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Hundreds of fake ‘smelly’ toys filled with flammable liquids seized from Oxford Street stores
Hundreds of squishy dumpling toys that pose harm to children have been removed from the shelves of candy and souvenir shops in the West End. Council officers seized hundreds of toys filled with flammable liquids which, if leaked, could have harmed kids’ skin and eyes. Rainbow Mystery multi-coloure...
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Camden Council Leader tipped as front-runner in race for Keir Starmer's Holborn and St Pancras seat
Cllr Sagal Abdi-Wali is seeking nomination as Labour’s candidate in Holborn & St Pancras four months after she was selected to lead the council following the local elections
London Marathon's two-day race in 2027 - amazing opportunity or massively disruptive?
Lord Duval, who represents Greenwich and Lewisham on the London Assembly, called for better information for residents and businesses on how they'll be affected
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Tenant fined £500k for subletting fraudulently obtained council property
A man has been fined nearly £500k after lying about his circumstances to secure himself a council property he never intended to live in, before illegally subletting it out for more than a year. Saeed Yasin Hosseini also abused the Right-to-Buy scheme to get a large discount on the property, which h...
Young woman dragged to a doorway and raped while walking in Covent Garden
An appeal has been launched after a woman was sexually assaulted at night in the West End last weekend. The victim, in her 20s, was followed by a man while walking down Shaftesbury Avenue, Cambridge Circus and Drury Lane on Saturday, August 22. She was dragged into a doorway on Macklin Street at aro...
Nurse at West London hospital had such poor English she mixed up cough syrup and laxative
The nurse at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital tried to give a patient linctus (cough syrup) rather than lactulose (a laxative)
Central London family 'humiliated' as council blunder leads to 'chaotic' bailiff eviction
Social housing tenants are being made homeless due to eye-watering rents being demanded by their new landlord
Illegal food court faces opposition from residents over ‘terrible smell’ of cooking
Residents living near a popular food court have complained of ‘continual and terrible’ smells from food outlets forcing them to close their windows all day over the summer. Locals from flats above and next to the Food District on Edgware Road claim the food court has damaged their quality of lif...
Mayfair restaurant faces licence review after male customer slashed in the neck in ‘attempted murder’
A Mayfair restaurant has had its licence suspended following an incident in which a man’s neck was slashed in an alleged attempted murder. The Mistress of Mayfair is facing an expedited licensing review after the Metropolitan Police reported ‘volatile’ scenes with several revellers behaving ag...
New arabic bookstore withdraws edition of Mein Kampf labelling Hitler’s work as ‘bible of national socialism’
A new bookstore was found to be selling self-published copies of Adolf Hitler’s memoir with a blurb describing it as a ‘political manifesto’ and advertising that it sold 5.2 million copies by the year 1939. Aafaq bookstore, a newly opened shop on Edgware Road selling arabic translations of wor...
Marble Arch attack leaves young man in hospital and second victim treated by paramedics
The Metropolitan Police and London Ambulanace Service were called following reports an assault
Met officer ‘touched the bottom’ of a woman near pub in Leicester Square
A Met Police officer is facing a misconduct hearing after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman during a night out with colleagues in the West End. Inspector Michael Richards reportedly touched the bottoms of a man and woman near a pub in Leicester Square on the evening of September 17, ...
Uninsured supercars worth more than £8million seized in huge police operation
A Ferrari Manzo worth nearly £4million was among 90 supercars seized by officers in a crackdown on antisocial driving last weekend. Some £8million worth of uninsured luxury vehicles were confiscated in hotspots near Hyde Park between August 7 and August 9. The Monza SP2 model was one of just 499 m...
Met Police officer caught doing wheel spins and weaving across road in BMW
He was pulled over by fellow officers for his reckless driving
What do Westminster Council’s licensing plans say about standing in pubs?
Vertical drinking is a cornerstone of British bar and pub culture, a natural opportunity for socialising and a key part of many people’s evening out. However it is also arguably a licensing headache, with strict capacity levels and customer management seen as effective tools to bring down crime ra...
Thief caught snatching £250,000 luxury watch from victim in Mayfair
A thief has been sentenced to jail after being caught by plain-clothed officers attempting to grab a luxury watch from an unsuspecting victim in Mayfair. Brahim Keddad was spotted by officers acting suspiciously and watching shoppers on Jermyn Street in St James’s near Piccadilly on May 1. He was ...
Over 1,250 'illegal workers' arrested in ICE raids across London
Officers detained people working in restaurants and caravan sites across the capital this year
Is standing up at Soho pubs going to be banned in favour of bums on seats?
London's nightlife is once again in the spotlight
Woman charged after four men injured in Covent Garden stabbing
A woman has been charged with intending to cause grievous bodily harm after four men were stabbed yesterday in Covent Garden. Officers attended to reports of a stabbing on Endell Street at around 12.27pm on Wednesday. A police cordon was put in place around the area and an air ambulance was pictured...
Lethal Christmas lights which could have dealt festive electric shock are seized from store in Queensway
Dozens of Christmas lights were seized by officers from a shop in Queensway after they were found to have light parts exposed. More than 30 boxes of the popular festive decorations were removed from shelves at Great Value Store after the charging bases were found to have flimsy charging bases. The i...