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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 know),…

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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’

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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’

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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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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.

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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.

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Details of King’s Coronation celebrations in central London revealed

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

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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’

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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.

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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

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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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Ukraine vigil with Helen Mirren celebrates new Kyiv Road in London

Kyiv Road is coming to London and we were at Trafalgar Square last night to hear the news. At a vigil arranged by the US Embassy and Westminster Council to mark the first anniversary of the Ukraine war, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and actor Dame Helen Mirren, right, formed an…

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Westminster City Council considering £60m facelift for Oxford Street

The funding would be stretched over the next three years

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Soho strip club at centre of ‘drink spiking storm’ has licence suspended for three months

A Soho strip club has had its licence suspended after ten customers claimed to have their drinks spiked only to wake up with thousands of pounds missing from their bank accounts.

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'Red tape' forces heartbroken cat café owner to give up on dream business

Florence Heath said she was forced into debt and had no choice but to close

Evening Standard

Historian died after being exposed to ‘appalling lack of humanity’ from home carer

A noted historian died from a preventable bone infection after being exposed to “appalling” home care following a botched discharge from hospital, a coroner has found.

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A shining result: Meet the campaigners who saved London’s historic gas lamps

London’s last remaining gas lamps are a part of our city’s fabric — and were under threat until a few days ago. Tom Ellen meets the group who fought to save these beacons of history

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Three West End pedicab drivers fined after complaints of Disney hit blasting at high volume

Inspectors report hearing Whitney Houston and Bob Marley classics blaring after 9pm

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Revealed: Oxford Street sweet shops drop by a third after raids

The number of US-style sweet and souvenir shops blighting Oxford Street has dropped by nearly a third, according to Westminster Council. The local authority has accused some of the businesses of fleecing the taxpayer with £8m of tax evasion and of “lowering the tone” of the capital’s most famous shopping…

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