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London taxi driver threatened with blackmail on camera for 'using phone while driving in slow moving traffic'

A cyclist filming the driver in the West End offered to delete the clip and not report him to police in exchange for cash

Evening Standard

Alan Strachan obituary

Director in the West End and regional theatre for five decades who often worked with the playwright Alan Ayckbourn

The Guardian - UK

Get up close to Cecil Beaton's family archive at intimate exhibition on the Hawarden Estate

For most of the 20th century, if you were anybody at all – Hollywood royalty, actual royalty, It girls and society ladies, even, at the end of his life, punks – you were sure to have been photographed by Cecil Beaton.

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Sarwar labels Farage ‘a pathetic little man’ amid row over Reform ad

The Scottish Labour leader said the Reform UK leader ‘thinks Hamilton is some kind of show on the West End of London’.

Evening Standard

‘Pathetic’ Nigel Farage is ‘Margaret Thatcher tribute act’, Scottish Labour leader says amid row over Reform ad

The Scottish Labour leader said the Reform UK leader ‘thinks Hamilton is some kind of show on the West End of London’

The Independent UK

New report says ‘government must act’ to ease pressures on British theatres

Attendances are up and average ticket prices down, even in the West End, but the sector faces mounting and unsustainable strain

The Guardian - UK

How Paddington became totally unbearable

COMMENT: As a musical based on the marmalade-loving bear prepares to hit the West End, Adam White charts the gradual transformation of Michael Bond’s creation from an adorable klutz to a cripplingly ubiquitous, pseudo-political nightmare

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Hidden London: the Jermyn Street Theatre, where tickets are the cheapest in the West End

Here is somewhere offering mischief and magic, says Martin Robinson — and shows that everyone can afford

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Battle for the West End after London mayor Sadiq Khan gets powers to approve late-night drinking and al fresco dining

Council says it only refuses licences if there are concerns over crime or anti-social behaviour

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Westminster Labour councillor quits party and joins Tories blaming 'Sadiq Khan vanity projects'

Paul Fisher, who was elected a Labour councillor in the West End in 2022, said: ‘Sadiq Khan has failed London’

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“It's our passion to bring songwriting back to the historic heart of the West End”: An all-new, star-studded writer’s retreat is aiming help make history in London’s iconic Denmark Street

The new event is part of ongoing work to revitalise the legendary creative area of London that was once an inspiration to a nation

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Pedicab rules must include ban on 'nuisance' music, MP warns

The West End MP says noise from the rickshaws keeps central London residents awake at night and ‘disrupts daily life’

Evening Standard

Burden of business rate changes will fall heaviest on the high street

In the West End the Government’s plans will cost businesses £44.5 million a year.

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Pedicab drivers face background security checks and ban on 'rip-off fares' when TfL licensing starts

New rules will target ‘unsafe and antisocial’ rickshaws and drivers charging extortionate prices

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Vanessa Williams' mother dies on birthday trip to London

Actress Vanessa Williams has been plunged into mourning after her mother Helen died during a birthday trip to London to see her daughter perform in the West End.

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Coffin of Janey Godley to tour Edinburgh and Glasgow ahead of funeral

The comedian’s funeral will take place at St Mary’s Cathedral in the West End on Saturday.

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How the Outernet is bringing 'epic' storytelling to the West End

By some measures Outernet is now the most visited attraction in London with more than six million people passing through

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Lily Collins: The West End has always been my dream

Lily Collins has revealed that she's fulfilling a long-held ambition by starring in London's West End.

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Evening Standard

Meet Dujonna Gift: the West End star with a carnival side hustle who's heading for the big screen

Gift broke out in Motown: The Musical and then Hamilton and next year she will appear in the major film adaptation of Snow White

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West End on course for its strongest Christmas since before the pandemic

Domestic spending is forecast to be 7% up on last year as cost of living fears ease

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Oxford Street pedestrianisation could pave the way to brighter days ahead for West End offices

Despite the changing needs of businesses, high quality office space in the West End is still in high demand

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City maps out its future as a Square Mile of restaurants, pubs and bars

The City looks to rival the West End as a place to go out with friends and colleagues late into the night

Evening Standard

The Mayor has an ambitious vision for Oxford Street- and it must be delivered quickly

Unlocking Oxford Street’s potential will deliver a significant boost to the economy - locally in the West End, across London and nationally too

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Bianca Del Rio on life beyond the West End, bonding with Dame Judi Dench and eyeing Strictly Come Dancing

EXCLUSIVE: The US star reflected on a decade of success after winning Drag Race in 2014

Evening Standard

Fraudster who owes taxpayer £82m facing prison over Covid loan scam

A notorious fraudster who flew round the world and splashed out on fine dining in the West End while owing taxpayers tens of millions of pounds in an unpaid court order is facing prison after being convicted of a Covid loan scam.

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