Walkway near upmarket London area is taken over by drug addicts

An alleyway near one of London's most affluent neighbourhoods has turned into a nightmarish den of drug addiction, gang violence and prostitution.People living alongside Billy Fury Way say they are so terrified of the cut-through that some have begun arming themselves with hammers to protect themselves.The narrow 900-yard footpath runs between £1.5million homes in West Hampstead, but these hide a terrifying no-go alley of drugs, needles, excrement and fear.Billy Fury Way also has a violent past after an 18-year-old was left with life-threatening injuries in 2018 after being attacked during a dispute with another boy.