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'Zionism isn't racism': Motion to be presented at London council meeting to 'reassure Jewish people'
The leaders of the Conservative and Labour parties in Westminster are to write to local synagogues “to share this resolution and to offer reassurance to Jewish residents”
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Search launched for couple to have wedding ceremony on film at Old Marylebone Town Hall
Old Marylebone Town Hall is one of London’s most recognisable wedding venues, with celebrities from Paul McCartney and Dua Lipa having tied the knot in its famous rooms. The famous registry office is now offering a whole wedding package for one couple next April – with the catch that their whole...
Homes on council estates being short-term let on Airbnb for more than £200 a night in breach of rules
Fraudulent tenants of council apartments are raking in hundreds of pounds a day illegally subletting the properties out to short-term visitors. Several council-leased flats in Pimlico are currently being advertised for up to £200 a night, in an almost certain breach of lease rules. According to one...
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'Struggling' market traders in one London borough face huge rise in weekend pitch fees
Daily pitch fees are proposed to rise from £22 to £42 in some cases
Gang which robbed more than £385,000 of luxury goods from West End stores is jailed
Three men responsible for stealing more than 100 luxury items from West End stores have been sentenced to jail. The gang conducted five robberies at high end stores on Bond Street and Sloane Street over a three-month period last year, grabbing a haul of handbags, clothing and boots worth a total of ...
Block of flats for vulnerable residents plunged into darkness for several days with pitch black hallways and stairs
Residents living in a block of flats in Pimlico have been left for days with a pitch black lobby, with even fire exits invisible in the darkness. Common areas at Kent House on the Tachbrook Estate, including stairwells, have been left without any light since last week despite several reports sent to...
Two men sentenced after glass bottle stabbing in Mayfair nightclub
An R&B singer has been sentenced following an incident in which a man was assaulted with a glass bottle in a Mayfair nightclub. Chris Brown, 37, admitted to affray after he and his vocal coach Omololu Akinlolu attacked a friend at Tape London in Hanover Square in the early hours of February 19, ...
Oxford Street has gone traffic free – this is what it currently looks like
It’s a rainy October morning and change is afoot in central London – Oxford Street, the nation’s high street, has officially gone traffic-free. Well almost. Barriers have been erected at junctions, traffic signals covered up and new pedestrian signs laid down on the road warn of crossing traff...
Westminster Council to cut more than 500 jobs in ‘leaner operation’
More than 500 roles are to be cut at Westminster Council, as the local authority aims to make savings with a ‘leaner operation’. Several senior-level and managerial positions will be abolished in the shake-up, with around 15 per cent of staff affected, the council has announced. The move comes m...
Pret slammed for breaking ‘Frankenchicken’ pledge as campaigners deliver 400-metre petition to its Victoria offices
Campaigners marched through central London to deliver a 400 metre-long petition to Pret a Manger in protest at the sandwich shop chain’s use of ‘frankenchickens’. Activists insisted the group had missed its own targets to phase out fast-growing chickens from low welfare farms as they dropped o...
Will HMV’s Oxford Street demise spell the return of the street’s largest candy store?
HMV has cited the doubling of its rent as the reason behind its decision to close its Oxford Street store, just three years after it returned to the location. The flagship branch will disappear from the nation’s soon to be traffic-free busiest high street in March next year. It raises the question...
Plans to transform Regent Street and Piccadilly put on hold until 2027
Proposals drawn up for a major new square and to improve the public realm on parts of Regent Street, Haymarket and Piccadilly Circus have been delayed until next year. The project, a joint venture between Westminster City Council and the Crown Estate, promised 35,000 square metres of new public spac...
Private London medical clinic in one of city's richest areas shuts after 'inadequate' inspection
Fitzrovia Medical Clinic was rated 'inadequate' - the lowest possible - at an inspection by the Care Quality Commission in March of this year
Store which signed 10-year lease on Oxford Street closed within months after breaching agreement
It’s a June weekend and shoppers are abound on Oxford Street, Europe’s busiest retail thoroughfare. Pedicabs are about, tourists are rushing around with bags of clothes and souvenirs and buskers are out blaring music. One of the latest brands to arrive in the West End is Japanese-themed toy stor...
Westminster Labour blames 'limited pool' for using building firm fined £16m over rigged bids
The previous Labour administration awarded the construction company a £3 million contract for demolition works on Church Street
Mayfair business avoided more than £110k in rates through hidden sixth floor in office block
An office block in Mayfair avoided thousands of pounds in business rates by failing to declare a hidden sixth floor used as workspace. The hidden storey had been added without planning permission but was concealed from street view. The property was registered for rates from the basement to the fifth...
New rules introduced at popular Royal London park as visitors warned to keep their distance
Visitors might also hear some high pitched sounds coming from the park
Full of list of 86 London Greene King pubs staying open for England vs Mexico game
Dozens of Greene King pubs will be open from kick off until the final whistle in the early hours of Monday (July 6)
London borough warns council tax could double as it faces 'stark and very tough choices'
The council has announced it will consult residents this summer on what services they value most and their willingness to pay higher bills
Electric bus pictured on fire at Westbourne Park depot amid blistering June heatwave
An electric double decker bus burst into flames at a bus depot on the UK’s record hottest day in June. The Number 23 service was filmed alight in Westbourne Park at around 6pm yesterday evening. Four fire engines and 25 firefighters were on scene tackling the blaze at the bus garage on Great Weste...