West End stores call for traffic to be banned from Oxford Street and Regent Street every Sunday to give shoppers a weekly break from "congestion hell"... 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
Free on-street parking in the evenings and on Sundays is to be scrapped across the West End as Westminster Tories vote to press ahead with charges to boost the council's annual parking income... more
The Queen is heading for a bumper pay rise after the West End shopping boom helped the Crown Estate to record profits in what it described as 'a landmark year.'... more
Non celebrity guests at the West End's newest rock 'n' roll hotel have found thumping music keeping them keeping them awake until the small hours... more
The family of a gay socialite who suffered a fractured skull during a vicious beating in the West End fear he may have been the victim of a homophobic attack... more
The capital's worst shortage of prime office space for more than 30 years is set to send West End rents soaring by nearly 50% over the next two years, property consultant Capita Symonds has warned... more
The clean-up operation after Saturday's march has restored normality to the West End, but the retailers whose shops were attacked by rioters are furious... more
Store bosses demanded a ban on West End marches after suffering millions of pounds of losses in Saturday's 'totally unacceptable' violent protests... more
Demand from hedge funds will help push West End rents to £100 per square foot this year amid a fight for space in St James's and Mayfair, a leading property agent forecasts... more
Shoppers have finally realised that Scandinavia is about more than just Ikea and meatballs. West End retailers are reporting a big surge in sales of products from the region... more
Tens of thousands fewer people than last year travelled into the West End for its annual traffic-free shopping bonanza - but they spent more than ever to beat the looming VAT rise... more
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
A student who “dined and dashed” from London restaurants to impress his girlfriend speaks of his “serious regrets” after being banned from the West End for a year... 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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