Blowing the whistle

I am unfortunate enough to live next door to 'neighbours from hell' who moved in last October. During the last twenty five years that I have lived in this house, I have only had ONE really nice neighbour who lived there about five years ago. Unfortunately the family moved to another part of the city to a bigger house and again the property next door was rented out.
Living here for such a long time I thought I had seen and heard it all but I hadn't. This lot have a habit of playing what can only be described as 'head banging' music very loudly, usually at the weekends and sometimes it goes on all night. Actually, to call it 'music' is a misrepresenation because there is nothing musical about it, it's just loud rhythmic thumping.
The last few weekends. it has been so loud the even people living some way up the streets around the corner have remarked on it but they weren't sure where it was coming from. The migraines I have suffered have been proof but hopefully this will now stop.
For some time I have kept a 'noise diary' of the date and times, type of noise and duration. The man who lives there was quite aggressive when I mentioned it back in January so I have not approached him since. Instead I e-mailed the diary to someone who works in the department at the council that deals with anti-social behaviour. He in turn has passed it on to the Environmental Health department and I spoke to a nice man yesterday who is going to write to the people next door about the disturbances. He has also given me a telephone number to call if I have problems out of hours so that their on-call inspectors can deal with it straight away.
I feel so relieved because I dread the weekends coming accompanied by yet another migraine. Perhaps now, I will be able to sit outside in my garden if it's warm and not have to come inside and shut all the windows, and I particularly look forward to a peaceful night's sleep.
No-one should feel intimidated or scared in their own homes and if the neighbours don't keep the peace, the council will take action against them. So, if you have similar problems with your neighbours, there is help out there.