Parents in mass protest over phone mast plan near school

More than 60 parents today led a protest against plans for a mobile phone mast with six antennae which will be near a cluster of schools and nurseries.

They spent two hours outside the BT exchange in Muswell Hill on top of which Vodafone wants to put the mast. The building is close to two primary schools, six nurseriesa school for autistic children and a psychiatric hospital but the company successfully applied for planning permission from Haringey council.

A Vodafone spokesman said research showed there was no risk.

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