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Resurfaced video of Soho in the 1980s shows how strikingly different it is today
The video shows the seedy 'red light district' past of the area
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CCTV footage captures moment phone snatcher is arrested with help from public
CCTV footage shows members of the public, who witnessed the phone snatching, chase after the man and slow him down before officers arrest him.
West End set for £1.7bn Christmas spending spree boosted by tourist revival
The New West End Company, which represents 600 shops, hospitality firms, and property owners around the West End, said that sales were expected to grow 3.2% compared with last year in the area
London’s 10 best state schools by GCSE and A Level results - the top school ranked first in country
London featured heavily throughout the national league tables
'Only matter of time until someone gets hearing damage' on London Underground - new tech to stop it
New technology has been rolled out in an effort to curb vibrations
'Crucial' London buses 'busy and late' after 'enormous development' as TfL told to improve them
Sadiq Khan says services have 'fallen slightly below the minimum performance standard'
'I found a secret London viewpoint overlooking Houses of Parliament hidden in an old church tower'
The viewing platform is in Lambeth North in the little known Garden Museum
The London boroughs where less of your salary will go on rent for a one bedroom home
Living in a one-bedroom home is unaffordable for many Londoners
London council so desperate for foster carers it's offering free council tax and free parking
Ealing has seen the number of in-house foster carers decline by a third since the pandemic
The London borough where nearly 1,000 families have been stuck in 'temporary' home for over 5 years
A homeless charity has warned overpriced private rentals and the lack of genuinely affordable social homes is fuelling the situation
Hoarder who filled London flat with models says council ignored calls for help - emails went into spam
The man, known only as Mr X, is unable to live in his Westminster flat because he has filled it with so many models
Tower of London being constantly threatened by new plans for skyscrapers - 23-storey office is latest
A new 115-metre high office block near London's Walkie-Talkie building is causing concern for Heritage England and Tower Hamlets Council
Landlord furious as rogue tenant turned luxury Soho flat into a brothel
Christian Pearce said his plush Sandringham Court flat near Carnaby Street was used as a ‘cigar lounge’ by three prostitutes who divided the apartment with makeshift curtains.
Ex-Met Police officer David Carrick appears in court accused of sex attacks
He is accused of multiple sex attacks on a woman and a girl under 14
Old Belgravia nick’s transformation into a luxury hotel can go ahead
The Buckingham Palace Road site has sat empty since the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan shut it in 2022 as part of wider changes to the Met Police.
Girl, 14, missing for nearly two days believed to be in Central London
Police have given a description of her
Cut welfare to fund 2p income tax decrease, says Tory leadership hopeful Jenrick
Along with sacking 100,000 civil servants, replacing “failed” universities with “apprenticeship hubs” and reforming the planning system to build more houses, Mr Jenrick argued for “responsible” tax cuts
Last Soho school ‘must survive’ to maintain area’s beating heart
Soho Parish C of E Primary School, which has existed on Great Windmill Street since the late 19th century, is hoping a combination of fundraising and greater promotion of its services can help it plug the gap and enable it to ‘thrive’.
£20k reward offered in attempt to clear up brutal Soho murder from 20 years ago
Camille Gordon, 23, who was training to be a nursery assistant, was brutally murdered on the doorstep of her workplace on March 1 2004.
Arrest made following Victoria tube stabbing
A man in his 40s was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm. He remains in police custody.