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Developer gets green light to turn abandoned £23m Grade-II listed hotel opposite Hyde Park into apartments

The Averard Hotel opened on Lancaster Gate in the Roaring Twenties but has sat empty for 15 years – until now

Evening Standard

Replacing Westminster gas lamps with LED replicas would be 'cultural vandalism', say Tory MPs

There are almost 100 gas lamps in London which could be replaced with more eco friendly replicas

Evening Standard

Police call for 'worst run venue in Soho during London Pride' to lose licence

The Met Police claimed Canwood55 on Frith Street was run in an 'awful' way

Evening Standard

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Love me do: Beatles wedding venue to mark its centenary with 100 marriages in a day

The London venue has staged more celebrity nuptials than anywhere else in the UK, and now 100 couples will get a chance to marry there for just £100

Evening Standard

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.

The Independent UK

Oxford Street ‘not what it used to be’, admits Sadiq Khan as he pursues pedestrianisation

The mayor said that while he “loves” Oxford Street, he acknowledges it “isn’t what it used to be”.

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak urged to press ahead with crackdown on West End pedicabs

Rishi Sunak was on Tuesday urged to ensure a serious crackdown on rip-off pedicabs goes ahead later this year.

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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

OPINION - Dylan Jones: Plaques are great — but if only London had even more of them

Four years ago, the long and winding road finally ended up in Savile Row. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the final Beatles concert on the roof of No 3, my good friend David Rosen, of Pilcher Hershman (“space agent, not estate agent,” he’ll say, just in case you didn’t…

Evening Standard

Trisha’s lives! Legendary Soho drinking den to remain but licence temporarily suspended after council review

The New Evaristo Club, known affectionately as Trisha’s, has been a Greek Street hangout for decades, attracting a long list of celebrity clientele

Evening Standard

Time to resurrect ‘crucial’ pedicab law to protect central London from ‘menace’ operators, council warns

Nuisance pedicab operators will continue to wreak havoc in London’s West End without new legislation to tackle them, a council has warned.

Evening Standard

Action needed on noise complaints threatening London pubs says Tory London Mayor hopeful

Samuel Kasumu said Londoners should expect to ‘deal with’ a bit of noise

Evening Standard

Westminster Council to urge National Crime Agency to crack down on rogue Oxford Street US candy shops

Westminster Council will urge the National Crime Agency to investigate firms behind some US-style candy shops on Oxford Street.

Evening Standard

Late-night Greggs BANNED as police fear it will cause a 'wave of crime'

Greggs opened its Leicester Square store with a blue-carpet premiere in 2022, but Westminster City Council has denied the store permission to serve hot food 24 hours a day

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The Greggs Westminster Council sausage roll row explained

The bakery chain Greggs is set for a courtroom showdown with Westminster Council after its request to open its Leicester Square branch 24 hours a day was denied.

The Independent UK

24-hour sausage rolls would cause wave of ‘crime’, police say

Police argued that the West End location would become a hotspot for ‘crime and disorder’

The Independent UK

Late-night Greggs would cause wave of ‘crime and disorder’, claim police

Police argued that the West End location would become a hotspot for ‘crime and disorder’

Evening Standard

Public access to former US embassy on Grosvenor Square to be rescinded by luxury hotel group developers

The hoteliers are set to withdrawn an offer to allow public access to the 7th floor of the Eero Saarinen-designed Mayfair landmark

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Evening Standard

Greggs prepares for court fight against late night sausage roll ban at flagship Leicester Square bakery

Greggs is preparing for a court fight against its ban on selling late night sausage rolls and bacon baps at its flagship Leicester Square store.

Evening Standard

Westminster council launches £290,000 scheme to tackle sexual harassment against women in West End

Westminster Council has launched a scheme to help protect women from sexual harassment in the West End.

Evening Standard

Details of King’s Coronation celebrations in central London revealed

Details of the King's coronation celebrations in central London were revealed on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Funeral for one of the RAF’s last black WW2 pilots moved after surge in requests to attend

‘His story of valour and modesty has touched many who rightly wish to pay their own tribute for his service to this nation, his adopted home for so many years’

Evening Standard

London pedicabs: Four fines handed out to rip-off operators in fresh crackdown

Four central London pedicab operators have been issued fines as part of Westminster Council’s latest crackdown.

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak slams Westminster Council over ‘eyewatering’ pay hike for cabinet members

Cabinet members are to get a 45 per cent pay rise while increasing rents for council tenants

Evening Standard

London’s rental crisis sees number of homeless families living in hotels reach new record high

The number of households lodging in hotels has risen 1,740 per cent over the past two years, confirmed Westminster Council

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