THE DISPOSSESSED FUND: It worked for Wembley stadium turf and chunks of the Berlin Wall. Now council officials are auctioning a rather less historic artefact - an Oxford Street paving slab
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The West End will have a £1 billion makeover before the Olympics, with business leaders saying it is a sign of “growing confidence” in the area... more
Westminster council has threatened Australian cricket's governing body with legal action over its projection of a message to the England team onto Big Ben this week... more
Cinema fans have hit out at the 'highly destructive' development of Leicester Square which they claim threatens its future as the home of British film... more
The West End is to get its first major new theatre for decades. Westminster council has granted planning permission for a 314-seat auditorium in Palace Street, Victoria... more
A millionaire music television boss has angered residents in north London after announcing that he intends to build a 30-metre high church steeple on his house... more
Plans to convert a Grade I-listed church in Mayfair into a health spa have been rejected unanimously by Westminster council's planning committee ... more
A multi-million pound hotel development in Covent Garden which offers visitors the chance to spend the night in a former police cell has been approved... more
The super-rich still love London, keeping prices at the top end high. Across the city there remains a shortage of homes but building is slowing in the crunch.
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The Candy brothers want to convert the US Embassy site in Grosvenor Square into luxury flats after the American Ambassador announced it was moving to south London... more
London's Chinatown is to be made more authentically Chinese with the help of a £2 million revamp, backed by Prince Charles's architecture charity... more
The casts of hit West End shows including Chicago and Dirty Dancing will perform in Leicester Square as part of a free summer theatre festival.
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