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The Latest Breaking News from Westminster City Council

Noise from Leicester Square buskers force us to work in a cupboard, says Global radio staff

Global radio staff say they are ‘plagued’ by noise from Leicester Square buskers

Evening Standard

London council pays tenant £4.7k after taking 11 months to repair ‘exposed’ electrical wires in bathroom

The tenant said they had been reporting the issue to Westminster City Council for some time

Evening Standard

Council could force two beloved Soho cafes to close for putting tables outside and 'operating as a bar'

The Mediterranean Café and Violet’s risk closure after hefty fines for licence breaches

Evening Standard

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London tourists warned of rogue traders using boxing machines and photo booths

Westminster’s deputy leader hopes the prosecutions ‘will serve as a warning to rogue traders trying to rip people off’

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£70k in fines as West End tourists fleeced by rogue traders using boxing machines and photo booths

Inspectors also targeted pedicab riders notorious for charging visitors more than £42 a mile

Evening Standard

Westminster council ordered to pay compensation to family left without bedroom in damp-ridden flat for years

Housing Ombudsman finds ‘series of failures’ by Westminster City Council meant family-of-three were without a bedroom and left to breath in high levels of damp ‘for years’

Evening Standard

Marks & Spencer's Oxford Street store demolition plan - timeline of four-year saga

The flagship M&S store has become a test case in the debate over whether to demolish or retrofit old buildings

Evening Standard

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Network Rail tight-lipped on redevelopment plans for London Victoria Station

London Victoria Station dates back to the Victorian era and is a key link for those heading out to Gatwick Airport

Evening Standard

'More vital than ever': Sadiq Khan urges Londoners to donate to rough sleeping campaign

‘A small donation can help change lives,’ the mayor tells Londoners in annual winter appeal

Evening Standard

BBC bans 'unvetted' members of the public from Broadcasting House due to protests and terror threats

Lesley Smith, the BBC’s in-house counsel, told councillors that Broadcasting House had been the target of 158 incidents so far this year

Evening Standard

Celebrity haunt The Groucho Club closes as police investigate alleged ‘serious crime’ at venue

The Independent UK

London’s Groucho Club closes after allegations of ‘serious crime’ on premises

Westminster City Council said it had suspended the Soho venue’s licence.

Evening Standard

London's richest borough is prosecuting fewest rogue landlords

A Freedom of Information request sent by Public Interest Lawyers found complaints peaked during the 2020/21 financial year

Evening Standard

Soho's famous Groucho Club closes while police investigate claims of ‘serious crime’ on premises

The Groucho first opened in 1985 and has long been a hit with the Soho crowd

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Amy Lamé backs down from call for 'battle' against closure of Heaven nightclub after alleged rape

London’s former night czar suggested that the venue’s closure was the unfair result of ‘institutionalised homophobia’

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Heaven nightclub closed after security guard charged with rape

A member of security staff was arrested and has been charged with rape, the Metropolitan Police said.

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Homeowners on Pimlico estate face £66,000 bill for new heating network

One resident complained to the Standard about boiling water flooding homes

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High-end restaurant Le Caprice given green light to open in former US Embassy site in Mayfair

A high-end London restaurant selling bottles of red wine for £1,100 and a dish of beetroots for £11 has been given the green light to open in Mayfair.

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Homeless camp in Park Lane dismantled by TfL and Westminster Council

Transport for London said it removed the camp from a ‘busy section of road’ because it was unsafe for rough sleepers

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Rogue landlord told to pay £400,000 over illegal property conversion

Westminster City Council prosecuted the rogue landlord after planning permission was not obtained

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Well-known Chinatown restaurant fined after mice and cockroaches found in kitchen

Wong Kei was fined after food hygiene inspectors found dead mice and cockroaches at the venue

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

Evening Standard

Drivers fined for doing doughnuts and revving engines in ‘supercars’ near Buckingham Palace

The boy racers triggered acoustic noise cameras installed in 2021 by Westminster City Council

Evening Standard

King Charles to shift royal cars to electric with EV charging points at Buckingham Palace

Royal Household plans to go green with electric fleet in ‘next few years’

Evening Standard

Met Police seize 60 ‘supercars’ worth £6m in crackdown on London boy racers

Fed-residents have been plagued by motorists using roads as their ‘own private racetrack’

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