The Mayor, Boris Johnson, has approved a scheme to redevelop Walthamstow dog track in east London. Campaigners and local MPs had opposed plans, approved by the council in May, to build nearly 300 homes and a leisure centre at the Grade II listed site
The objectors to the Walthamstow dog track are campaigning under the banner of Save our Stow.
Mayor Boris Johnson shouted back at protesters who heckled him at an event and called him "Tory scum".
Boris Johnson has approved plans for nearly 300 homes to be built at Walthamstow dog track, despite protests from campaigners and MPs