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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

Evening Standard

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

Evening Standard

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

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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

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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

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’

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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

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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

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'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

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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

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

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

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

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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

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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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