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‘It’s made things worse for everyone’: Philadelphia grapples with rise of new street drug

Medetomidine has extreme and fast-acting withdrawal symptoms – and the detox centers that help patients are struggling with how best to cope

The Guardian - US

Londoners face eye-watering 75% council tax hikes in Government funding shake up

The IFS said eye-watering 75% increases in council tax could be seen in some London boroughs with historically lower bills

Evening Standard

Chelsea told to ‘put up or shut up’ over potential Earl’s Court move

Chelsea have been urged to ‘put up or shut up’ and decide whether they want to move to Earl’s Court after alternative plans for the site were approved by Kensington and Chelsea council

The Guardian - UK

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Castles outside London to escape 'mansion tax' as one-bed flats in capital hit by new levy in Budget

Nearly one in four of the properties caught by the ‘mansion tax’ are in just three London boroughs, Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster and Camden

Evening Standard

‘This country is a mess and Reeves’s Budget made things even worse – I won’t vote for Labour again’

BUDGET 2025: Labour will need the Budget to go down well with swing voters in areas such as Sheerness and Kensington if the party is to stand a chance of holding onto power at the next general election. Dan Haygarth and Hebe Campbell spoke to locals to see if they…

The Independent UK

London councils confirm data accessed and copied in major cyber attack

Kensington and Chelsea Council said it has obtained evidence that shows ‘some data has been copied and then taken away’

Evening Standard

'Mansion tax' could wipe £150,000 off top-end homes in London targeted by Reeves Budget

One in four of the properties hit by the new surcharge are in just three London boroughs; Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster and Camden, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies

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Mansion tax to wipe £10,000s off value of London homes hit by new levy in Reeves Budget

One in four homes which will pay the property surcharge are in just three London boroughs; Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster and Camden

Evening Standard

Multiple London councils hit by ‘cyber attack’ and initiate ‘emergency plans’

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea said it is ‘too early’ to determine whether any data has been compromised

The Independent UK

Cyber attack hits London councils triggering ‘emergency’ response plans

Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea town halls said they are urgently working with the National Cyber Security Centre

Evening Standard

Revealed: The 600,000 London homes that could be revalued under Budget 'mansion tax'

Homes in Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, Camden, Barnet, Richmond, Wandsworth and Hammersmith and Fulham are in the Chancellor’s firing line

Evening Standard

Meghan Markle 'Slammed' Kensington Life, 'Incredibly Envious' Of Kate Middleton's Palace Home: Report

Discover the shocking claims about Meghan Markle's life inside Kensington Palace, where she reportedly felt 'imprisoned' and envious of Kate Middleton's grand residence.

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Kensington and Chelsea could double council tax bills on second homes

The Tory-run council managed to dodge implementing the levy in April when others did, but now say financial pressures have forced their hand

Evening Standard

Peter Mandelson faces £300 fine after urinating in Notting Hill street

Kensington and Chelsea council confirmed it was investigating after the Labour peer admitted urinating against a garden wall

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Maggie Jones's: Restaurant named after Princess Margaret's alias reopens after two years

The Kensington haunt is nothing short of an institution and returns after two years

Evening Standard

1,000 e-bikes seized by London council in crackdown on cycles dumped near Harrods

Kensington and Chelsea council says release fees from seized Lime, Forest and Voi bikes will fund more enforcement action

Evening Standard

Council tax hikes: Thousands of Londoners to pay for first time while some face bills doubling

Kensington and Chelsea is expected to follow in the footsteps of Wandsworth, Westminster and Hackney and double council tax bills for some home owners in the borough

The Guardian - AU

$1.50 mangoes: Australia’s best-value fruit and veg for November

Kensington Pride, Calypso and Honey Gold mangoes are the juiciest of the crop right now – but avoid potatoes until prices come back down

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London protests LIVE: Four arrests as UKIP protest and counter-demo begin in capital

A counter-demonstration organised by Stand Up To Racism (SUTR) and local groups is due to go ahead from noon in east London

Evening Standard

State pension age 'may have to be fast-tracked' beyond 70 as thousands more live to 100

The highest life expectancy in England for women was in Kensington and Chelsea at 86.5 years

Evening Standard

Jewish man questioned by police in London for 'antagonising' Palestine protesters by wearing Star of David

The man, in his 40s, was arrested at around 7pm on August 29 during a pro-Palestine demonstration outside the Israeli Embassy in Kensington

The Guardian - AU

Closure of GP clinics will leave thousands of vulnerable Victorians without ‘lifesaving healthcare’

GP services will end at the Collingwood, Fitzroy, and Kensington sites in December

The Independent UK

The Kensington, London, hotel review

HOTELS: Samuel Mathewson checks into this elegant former townhouse, with all the elements for a cosy city break

Evening Standard

House in legendary Kensington artists' studios for sale for £4.35m

The house was previously owned by the architect Christopher Smallwood, who renovated and re-designed the house himself

Evening Standard

Noel Clarke 'arrested' as Metropolitan Police officers seize laptop during five-hour raid at Kensington home

It comes days after the BAFTA-winning actor was forced to pay The Guardian £3 million in his sex abuse libel case

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