... but not everyone's a winner

Although residents in Notting Hill managed to fight off a mobile phone giant, not every community is so successful.

Alison Gilbert lives in Hampton Wick, south-west London, where O2 has recently installed a mast despite a large public campaign against it.

She said: "O2 claims it has not received a single complaint but we sent it an 800-signature petition. They are barefaced liars.

"A local businessman applied for an injunction but was then asked to provide the court with thousands of pounds up front."

Residents were eventually defeated when O2 returned with a police escort to install the mast.

A spokesman for O2 said: "Richmond-upon-Thames Council refused our application so we appealed to the government inspector. He visited the site and agreed we could go ahead."