London HMO has 'no washing machines' and a 'ban' on overnight guests The HMO tenants say they have had to pay £100 a month on laundry services after facilities were removed Evening Standard · Oct 13
Grenfell Tower fire: Tenant management company faces corporate manslaughter charge Exclusive: Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation and the London Fire Brigade have been referred to the Crown Prosecution Service over possible charges relating to the blaze nine years ago Evening Standard · Oct 1
Revealed: First organisations to face charges nine years after Grenfell Tower fire Organisations facing charges over Grenfell fire are named as Metropolitan police pass files to Crown Prosecution Service for decisions Evening Standard · Sep 30
Bianca Jagger battling plans for 24/7 gambling arcade in west London: 'It will impact the most vulnerable' “It will impact not only on the community but on the most vulnerable people, on children’, says famous activist Evening Standard · Sep 20
Andy Burnham 'to drive wealthy out of UK' if he hits London with huge tax raid to level up North Kensington and Chelsea Council leader Elizabeth Campbell said that ‘punishing’ the capital would make the UK poorer Evening Standard · Jul 3
London council confiscates 2,500 rental e-bikes in crackdown on bad parking Kensington and Chelsea council has charged operators more than £200,000 for seizure of bikes parked incorrectly in the past 18 months The Independent UK · Jun 3
Heating left on during record-breaking heatwave at Grenfell Tower estate ‘I’m not getting much sleep and I’ve been waking up in a pool of sweat’, one resident said Evening Standard · May 28
Horror of dilapidated £4 million Chelsea mansion where mummified corpse found to finally end Action to finally be taken on rotting mansion where mummified corpse of a man was found Evening Standard · Apr 30
London council apologises to Millwall for 'KKK member' wearing football club's logo in brochure The club is considering legal action after the image appeared on a pamphlet for schoolchildren Evening Standard · Apr 24
Resident left without heating or hot water for over nine months – including Christmas Day A new boiler was not installed until months after the tenant moved in, meaning the Christmas holiday season was spent with cold water and no central heating Evening Standard · Apr 15
Victims of cyber attack on London council 'won't be told for months' that their details have been stolen Kensington and Chelsea Council has revealed a timeline for all residents whose data was stolen to be notified Evening Standard · Mar 26
Homes hit by Holland Park flooding to get flood protection measures after council funding Kensington and Chelsea Council says all 27 homes in Lorne Gardens will receive flood defence measures Evening Standard · Mar 24
Albert Bridge repairs to cost staggering £8.5million and take up to a year to complete Crossing could remain closed for up to 12 months as works are carried out to make bridge safe Evening Standard · Mar 20
Portobello Road to be 'modernised' with £4.4 million revamp World-famous high street, that has appeared in films such as Notting Hill and Paddington, is getting a number of changes Evening Standard · Feb 13
Evening Standard · Feb 3 Cyber-attack halts planning applications and house sales in London's richest borough Hundreds of planning applications ‘in limbo’ as council can no longer access systems they are stored on
Evening Standard · Jan 28 Mary Poppins mural saved as man wins bitter Earl's Court planning battle Mural that became a ‘symbol of hope’ during the pandemic is saved
Evening Standard · Jan 7 London council warns 100,000 households' personal details could have been stolen in cyber attack Borough home to some of Britain’s wealthiest residents said the attack was carried out ‘with criminal intent’
Evening Standard · Dec 17, 2025 London council hit by cyber attack says personal data ‘copied and taken away’ Westminster City Council stressed the data was not lost or deleted and there is no indication at this stage that it has been published online
Evening Standard · Nov 28, 2025 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 · Nov 18, 2025 Not lovin' it: West London residents battling plan for 24-hour McDonald's Earl’s Court residents claim fast food giant being open 24-7 would lead to more litter, petty crime and anti-social behaviour
Evening Standard · Nov 14, 2025 London dentist warns 200% rent hike will lead to people 'pulling out their own teeth' Dentist warns surgery could be forced to go private due to huge rent hikes with potentially catastrophic consequences for patients
Evening Standard · Nov 7, 2025 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
Evening Standard · Sep 24, 2025 Over 100 fake Labubu dolls seized by Kensington and Chelsea Council The fakes were seized from seven local shops, including supermarkets and souvenir stores in Earl’s Court
Evening Standard · Aug 27, 2025 'Serious failings' identified by housing regulator at Kensington and Chelsea Council Kensington and Chelsea, the borough which contains Grenfell Tower, has been handed the second lowest grade by the Government Regulator over the state of its social housing
Evening Standard · Aug 25, 2025 Notting Hill Carnival clean-up sees 150 tonnes rubbish removed from streets after day one Waste crews are set to work through the night and collect up to 300 tonnes of rubbish from Notting Hill Carnival