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The Latest Breaking News from Westminster City Council

Plans down the pan? Coffee shop proposals stall for Soho public toilet once called 'top cottaging spot in UK'

Plans to convert the underground public toilets in the heart of central London into a coffee shop have stalled

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Tenant renting Soho flat on AirBnB after secret move to France among £1million of fraud against London council

Flagship London council also faced internal fraud with one ex-employee still bagging their salary and another caught moonlighting

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Five central London schools in mergers as falling pupil numbers devastate school finances

Five schools to become just two in Westminster as school closures continue to mount in capital

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Central London grocery store gets ZERO food hygiene rating after mouse droppings found on shelves

Budgens next to major transport hub given worst possible rating

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Life ‘unbearable’ for residents of central London flats flooded with sewage and scalding water

Once award-winning estate now known as ‘leaky Lillington’

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Sir Sadiq Khan to pedestrianise Oxford Street ‘as quickly as possible’

Oxford Street is one of the world’s busiest shopping areas, with around half a million visitors each day.

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Cars to be banned from Oxford Street ‘as quickly as possible’

Oxford Street is one of the world’s busiest shopping areas, with around half a million visitors each day

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Council tenant had to survive on ready meals for eight months due to lack of kitchen

Westminster City Council has agreed to compensate the unnamed tenant to the tune of nearly £6,500

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Londoners call for boating firm's alcohol licence to be blocked after 'menace' customers urinate on canal paths and harass locals

Residents claim to have seen defecation, intimidation and damage to property from drunken customers in GoBoat vessels

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Changes to central London bus routes confirmed as passengers face longer journeys

The 30 and 205 routes will both be restructured affecting trips between Paddington, Marble Arch and Euston

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Mayfair residents blast illegal basement in £9 million townhouse as 'threat' to their homes

Owner of Grade II-listed home in one of London’s wealthiest areas has been ordered to fill in basement by Planning Inspectorate

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Oxford Street US-style candy store caught selling magic mushroom cookies

The store was the same one raided by council and police after charging £899 to tourist for two packets of sweets

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Owner of £3m Mayfair townhouse ordered to destroy 'illegal' basement — featuring gym, sauna and cinema

The Planning Inspectorate has ordered the homeowner to ‘restore’the Grade II-listed building in Central London after an unsuccessful appeal

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New street signs unveiled to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s birthplace

The blue commemorative designs in Bruton Street, Mayfair, incorporate one of the late Queen’s favourite flowers, lily of the valley.

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‘Nuisance’ buskers banned from Leicester Square after court ruling

Famous stars such as Rod Stewart got their start busking in Leicester Square

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Alfresco dining could return to London this summer with City Hall backing

Outdoor dining was a lifeline for many businesses during Covid as lockdowns hit hospitality hard

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Everything you need to know about the potential pedestrianisation of Oxford Street

London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan wants to make Oxford Street ‘a world-class, accessible, clean avenue’

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Town hall rich list: Nearly 100 council employees earn more than prime minister in London

Westminster City Council tops a ‘Town Hall Rich List’ revealed on the same day as council tax goes up across the country

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Loud buskers playing songs on loop across Leicester Square is 'psychological torture', says judge

Westminster City Council has failed to tackle noise nuisance from buskers in Leicester Square

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Plans revealed to turn former BBC studios in Maida Vale into 'world leading' music centre run by Hans Zimmer

Dated studios could become a state-of-the-art film and music production arena

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Ronnie Scott’s boss warns ‘quiet nights’ plan could kill London’s nightlife

It comes after a ‘vocal minority’ of Soho residents lodged noise complaints

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The suffocation of Soho: how London's creative rogue is being sanitised

Soho is a hotbed of creativity, fun and irreverence. The notion of “quiet nights” goes against its very soul, says Josh Barrie

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London strip club owner claims he withheld performers’ tips as they 'went too far'

SophistiCats has had its licence renewed by Westminster City Council

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Westminster Council to make central London safer for women as part of its strategy to boost nightlife

The Westminster After Dark strategy aims to "future-proof the evening and night-time environment” in central London from 6pm to 6am

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Westminster parking cheats using their dead mothers’ disabled Blue Badges are ‘beneath contempt’

Five fraudsters named and shamed after receiving fines totalling £3,000 in a council-led crackdown

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