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Tesco Metro in Soho's Dean Street given protected 'community asset' status

A third of Soho residents live in social housing and are vulnerable to high grocery costs, the council said

Evening Standard

One star hygiene rating given to restaurants inside Whitehall Old War Offices

Two restaurants inside the historic government palace have been given poor ratings by Westminster inspectors

Evening Standard

Electric vehicle drivers face massive spike in parking charges in central London

Visitors driving electric cars into central London could have to pay much higher fees under proposed changes.

Evening Standard

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Covent Garden buskers brace for council meeting which could decide their fate

Street performers fear the council's regulation efforts will put them out of business

Evening Standard

Bayswater restaurant ordered to pay £16,000 after cockroach infestation found in kitchen

Bosses at Masgouf London, in Connaught Street, were taken to court by Westminster City Council over a string of health and safety violations

Evening Standard

'Profoundly undemocratic': UK parliament objects to anti-monarchy protest

A CAMPAIGN group has accused the Metropolitan Police and Houses of Parliament of “suppressing peaceful protest” after objecting to a planned…

The National (Scotland)

Security minister says pro-Palestine stage near Cenotaph was ‘disgraceful’

The Met Police and Westminster City Council each suggested the other would have been responsible for approving where such a stage was positioned.

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West End could get ‘unique’ Christmas ice-skating rink in boost for Oxford Street

Christmas ice-skating rink in Hanover Square would raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital

Evening Standard

New stores are sweet relief from Oxford St candy curse

City Voices: Oxford Street will be made wider, greener, and more pleasant to spend time on

Evening Standard

Westminster council outlines plans for crackdown on dockless e-bikes littering streets

The new arrangement in the borough will be in place for an 18-month trial period

Evening Standard

Worker gets trapped in Pret A Manger walk-in freezer that is typically set at -18C

The employee had to be treated for suspected hypothermia after she was found “in a state of distress” by a colleague.

The Independent UK

Pret A Manger employee tried to use croissant boxes to fend off hypothermia after becoming trapped in a walk-in freezer

The British sandwich chain has been fined over $1 million.

Fortune

OPINION - Save the Curzon Mayfair, home of classy film

IT’S not often that Westminster City Council has the opportunity to get lots of love from a single decision but that’s what’s on offer when it comes to vote on the fate of the Curzon Mayfair over the coming months. On the one side are the anonymous owners who want…

Evening Standard

Pret A Manger fined £800,000 after employee’s ‘shocking’ ordeal trapped in walk-in freezer

Westminster City Council said the worker became trapped in the walk-in commercial freezer, which typically has its temperature set at -18C

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Pret A Manger fined £800,000 after employee became stuck in freezer

Westminster City Council said the worker became trapped in the walk-in commercial freezer, which typically has its temperature set at -18C.

Evening Standard

Council unveils ‘pioneering’ new fleet of electric waste vehicles powered by rubbish

The 45 new trucks will be the mainstay of a wider zero-emission refuse fleet which also includes 90 electric street cleaning vehicles ranging from e-bikes to e-sweepers

Evening Standard

Small businesses enticed back to Oxford Street with 6m free rent deal

Westminster City Council hopes to work with landlords to take over nine stores

Evening Standard

Part of London’s famous Trocadero to be turned into mosque and community centre

Part of landmark Trocadero will be turned into mosque and community centre under approved plans

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Call to act on ‘dangerous’ conditions around Westminster for disabled people

One peer said he had missed hospital appointments because he could not navigate along the streets around Parliament.

The Independent UK

Dozens of refugees ‘left on the streets’ in Westminster for two nights

The asylum seekers apparently refused to enter a hotel in which the Home Office asked them to sleep ‘four people per room’.

Evening Standard

Flt Sgt Peter Brown: Hundreds of mourners gather for funeral of hero WW2 pilot

Cousin of Peter Brown says his legacy will live on ‘in minds and hearts’ forever

The Independent UK

Mourners gather for funeral of black RAF pilot who flew in Second World War

The funeral of Flight Sergeant Peter Brown is being held at St Clement Danes Church.

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan: Boroughs need power to charge limitless council tax on empty homes

‘Long-term vacant’ homes across London are thought to be worth some £20 billion in total

Daily Mirror

MP left 'speechless' after night time volunteer relives arrest hours before Coronation

Suzie Melvin was one of three volunteers for Westminster Council’s Night Stars safety scheme who was help by officers hours before King Charles was crowned - despite their organisation working in partnership with the Metropolitan Police.

Wales Online

Greggs can open flagship store until 2am after end of court battle

Greggs has been rolling out hot evening meals across its UK stores

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