‘Community spaces are being taken away’: campaigners rail at rise of pay-to-play padel courts

Proposals to convert skateparks, children’s play areas and basketball courts have angered residents Aiwa Saito and her children are among the many families who were regulars at Barking Skatepark. But after they skated here for more than five years, London’s only full-size indoor skatepark closed on Sunday – to be repla