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Inside London's beloved market being forced out by Amazon-owned Whole Foods

About 50 to 60 businesses in Queensway Market have been told they must leave within weeks

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Westminster local election candidates 2026 - full list including Labour, Green, Reform, Conservative

Local elections will take place across London and the rest of the country on May 7

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‘I walked London’s newest historic route along the River Thames - here are my favourite spots’

For the first time in London's history, you can walk entirely along the north bank from the Tower of London to Westminster. Here are the highlights

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West London market closing in weeks as 'heartless' landlord is replacing it with a Whole Foods

Dozens of traders say their livelihoods are being destroyed as they are being kicked out so a high-end supermarket can move in

My London - Westminster

Turkish restaurant in London has licence revoked after homeless man 'beaten with own crutch'

An investigation revealed Food Works in Central London was in breach of several licensing conditions

Westminster Times

Thief jailed for stealing rare Fabergé egg and watch worth up to £2million from woman’s handbag

A man has been jailed for stealing a Fabergé egg from a woman’s handbag outside a pub in Soho. Enzo Conticello snatched the rare jewelled egg, as well as a watch, purse and laptop from whisky firm director Rosie Dawson as she was speaking to friends on Bateman Street on the evening of November 7,...

My London - Westminster

Images show Queen Elizabeth II memorial to be erected in St James's Park

A companion statue of Prince Phillip will also be erected after the plans were approved by Westminster City Council

Westminster Times

Huge city block in central London to be demolished within weeks

A cluster of five buildings is to be razed in the next month to make way for a new £150million development. Restaurants, boutiques, cafes, a pharmacy and an opticians were among businesses turfed out of the block on Baker Street by the end of last month as their leases ended. More than 240,000 sq f...

Westminster Times

Residents rail against seven-storey hotel development over loss of light concerns

Residents are continuing to fight against a new development as works begin to demolish a 200-year-old pub in Marylebone to make way for a seven-storey hotel. Neighbours are launching a legal challenge against the project on the corner of Chapel Street and Old Marylebone Road over fears the new tower...

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Mum of 5 left without 'reliable heating' for 18 months by London council

She says her and her children were forced to spend some of the period sleeping in cold rooms

My London - Westminster

Police name Leeds teenager charged with stabbing young man to death in Westminster

A 21-year-old man remains in police custody on suspicion of murder

My London - Westminster

Westminster 'murder' victim named and pictured as police arrest two men

The Metropolitan Police has upped patrols in the busy tourist area following the fatal stabbing

Westminster Times

Two arrested after man, 26, found dead after stabbing in Westminster

A murder investigation has been launched after a young man was found unconscious following a stabbing in Westminster. Officers were called to Abbey Orchard Street in SW1, minutes from Parliament Square, just after 10pm on Friday, March 27. Two men, aged 18 and 21, have been arrested on suspicion of ...

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Drunk sales broker, 22, fell to his death from Soho rooftop after breaking into courtyard

Ryley Harbord spent the hours prior to his death on a solo pub crawl, an inquest has heard

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All-day Levante restaurant and micro gin distillery wants to open in old Central London bank

The Fitzrovia venue would open until 12.30am on Fridays and Saturdays

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Met Police warn against fireworks at Iran war protests today in Central London

The force has imposed a number of conditions to 'minimise disruption to others'

My London - Westminster

'We’re being evicted so a council can use our Richmond homes as temporary accommodation'

Tenants have been served soon-to-be abolished Section 21 eviction notices by their landlord so Labour-run Westminster City Council can buy their homes

Westminster Times

A40 Westway to close from this week for ‘vital maintenance’ works

The A40 Westway is due to close for more than a month in both directions in order to carry out essential maintenance works from this week, TfL has confirmed. The flyover link road, which typically handles more than 95,000 vehicles a day, will be closed to traffic for a period of five weeks starting ...

Westminster Times

Van driver jailed for killing 20-year-old student and injuring two others

A man has been handed a prison sentence after colliding with a group of students, killing a young woman and injuring two others. Christopher Jackson careened into Aalia Mahomed while driving recklessly on the Strand in Aldwych on the morning of March 18 last year. Jackson, 27, had arrived near Bush ...

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London Underground passengers forced to stop brutal assault of man

The British Transport Police have released images of a man they need to speak to in connection