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Apple changes Regent Street to its core

20.11.09
Arrival of Apple Store exactly half a decade ago has transformed Regent Street into one of Europe’s leading retail shopping destinations... more

Fullers warns of pain from rising prices next year

20.11.09
Fuller, Smith & Turner is warning that Britons face a nasty hangover next year once the effects of the Government’s debt binge kick in... more

Singing in the aisles: Asda worker's West End role

19.11.09
A singing supermarket worker has landed a role as jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald in a West End show... more

Fans can't get enough of High School Musical heart-throb Zac Efron in his new role

19.11.09
Video: Zac-mania hit London as teenage heart-throb Zac Efron attended the premiere of his new film, Me And Orson Welles.... more

Kelly Brook as you have never seen her before

19.11.09
Kelly Brook transforms into big screen icons as she re-enacts famous scenes from Breakfast At Tiffany's, Indiana Jones and The Sound of Music.... more

Diana Vickers can't contain her excitement as she switches on lights

18.11.09
Diana Vickers switched on the South Molton and Brook Street Christmas Lights.... more

£128,000 jewellery from Girls Aloud star stolen

18.11.09
Jewellery worth up to £128,000 worn by Girls Aloud star Kimberley Walsh was stolen from a motorcycle courier.... more

Britain's got art talent at School of Saatchi

18.11.09
The BBC's new reality show, The School of Saatchi, will do for aspiring artists what the X Factor does for budding pop stars.... more

Hair transplant for West End's Sir Cameron Mackintosh

17.11.09
Four decades ago, he was a backstage assistant on a show which epitomised the Sixties counter-culture... more

British Land rides out ‘worst storm in real estate history’

17.11.09
The commercial property market showed fresh signs of life today as “the worst storm in real estate history” eases ... more

Jack Tweed to stand trial on rape charge

16.11.09
Widower of reality TV star Jade Goody was ordered to stand trial accused of raping a teenager... more

Jack Tweed to stand trial over teenager rape charge

16.11.09
The widower of reality TV star Jade Goody has been ordered to stand trial accused of raping a teenager... more

Edward Woodward, star of Callan and The Equalizer, dies

16.11.09
Edward Woodward, whose acting roles took in everything from a government assassin to a puritanical policeman investigating the occult, died today aged 79... more

Redgrave to present Standard theatre prize in Natasha's memory

16.11.09
Vanessa Redgrave is to present the best actress award in memory of her daughter, Natasha Richardson, at this year's London Evening Standard Theatre Awards... more

Simon Cowell convinces Mariah Carey to pull out of Strictly

16.11.09
Simon Cowell was named best TV judge at the annual Variety Awards only hours after it emerged he had convinced singer Mariah Carey to appear exclusively on the X Factor... more

Check out the new crash pads

16.11.09
At the end of a hot date or a great night out, nothing beats checking into one of the new chic-but-cheap boutique hotels that have sprung up around London, as Liz Hoggard finds out... more

‘Recession vacation’ lifts West End

09.11.09
West End shops are enjoying an early Christmas sales boom thanks to bonus-spending City bankers and tourists taking advantage of the weak pound... more

Any West End show will do for reality TV viewers

21.10.09
Television shows searching for West End stars have helped create record audiences for London theatre, it was claimed... more

West End shops enjoy boost as sales soar by 25% in one month

19.10.09
West End retailers have received a boost after shoppers sent sales figures soaring... more

Exclusive Interview: Backstage at The Lion King

13.10.09
We caught up with Gloria Onitiri who plays Nala in Disney's The Lion King in the Wst End to get her take on the show as it prepares for its tenth anniversary gala.... more

Theatre virgins flock to see Jude Law

29.09.09
Thousands of people visited the theatre for the first time as part of the Donmar's 'high-risk' season of shows in the West End... more

West End rents on rise

22.09.09
Booming business in the West End has pushed retail rents higher this year despite the global recession which has battered many of the world’s most prestigious shopping streets ... more

Bumper Savile Row deal signals West End revival

11.09.09
The West End property market burst into life today with two of the biggest rental deals since the financial crisis kicked off two years ago.... more

Lightbulb moment as council cuts lighting costs

09.09.09
Hundreds of "smart" street lights have been installed across the West End to cut energy costs... more

City investors swap shares for show business

07.09.09
Record low interest rates and the turmoil in the City have sparked an unexpected "thespian finance" boom in London's Theatreland... more

West End property market seen returning to growth

21.08.09
The West End property market is on a fast-track to recovery as international investors realise that the window of opportunity to grab a bargain is closing, analysts said ... more

Shaftesbury tourist lift

17.08.09
London landlord Shaftesbury today said the flood of overseas and domestic tourists to the capital boosted business for its tenants across the West End ... more

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