he was moved.’ Some intruders have ripped the locks off storage sheds and begun living in them or using them as drug dens.
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