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Concerns over Oxford Street being ‘overrun’ with US candy stores

The new face of the central London street is alleged to harbour tax evasion and counterfeit sales

The Guardian - UK

Depop seller to launch pop-up in Oxford Street

Remass has achieved the top spot status on the peer-to-peer fashion sales app Depop for the last three months

Birmingham Post

Priti Patel doubles down on Rwanda plan

In the week that £100,000 worth of counterfeit goods, including Wonka chocolate bars, were seized by trading standards staff following raids on American candy stores on Oxford Street, Priti Patel came to Parliament and delivered her best Gene Wilder “Stop. Don’t. Come back“ impression.

Evening Standard

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Fake Wonka bars warning after counterfeit chocolate treats among £100,000 Oxford Street haul

Officers seized £22,000 of potentially dangerous sweets from one store with food safety chiefs warning: ‘If you have bought these knock-off bars, do not eat them’

Evening Standard

Oxford Street sweetshops probed for selling alleged fake goods and dodging tax

Oxford Street has seen an explosion in American sweetshops in recent years, but now the local council is taking action over concerns the stores might be underpaying business rates and selling dodgy goods

Daily Mirror

Dozens of American sweet shops on Oxford Street under investigation over alleged tax scam

Westminster council has called the stores ‘a threat to the status and value of what is supposed to be the nation’s premier shopping street’

Evening Standard

Dozens of American sweet shops on Oxford Street under investigation over ‘tax scam’

Stores ‘a threat to the status and value of what is supposed to be the nation’s premier shopping street,’ council says

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Sydney WorldPride 2023 to take over landmarks, spotlight First Nations voices

The Harbour Bridge, Bondi Beach and Oxford Street will all be closed temporarily as part of a glittering pride celebration next year that organisers say will be the largest held in Sydney since the 2000 Olympics.

ABC News

Everywhere you can get cheap mystery bags in Manchester on Too Good To Go

Shoppers can snap up a takwaway 'magic bag' for as little as £1.66

Manchester Evening News

Huge new branch of fave Caribbean chain is heading to Salford Quays

Turtle Bay already has spots on Oldham Street and Oxford Street

Manchester Evening News

Super-strength vapes aimed at children seized in West End raids after Standard probe

Vapes were among items seized in raids by trading standards (Yui Mok/PA)

Evening Standard

Manchester's lost city-centre cinemas now confined to history

Many of the buildings have since been converted or demolished

Manchester Evening News

Government blocks Oxford Street M&S demolition until plans can be scrutinised

Michael Gove has blocked the demolition of Oxford Street’s Marks & Spencer so ministers can scrutinise the plans.

Evening Standard

Demolition of M&S store in Oxford Street can proceed after Khan opts not to intervene

Campaigners keep fighting after City Hall review fails to halt loss of landmark store near Marble Arch

Evening Standard

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Wales Online

What people think of Swansea's landmarks according to TripAdvisor

People have said good and bad about what Swansea has to offer

The Independent UK

Olympic canoeist among Extinction Rebellion protesters blocking Oxford Street

London 2012 gold medallist Etienne Stott said he was demonstrating out of fear for the future of the planet.

Bangkok Post

Southern Thai goes North

Considering the West's obsession with Thai food, feeling at home is a mere tube ride away (Tottenham Court Road) when holidaying in London. Opening on April 22, in Arcade Food Hall Centrepoint on Oxford Street is Plaza: Raan Khao Gaeng, Luke Farrell's debut with JKS Restaurants.

Daily Mirror

M&S to close flagship store amid plans to demolish London Oxford Street branch

Marks & Spencer will close its flagship store on Glasgow’s Sauchiehall Street later this month in response to “changing” shopping habits. It comes as Sadiq Khan is reconsidering plans to demolish the chain's Oxford Street outlet after backlash from the public

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Daily Mirror

Oxford Street gas leak: Major shops evacuated as fire crews seal off area

The Metropolitan Police have closed down Poland Street, Berwick Street, Oxford Street, Noel Street, Wardour Street and Great Marlborough Street due to a gas leak

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan criticised for refusing to block demolition of Marble Arch M&S

Sadiq Khan has been criticised by an environment expert who helped draft the mayor’s own blueprint for London after he refused to block the demolition of an art deco Marks & Spencer store in Oxford Street.

Evening Standard

Oxford Street raid: Over £22k in fake designer goods and illegal tobacco seized by police

The Met Police have seized a large number of fake designer goods and illegal tobacco following a raid on a shop in Oxford Street.

The Guardian - UK

Access no areas: the day wheelchair activists stopped the traffic

Letter: Prof Gerry Leavey remembers a 1990s protest in London’s Oxford Street – which ended up as a courtroom farce

Wales Online

Monopoly reimagined with today's house prices

Some areas have changed places - and Old Kent Road is not the cheapest in 2022

Wales Online

The things we all miss that have vanished from Swansea since the 90s and noughties

Whether you miss dancing in the clubs on the Kingsway or simply buying a decent pasty from Ferrari's in town, Swansea has changed substantially over the past thirty years

Evening Standard

Oxford Street ‘hardest hit in Europe by Covid’, says Westminster council leader

Oxford Street is in danger of being swamped by US style candy and tourist tat shops after being hit harder than any other major shopping destination in Europe during the pandemic, Westminster council’s leader will warn on Wednesday.

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