The Barclay brothers have received several unsolicited takeover offers for their Ritz Hotel in Piccadilly and declare the legendary site to be worth at least £625 million, the Evening Standard can reveal... more
Evening and Sunday parking charges will cost the West End's shopping and entertainment industries hundreds of millions of pounds when they are introduced before Christmas, business leaders warn... more
Police were too focused on the potential use of kettling as hundreds of thousands of protesters marched against the Government's public spending cuts, human rights campaigners said... more
A demonstrator who joined anarchists causing chaos in the capital is a privately educated former finance worker whose girlfriend was a reality TV star... more
Latest: Former SAS officer Simon Mann jailed for 34 years over a 'dogs of war' coup attempt wept as he walked free from an African prison after serving only 15 months of his sentence... more
A side-effect of the credit crunch has been a change of heart in the business world. Charity is being seen as more worthwhile than selfish spending ... more
It is nice to see the Qataris wish to be good neighbours with the residents of Chelsea and Belgravia. A very English representative of the oil-state's development arm, Qatari Diar, took morning tea last Friday with members of the Belgravia Residents Association... more
The Cannes Film Festival hands out its prizes on Sunday and the top stars are preparing for an action-packed weekend. BAZ BAMIGBOYE has all the gossip from the French Riviera.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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