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Olimpia Zagnat

Lenton residents' hopes for 'normal summer' as students leave the city at end of academic year

Members of a community say they are looking forward to having a 'quiet summer' as students leave the area for the end of academic year.

It comes after repeated incidents of house parties and street gathering in Lenton which left 'exhausted' residents in tears.

Most recently, a £10,000 fine was been issued to the organiser of a 21st birthday party which saw 100 people spill out onto the streets of Lenton.

Neighbours were left angry and with little or no sleep ahead of work or school the next day.

Now, residents say they can finally breathe "a sigh of relief" as the academic year comes to an end and most students have already left the rented properties.

Kim Charlesworth, an ice cream vender of Harlaxton Drive, 59, said: "The students here have caused many problems over the years.

"Even last week I picked up empty bottles of wine from my garden - it is disgusting."

Ms Charlesworth, who has been a residents in the area for almost 40 years, said: "The rubbish and noise they cause are a problem every year.

"But the last month has been absolutely horrible.

"Most of them have no respect and I am looking forward to having a normal and quiet summer."

Several measures were put in place this year to minimise nuisance in the area including a dispersal order across Lenton.

This gave officers and PCSOs the power to direct people to leave the area if they were being disruptive, and those who continued to cause issues were at risk to be arrested.

A general view of Harlaxton Drive in Nottingham. (Joseph Raynor/ Nottingham Post)

Despite this, residents have voiced their concerns over the "worrying state" of nuisance in Lenton.

Alex Harrington, a software engineer on Harlaxton Drive, 39, added: "I struggle to sleep at night because of the noise.

"We had incidents after the party on Wednesday - it is like a never-ending story.

"They do not seem to care about consequences."

IT manager Martin Cutts, 47, added: "We had a lot of problems this year, and especially in the last month.

"The overloaded bins are an issue as well, and the rubbish that is often thrown away in the street.

"We sometimes wake up in the morning to see that the bins have been tripped over - they are just careless.

"This is why you can sometimes spot rats in the area - it is a nightmare.

"We are looking forward to this summer, but something should change because students will come to the area again in September."

Other residents have also called for more measures to be implemented after rubbish and noise reached what they described as an "alarming" level.

Retired Graham Pated, 73, said: "It is partly the landlords' fault because they only care about filling the properties with students.

"I spotted rats the size of cats - it is alarming really."

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