The Latest Breaking News from the West End

OPINION - London’s pizzazz has returned; even cabbies say so

London is surging back. Anyone who has been to the West End can see the city is crowded again. If you feared Covid would do for London, think again: bars, restaurants, theatres are enjoying a roaring trade. The Tube and buses are packed, cycle lanes busy. Cabs, too. One cab…

Evening Standard · Jun 22, 2023

‘Lawless’ pedicab drivers ruining central London and endangering visitors, warn West End businesses

Nuisance pedicab operators are endangering visitors and threatening the reputation of the West End, local business owners have warned.

Evening Standard · Jun 18, 2023

Glasgow weather: 23 degrees this weekend plus all the essential info for Riverside music festival

Scotland's biggest city will be anticipating a mammoth line-up of talented DJs heading to the west end as it welcomes the very best from many genres with spectacular weather also predicted for the event.

Glasgow Live · Jun 2, 2023

ITV GMB viewers shocked over Richard Arnold's appearance in pre-recorded clip

The presenter visited the West End to meet the cast of The Rocky Horror Show, but his attire left fans bemused

Manchester Evening News · May 26, 2023

Wagatha Christie star says Coleen Rooney's Scouse testimony will have crowd on their feet

Laura Dos Santos spoke to the ECHO as the West End theatre adaptation of the trial comes to Merseyside

Liverpool Echo · May 24, 2023

Operation Mincemeat review: ‘winning’ musical deserves to run and run

Based on a famously audacious wartime plot, “Operation Mincemeat” is “a brilliant spy thriller, a brilliant comedy, and a brilliant musical all rolled into one”, said Tim Bano in The Stage. This “exhilarating” production began life in 2019 at the tiny New Diorama Theatre in London, and has since enjoyed…

The Week · May 18, 2023

Police reported to have arrested council workers handing out rape alarms as part of coronation crackdown

The police reportedly arrested council workers handing out rape alarms in the West End as part of their crackdown on crime ahead of the coronation.

Evening Standard · May 6, 2023

Maria Charles obituary

Veteran stage and screen actor who starred in West End musicals and played Maureen Lipman’s mother in the TV show Agony

The Guardian - UK · May 1, 2023

'It has been a lifesaver' – How a Newcastle foodbank has become vital for Geordie families

The West End Foodbank issued 39% more food parcels in the past 12 months than the previous year, a whopping 287 tonnes of essential items

Chronicle Live · Apr 30, 2023

Kenneth Branagh to direct and star in King Lear in London and New York

The play, which the actor has described as being pertinent to our ‘savage and judgmental’ political climate, will run for 50 performances in the West End before transferring to the US

The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2023