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What are the new flags around Piccadilly Circus? Art of London unveils new colourful flags

The coloured flags that have popped up by the West End mark the start of Art of London’s summer season

Evening Standard

OPINION - Who can afford a night out at the theatre anymore?

When you exit the St Martin’s Theatre in the West End having enjoyed The Mousetrap you notice the theatre next door, Ambassadors, is showing Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial.

Evening Standard

Tourism to London bounces back… ‘but we still need VAT-free shopping’

Calls continue for the ‘tourist tax’ to be dropped even as ‘tourism in the West End is showing clear signs of recovery’

Evening Standard

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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

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

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

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

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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

'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

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

Road closures announced for Glasgow hosting cycling world championships

During the tournaments being held, the west end, city centre and east end of the city are due to be considerably affected with notable locations being disrupted.

Glasgow Live

Glasgow’s newest cultural and community festival WestFest to launch programme this Saturday

A new arts festival will take place this June with over 100 events in the city’s West End and will launch this weekend with a samba band performance tour across the west end.

Glasgow Live

Historic £2.7m Edinburgh mansion with private study and designer kitchen hits the market

A grand Edinburgh mansion from 1825 in the West End has hit the market and the new owners would certainly need deep pockets. While it's been refurbished to the highest of standards, there are still a nod to its history.

Edinburgh Live

Cheryl's West End replacement revealed as 2:22 A Ghost Story announce new celebrity cast

Following Cheryl and Jake Wood's stint in award-winning supernatural thriller, 2:22 A Ghost Story have now announced the latest round of stars set to tread the boards in the West End play

Daily Mirror

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Evening Standard

Westminster council launches £290,000 scheme to tackle sexual harassment against women in West End

Westminster Council has launched a scheme to help protect women from sexual harassment in the West End.

The Guardian - UK

A Little Life review – James Norton’s sexually abused lawyer is spared no misery

Some called it torture porn, others a masterpiece. Ivo van Hove brings Hanya Yanagihara’s novel to the West End, complete with spurting blood, relentless sadism and not a little nudity

The Guardian - UK

Olivier awards toast the screen stars storming it on stage

Normal People’s Paul Mescal and Killing Eve’s Jodie Comer took acting prizes at the ceremony while the Almeida’s success shows Rupert Goold has a winning formula

Irish Mirror

Paul Mescal nominated for prestigious Olivier Awards for his role in a major stage production

The Kildare native is up against host of stars on the West End as they celebrate the best of British theatre at the Royal Albert Hall tonight

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Demand for West End office space bounces back in 2022, but rest of London lags behind

The amount of office space occupied in the West End increased by over 1 million sq ft in 2022

Glasgow Live

Huge £2.9 million Glasgow mansion up for sale is 'most impressive home in the west end'

The property, up for sale for a whopping £2.9 million has been described as "arguably the most prominent home in the West End of Glasgow" - and it's not hard to see why.

Daily Record

Helen Flanagan reminisces about waters breaking in Glasgow coffee shop as she returns for brief visit

Helen and her daughter Delilah made a flying trip to Glasgow to collect a passport but decided to stop in at Pret in the west end, where the former Corrie star's waters broke in 2018.

Evening Standard

West End lit up with Ramadan lights for first time

The Mayor of London said he was ‘honoured’ to be asked to switch them on at a ceremony on Tuesday night

Evening Standard

Sunday trading laws must be scrapped in the West End

London is recovering more slowly than Paris or Milan because of restrictions

Glasgow Live

Glasgow footballer Jen Beattie smitten as she confirms relationship with Love Island winner Amber Rose Gill

Jen Beattie, a football player from Glasgow who lives in the west end, is said to be making the winner of Love Island 2019, Amber Rose Gill, "smitten" after the pair hit it off online.

Evening Standard

Broadway hit MJ the Musical to come to the West End

The show about pop star Michael Jackson opens at the Prince Edward Theatre in London on March 6, 2024

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