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'Mardi Gras on steroids': revellers make riotous return

The 45th Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is set to begin in Sydney, with thousands of partygoers lining the streets for the first march on Oxford Street since 2020.

AAP

Oxford Street candy stores play ‘whack a mole’ to defy council crackdown

Council leader Adam Hug has claimed the stores have cost taxpayers at least £8 million in unpaid business rates

Evening Standard

Sydney hits peak LGBTQ+ as Mardi Gras parade returns to Oxford Street

Hundreds of thousands of people expected to line the parade’s famous route, which last ran along the street in 2020 due to Covid

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Everything you need to know for the Sydney Mardi Gras and WorldPride opening concert

Sydney is gearing up for one of its biggest weekends in years as the international WorldPride event officially opens and Mardi Gras returns to its historic home.

ABC News

Sydney Mardi Gras: How one night of violence in 1978 forever changed Australia's LGBTQIA+ movement

What began one night in June, 1978, with a large crowd of partygoers ended in fear, arrests and brutal violence. This is an immersive 3D retelling of Australia's first Mardi Gras.

ABC News

Vacant shopfronts v the WorldPride takeover: is Oxford Street ready for Mardi Gras?

Once billed as Sydney’s golden queer mile, the strip has born the brunt of lockouts, lockdowns and gentrification. On the eve of its first parade since 2020 – and its biggest yet – the pressure is on

The Guardian - AU

Man who stabbed stranger to death at Oxford Circus detained indefinitely

Retired civil servant Stephen Dempsey, 60, was visiting the capital from Essex

Evening Standard

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‘Ferocious’ knife attack killed random stranger in Oxford Street, court hears

Jurors at the Old Bailey were shown graphic CCTV footage of the attack outside the Microsoft store in the heart of London’s shopping district.

The Independent UK

Oxford Street footfall surges 20% in December as workers return

West End bucks the “bleak” national trend of falling numbers of shoppers in December

Evening Standard

A Handy Guide To Sydney WorldPride Bc There Are Over 300 Events To Get To Sadly, Only One Of You

Sydney WorldPride kicks off on February 17th.

Pedestrian.tv

The gaping hole in Swansea’s main shopping street and what's happening with it

There are four empty units in a row and others nearby - this is what we can expect to happen there

Wales Online

The heat disappearing out of high street shops in midwinter as National Grid activates blackout-avoidance measures

There are shops with open doors all day in every high street, but is it time that more energy was saved?

Wales Online

Thousands of vapes seized from Oxford Street shop in police raid

A raid on a “candy store” in Oxford Street has netted suspected fake and counterfeit goods priced in excess of £100,000.

Evening Standard

Westminster City Council considering £60m facelift for Oxford Street

The funding would be stretched over the next three years

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Manchester Evening News

'I visited every McDonald's in Manchester city centre and found some HUGE differences'

No milkshakes, price differences and a beautiful ceiling - here’s what I found when I went to every McDonald’s in Manchester city centre

Daily Mirror

Boxing Day brawl as shoppers clash and grab metal clothing rail in mega fight over sales

Two women at Oxford Street’s Pull&Bear had to be forced apart as a massive brawl ensued on Boxing Day - police say a member of staff was left with a head injury

Manchester Evening News

What lies behind Manchester city centre's 10 most unusual doorways hidden in plain sight

So many of us walk by these doors every single day but how many know the spaces they hide inside?

Evening Standard

Group subjected to antisemitic attack in London return to scene to celebrate Hanukkah

A group of about 40 young Jewish people were on a bus in London last year when it was attacked by men who swore and made obscene gestures

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Big H Samuel jewellers shuts suddenly after decades at Swansea city centre location

The shutters have come down on the large unit on the corner of Oxford Street and Union Street

The Guardian - UK

Selfridges boss Anne Pitcher: ‘The high street is a tragedy’

The doyenne of department stores may be departing for a rival soon, but she is confident that reinvention can keep physical shopping alive

Pedestrian.tv

An Oral History Of Sydney’s Gay Lesbian Mardi Gras, From 3 Generations Of Queer Folk

"It's a place where no matter who I am, who I love, what I wear or what I look like, I fit in."

ABC News

Gay legends of Sydney featured on Oxford Street ahead of Sydney WorldPride 2023

Gay activists, drag queens and plenty of fruit feature on artwork to go up on construction sites along the famed nightclub strip.

Manchester Evening News

Seven lost Manchester buildings we wish had been treasured, not demolished

Seven of Manchester's lost architectural gems that are sadly no longer part of the city's landscape

Evening Standard

Oxford Street poised for huge shift from shops to offices says report

Savills report says almost 1 million sq ft will convert over five years

Evening Standard

City Comment: A different look and feel beckons for Oxford Street

The West End is in the grip of fundamental long-term change

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