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BBC man: Revelry will ruin my work

A BBC presenter has been branded a ‘killjoy’ by neighbours after forcing his local council to downsize plans for a Platinum Jubilee street party.

Richard Preston, a newsreader on the BBC World Service, wrote a five-page letter objecting to the event on the basis that it would create noise that would interfere with his work.

The 35-year-old, who lives in a

£1.5 million house in Kensal Rise, north London, also claimed his health and safety could be compromised by the plans. Bosses at Brent Council have now ruled that the party must be scaled back and have cancelled the proposed closure of a side street to accommodate extra guests.

One local said Mr Preston’s neighbours ‘tried to reason with him but it quickly became apparent that he was not going to change his mind’. The resident added:

‘People are very angry at him stopping their fun.’

Mr Preston, who works night shifts at the corporation, said he was not objecting to the party ‘as such’ but felt he ‘didn’t have enough information’ about the proposals.

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