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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

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 Week

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’

The Independent UK

Public access to former US embassy on Grosvenor Square to be rescinded by luxury hotel group developers

The hoteliers are set to withdrawn an offer to allow public access to the 7th floor of the Eero Saarinen-designed Mayfair landmark

Evening Standard

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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.

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

Evening Standard

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Evening Standard

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…

Evening Standard

Westminster City Council considering £60m facelift for Oxford Street

The funding would be stretched over the next three years

Evening Standard

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.

Wales Online

'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

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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.

Evening Standard

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

Evening Standard

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

Evening Standard

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…

Evening Standard

US candy shops on Oxford Street ‘drop by third’ after raids and legal action

Westminster Council says some of the candy and souvenir shops have evaded up to £8m in business rates

Evening Standard

Oh wheelie? Westminster Council left red faced after tweeting wrong image in flytipping crackdown

Westminster Council bosses were forced to clear up a mess of their own making on Friday after claims about its crackdown on fly tipping backfired.

Evening Standard

Westminster Council seizes £215,000 of suspected fake goods in raid targeting Oxford Street US candy shops

Police say ‘playtime’s over’ after raid uncovers suspected fake Rolex watches and vapes

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