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Westminster City Council plan to crackdown on rogue landlords and bad behaviour in the private rental sector
Any existing private landlords would be required to pay the £995 fee in full when the scheme comes into effect.
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Police probe suspected arson attacks on properties linked to Sir Keir Starmer
Counter-terrorism police are involved
How a 3,500 year old Egyptian monument ended up on the bank of the Thames
The structure is older than London itself
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Police issue appeal after death of 22-year-old in Soho following mystery fall
Officers were called to a residential property in Brewer Street shortly after 2am on Saturday morning. Despite the best efforts of first responders, 22-year-old Ryley Harbord sadly died at the scene.
Crowds gather for first day of VE Day celebrations
More than 1,300 armed forces and members of the public took part in a military procession from Whitehall to Buckingham Palace yesterday afternoon, to mark 80 years since the end of World War Two in Europe.
All the incredible outfits spotted at London's VE Day 80 celebrations
People have been snapped covered in Union Jacks, homemade dresses and military uniforms
‘Thuggish violence’: Man convicted of killing neighbour, 74, in row over front gate
Detective Chief Inspector Wayne Jolley said the killer punched and kicked his victim in full view of the public – among them children.
Council to spend £1.2m on consultants for heating project after vote to review spending fails
Conservative councillor Ed Pitt Ford said he was disappointed with the progress made by consultants to date and questioned handing them more money.
Residents open curtains to ‘flames’ as fire raged through electrical substation
Westminster council said it had been supporting around 40 residents since they were evacuated from their homes.
Children evacuated after fire breaks out in West London school
Eight fire engines and around 60 firefighters tackled the blaze at Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ Jubilee School in Kennet Road, Maida Vale.
First look inside new Ikea Oxford Street as store opens
Ikea is finally opening its delayed Oxford Street store on Thursday
Nearly 100 evacuated after substation fire spreads to block of flats
The blaze is now under control, but firefighters remain at the scene to fully extinguish the flames.
St John's Wood fire: Electrical substation goes up in flames with smoke seen for miles
Around 100 people were evacuated from nearby buildings
Covent Garden street theatre celebrates 50 years amidst clampdown fears
From the fire-eaters to high-wire walkers and knife-jugglers, the street performers of Covent Garden will celebrate 50 years of entertainment this May.
London VE Day procession route as public urged to line The Mall to cheer on 1,300 from Armed Forces
The huge procession will begin in Parliament Square and conclude at Buckingham Palace
Feedback on Mayor’s Oxford Street pedestrianisation dream far from enthusiastic
Representatives from the Marylebone Association, the Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Forum and the Soho Society have warned London Assembly members against approving Sadiq Khan’s plans as they currently stand.
Cops on hunt for vandals after statues are graffitied during Westminster protests
Officers are currently trawling CCTV footage from the surrounding area after statues were defaced with graffiti and are appealing to anyone who may have been in attendance with information, footage or pictures to come forward.
London parks and pubs being bugged by Chinese spies, security sources warn
Some London parks were reportedly spying hotspots
The West London borough where a quarter of kids starting primary school did not get first choice
In Hammersmith and Fulham 73.6 per cent of children were offered their first preference, though the percentage getting their second or third were among the highest in the capital
Merger of two Westminster schools may be only solution to falling numbers, say governors
Governors at Our Lady of Dolours and St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary schools, which sit in the west of the borough towards Kensington and Chelsea, are proposing the two merge ahead of the start of the September term.