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Urgent call for mental health beds in Westminster after closure of local hospital during pandemic

Westminster left without a single mental health bed after Gordon Hospital shut in Pimlico in March 2020

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Skateboarders invited to ramp up their visit to new Design Museum exhibition

A rideable ramp has been installed for the Kensington museum’s new skating exhibit

Evening Standard

OPINION - Hateful fools will protest at the Israeli embassy — this is why we must let them

We know what “From the river / to the sea” means now: an Israel without Jews. The Palestinian Solidarity Campaign (PSC), a group of Muslim fundamentalists and affluent socialists, protests across Britain and this is its song. It will be at the Israeli embassy in Kensington tonight because it is…

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Aldi eyes Kensington and Hackney for next London shop openings

The German supermarket set out plans this month to open 500 more UK stores

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‘Increasing Brazenness Of Neo-Nazis’ On Display As Syd Home Vandalised On Jewish Holiday

A home in Kensington Sydney was vandalised by Neo-Nazis during the middle of one of the most significant days on the Jewish calendar.

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Formula One legend James Hunt’s former Kensington home listed for sale

James Hunt lived at the house in Kensington between 1980 and 1982.

Evening Standard

Hugh Grant’s former Kensington penthouse back on the market after huge price drop

West London apartment once home to the Love Actually star has been re-listed for £7.25 million

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Huge ice rink to open in Kensington Palace grounds before Christmas

Kensingon and Chelsea council said conditions have been put in place “to ensure the safety and security of members of the Royal family and diplomats living nearby”

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Finland ambassador among those against ice rink plans at Kensington Palace

A row has broken out over plans to install a huge ice rink and Christmas fair at Kensington Palace

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In Philadelphia, skin-rotting drug ‘tranq’ invades a neighbourhood already devastated by opioids

Drug users in the Philadelphia neighbourhood of Kensington have increasingly been turning towards a drug called xylazine, or “tranq”, a veterinary sedative often mixed with other drugs such as heroin or fentanyl. But when people begin to use the substance, it quickly causes horrific damage to their bodies – including…

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Ex-Labour MP to run against party in Kensington, saying it lacks ‘compassion’

‘Where’s the compassion in the Labour party? It’s gone,’ she said

Evening Standard

‘People have asked if they could live in a tent on the terrace’: South Ken balcony for sale for £50,000

The 128 sq ft balcony is located on Stanhope Gardens in Kensington, where the average property costs £1,388,750.

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Work to begin on permanent cycle lanes for Kensington High Street

The ‘advisory’ cycle lanes will be installed from August 14

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Average cost of a semi hits an eye-popping £11 million in Kensington, 24 times higher than in Barking

A house price chasm between London areas has been laid bare, with semi-detached homes now priced 24 times higher in Kensington than Barking on average

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Dramatic police chase through Kensington caught on camera after drill rapper found with gun

Ellis Heather - aka ‘Rack5’ - was jailed for 7 years and 9 months at Isleworth Crown Court

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Three men arrested as man found critically injured in house

The victim, in his 70s, is fighting for his life after being found in a Kensington property with serious head injuries

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TV adventurer Ben Fogle’s eclectic Kensington home up for rent at £6,000 per week

Star of Castaway 2000 and New Lives in the Wild is planning to rent out his London home

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Ember Locke promises stays with a location-inspired splash of colour

Ember Locke, the lifestyle hospitality brand's sixth location in London, launches in Kensington and Chelsea in a splash of colour

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OPINION - The new rich? They are different. Anonymous, low-key and reclusive

What does a billionaire most want that most of the rest of us somehow manage without? An American stratospheric net worther is currently advertising via a Kensington recruitment company for an “exceptional” nanny to oversee canine care, diet and play dates with a salary well over £100k for the right…

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OPINION - The Standard View: Grenfell, six years on: there’s still no justice for the 72 victims

SIX years ago today, London awoke to the almost unimaginable news that a fire in a north Kensington tower block had taken a terrible toll in human life. The horror of the news — that people in a tall building had been trapped in their own homes to die in…

The Independent UK

‘Compassion and understanding needed when future of Grenfell Tower is decided’

The tower stands in north Kensington, west London, covered in a protective wrap showing a green heart.

Daily Mirror

Billionaire peer Earl Cadogan from one of Britain’s richest families dies aged 86

The 8th Earl Cadogan was worth an estimated £5billion and headed up Cadogan Estates, owners of almost 100 acres of Kensington and Chelsea

Evening Standard

South Kensington could get new Tube entrance (on religious grounds)

A proposed outside archway will allow those deprived from using the Underground at South Kensington to use it

Evening Standard

Why I live in Kensington: artist David Remfry on his London area — and why there’s more to it than museums

Artist David Remfry is co-ordinator of the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition this year. Here’s why he’s called Kensington home for 40 years and counting

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Australian-first affordable rental scheme a ‘massive relief’ for Victorians faced with housing crisis

Exclusive: About 2,400 homes will be available for low- to middle-income renters under ‘big housing build’

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