Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from the West End

No 10 enters Soho licensing row after Sadiq Khan criticism of proposed pub standing restrictions

The intervention follows Westminster City Council’s publication of draft alcohol policies which encourage establishments to prioritise tables and chairs over standing space

The Independent UK

No 10 hits out at council’s plan to clamp down on standing in pubs as licensing row escalates

A spokesperson for the Mayor of London chided against ‘restrictive and anti-growth policies’ in Soho and the West End

The Independent UK

Crime across London falls as Sadiq Khan addresses online misinformation

Sir Sadiq Khan said phone thefts halved in the West End alone

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Multiple arrests as England fans celebrate World Cup quarter-final win

Footage on social media shows fans flooding the streets around the West End

Evening Standard

Catcallers harassing women in central London to be hit with £100-on-the-spot fines by Met Police

The fixed penaty notices are for breaching a Public Space Protection Order

Evening Standard

West End’s Shaftesbury Theatre to be renamed Judi Dench Theatre

The change at the largest independent theatre in the West End recognises Dame Judi’s contribution to the performing arts.

Evening Standard

Stranger Things: The First Shadow announces final curtain in London and New York

The theatrical prequel to the Duffer Brothers’ smash-hit Netflix series is to shut down in the West End and on Broadway this winter, after selling more than 1.5m tickets

The Guardian - UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

The West End’s Trocadero is being turned into one of London’s largest Wetherspoon pubs

The 3,600 square foot pub will open in London’s Theatreland

The Independent UK

Wetherspoon to open West End pub in London's iconic Trocadero

Piccadilly Hall will be Wetherspoon’s first ever pub in the West End, and will span over 3,600 square-feet with the capacity for 280 covers

Evening Standard

West End shows could face 'summer of strikes' over pay dispute

Performers and stage managers voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action

Evening Standard

Some West End shows could ‘go dark’ as Equity members back possible strikes

London’s biggest productions could be hit if industrial action over pay and conditions goes ahead, says union

The Guardian - UK

Performers at West End theatres threaten strike action over pay and conditions

Equity said it has not conducted an indicative ballot of this type in the West End since the 1980s

The Independent UK

‘I’m cycling to work in the West End – my 16-year-old self would be delighted’

Craig Gilbert, associate director at the Donmar, on the theatre’s creative intimacy, his own unusual career path and inspiring the next generation

The Guardian - UK

The London Standard Theatre Awards: Rachel Zegler, Cate Banchett among the winners

The stars came out for this year’s edition of the historic Standard Theatre Awards

Evening Standard

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Conversation

Vancouver built up fast — but now its older towers face an earthquake reckoning

In 1957, Vancouver took a decisive turn in its urban development when city council lifted the eight-storey height limit in the West End neighbourhood on the downtown peninsula, opening the door to high-rise living along English Bay. Over the next two decades, more than 300 mid- to high-rise concrete apartment…

Evening Standard

Reform UK's London mayoral candidate Laila Cunningham attacks the Met: 'I don't see police on the street'

Scotland Yard defends its actions to tackle crime in the West End - saying extra officers are targeting crimes which Londoners ‘care about the most’

Evening Standard

Our vision: how to make London's world famous West End even greater

Yes vote unlocks £60million investment package driving growth and visitor numbers

The Guardian - UK

‘A lot of men don’t open up’: Kidwild, the UK rapper unafraid to bare his soul

As a child he performed in the West End and appeared in a Stormzy video. But after his early music career faltered, he began to write about his troubled childhood – and hit a nerve

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Driver who hit pedestrians at random in West End Christmas Day 'carnage' found guilty of murder

Anthony Gilheaney drove a random strangers during the West End Christmas Day ‘carnage’

MusicRadar

“I’m definitely having some conversations with people about it. It’s very exciting”: Lily Allen’s West End Girl album could end up… in the West End

Singer reveals plans on Jimmy Fallon’s show

The Conversation

Paddington The Musical: why the little bear from Peru is a hero in a very classical sense

This year, fans of the tiny marmalade-loving bear from Peru can catch him on stage at London’s Savoy Theatre in the West End, in Paddington The Musical.

Evening Standard

Spies, lies and men in ties: Agnes O'Casey reports from le Carré world

Ridley Road and Black Doves star Agnes O’Casey on hitting the West End (and almost some audience members) in the sensational adaptation of The Spy Who Came In From The Cold

Evening Standard

Soho toilet called 'top cottaging spot in the UK' could become café

The Broadwick Street site opposite The Ivy was shut in 2021 due to repeated reports of sexual activity

Evening Standard

Oxford Street could be transformed into 'nightlife destination,' Westminster says

New zones could be created in and around the West End in a boost to London’s nightlife

Evening Standard

Met Police snares 140 criminals in week-long blitz on West End phone thieves and shoplifters

Over 100 additional officers were deployed to tackle offences including shoplifting and phone theft as part of Operation Baselife

1 2 3 4 5

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

The Metropolitan Police

Westminster City Council

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.