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Revealed: 'Unofficial' zebra crossings are putting brakes on selfish London drivers

All London boroughs urged to adopt Westminster council initiative and drive down number of road casualties

Evening Standard

Cannabis cookies among £9,000-worth of illegal goods seized from American candy shop in central London

The 26 tubs of CBD-laced biscuits in four different flavours were brazenly stacked on shelves in the shop in Piccadilly Circus

Evening Standard

Black Friday fakes: The scam sites ripping off shoppers by 'cybersquatting' prestigious London addresses

Central London tenants bombarded with unwanted parcels, angry letters and aggrieved consumers knocking at their door after sites selling fake designer goods used their addresses as a front

Evening Standard

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Defence Secretary John Healey underpaid tax on second home after council ‘error’

Mr Healey underpaid around £1,500 in tax after an “administrative error” by the local authority, Westminster Council

The Independent UK

Immigration enforcement officers raided Sadaf, in Westbourne Grove, following a ‘tip off’

Evening Standard

Tory crisis in London as second councillor defects to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK at flagship town hall

Alan Mendoza on Wednesday joined Laila Cunningham as Reform’s second representative on Westminster Council

Evening Standard

Leaseholder fury at £100k bills for new windows during major works beset by delays

Westminster City Council is consulting on refurbishing the final five tower blocks on the Hallfield Estate in Bayswater

Evening Standard

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£100 on-the-spot fines for Lime and Forest in new crackdown on e-bikes abandoned on pavements

EXCLUSIVE: Westminster council opens new front in battle against pavement clutter by emailing fixed penalty tickets direct to e-bike firms

Evening Standard

London pub popular with politicians and Downing Street staff faces sanctions over rowdy customers

People living near Walker’s of Whitehall claim their lives could be ‘endangered’ by ‘intimidating’ and ‘intoxicated’ customers

Evening Standard

Row breaks out over £1.5million cycle lane that would be alternative to blocked-off Oxford Street

Tory councillors want Westminster council to pause cycleway through Marylebone until impact of mayor’s traffic ban becomes clear

Evening Standard

Haul of 'mystery meat' that posed virus risk seized in London's China Town

More than 300kg of suspect meat and dozens of packets of banned Chinese pork noodles have been confiscated by inspectors

Evening Standard

Illegal erectile dysfunction drugs and antidepressants sold in West End souvenir shops

Sachets and blister packs of imported sex drug Kamagra were seized by Westminster Council during visits to four shops

Evening Standard

London Trocadero to be transformed into two-storey casino and restaurant

Planning permission was granted by officers at Westminster Council on September 30, subject to conditions

Evening Standard

Masala Zone: Soho restaurant hit with a 0 out of 5 hygiene rating by council

The owner said all teams are working incredibly hard to rectify the situation

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Dozens of dangerous fake Labubus seized in London raids

The counterfeit dolls were found to be death traps for toddlers – with eyes that pop out and feet that fall off, posing a serious choking hazard

Evening Standard

Flagship London council hires own police officers for the first time to tackle crime

Nine Met officers will join Westminster town hall’s new Police and Council Tasking Team (PACT)

The Independent UK

‘Mind the grab’: Oxford Street shop paints phone theft warnings onto street

Last year, a phone was stolen every 15 minutes - or 94 a day

The Independent UK

Inside the battle to save award-winning building now crumbling from neglect

Residents of a social housing estate in Pimlico say Labour-run Westminster Council treats them like the ‘enemy’

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Soho Society left with £27,000 bill after failed challenge to Mayfair gin distillery

The Soho Society insisted it will survive despite a £27,500 legal bill

Evening Standard

Soho Society faces financial ruin after failed legal battle with Mayfair gin distillery

The Soho Society says it faces financial ruin if ordered to pay nearly £44,000 in legal costs

Evening Standard

Council tax warning: London borough says homeowners attempting to dodge double payments

Westminster Council is meeting with the government’s National Fraud Initiative to crackdown on homeowners who do not register their property correctly

Evening Standard

Westminster Council appeals judge ruling that led to Leicester Square busker ban

Musicians blasting out songs on a daily basis in the West End tourist hotspot was compared to ‘psychological torture’ by a judge

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

‘This platform gave me everything’: street performers rue end of busking at Leicester Square

Westminster Council said it was ‘left with no choice’ but to bring in a controversial ban due to noise complaints

Guitar World

“The nuisance is exacerbated by the repetition and poor quality of some of the performances”: Buskers banned from London’s Leicester Square as performances likened to “psychological torture”

The tourist hotspot will fall quiet on April 17 as Westminster Council says it had “no choice” but to tackle “increasing noise disruption and anti-social behavior”

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