Outcry as residents want to turn London youth club into coffee shop

Bollo Brook youth centre credited with saving children from knife crime is at centre of gentrification row

A London youth club credited with saving children from rising knife violence is facing calls for its closure from new residents who think it would be better used as a coffee shop.

The Bollo Brook youth centre in South Acton, which serves some of the poorest and most vulnerable children in London, is embroiled in a gentrification row with residents demanding the council close it down and remove it from the area, claiming it has been "dumped" on them causing "nothing but problems".