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Diana fountain's design flaws leave public with £1m maintenance bill

23.09.11
More than £1 million of public cash has been spent maintaining the Diana memorial fountain, the Standard can reveal ... more

'Disgust' as park litter experiment backfires

01.08.11
An experiment to get visitors to Hyde Park to take away their litter has left organisers 'disgusted'... more

Boris will not be given control of royal parks

22.07.11
Plans to give Boris Johnson overall control of London's royal parks have been abandoned... more

Mayor Boris Johnson backs cyclists using more paths in royal parks

04.07.11
Boris Johnson supports calls for cyclists to be allowed to ride on more footpaths through the royal parks... more

Hyde Park's giant screens will attract 200,000 for royal wedding celebrations

07.03.11
Hyde Park will be the centre of royal wedding celebrations for hundreds of thousands of spectators, the Standard can reveal ... more

Victoria to have facelift for the big day

16.02.11
When it comes to weddings, everyone wants to look their best. Especially if you've been outside for 100 years and will be yards from the Buckingham Palace "balcony kiss" of Prince William and Kate Middleton... more

Central London's roads face three-day shutdown over royal wedding

06.01.11
Central London faces a three-day traffic shutdown for the royal wedding as key roads are closed off... more

Olympic park to get a royal rebrand following 2012 Games

07.10.10
The site of the 2012 Olympics will be named the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, it was announced today... more

Reflecting badly: Public pays for guards on Anish Kapoor mirrors

07.10.10
Anish Kapoor's mirror sculptures in Kensington Gardens have been given 24-hour security costing the taxpayer an estimated £120,000... more

Give power to those who live in this city

15.06.10
With a new government dedicated to devolution, it is time to loosen Whitehall’s vice-like grip on London... more

‘My father killed himself over closure of park’s tennis courts. Two years on, they’re still shut’

09.04.10
Daughter of one of London’s top tennis coaches, who killed himself over the closure of his tennis school, attacks the Royal Parks bosses who have let the courts fall into disrepair... more

Green Park memorial to Bomber Command heroes

26.02.10
Plans are submitted for a £3 million memorial to the thousands of airmen of Bomber Command who died during the Second World War... more

Oldest swingers in town: £40,000 playground for pensioners in Hyde Park

09.02.10
London is to get its first 'pensioners' playground' in the heart of Hyde Park after approval was given for an outdoor gym for the over-sixties... more

Borough wants to make Olympic site a royal park

24.07.09
A Royal park could be created on the site of the London Olympics to commemorate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012... more

Browns show off the fruits of their labour in Downing Street garden

23.07.09
Gordon and Sarah Brown have shown off their own vegetable patch in the back garden at Downing Street... more

Nothing more than a bad New Year's Eve celebration

07.07.09
Give me a break. At least a freak show has freaks and mime has meaning. In the past 24 hours I have visited Trafalgar Square three times... more

Let Londoners be the judges of their beautiful spaces

09.06.09
The defeat of plans to sell off part of Regent’s Park is an overdue kick in the teeth for the planning mafia... more

Hyde Park volunteers face eviction from historic lodge

20.04.09
A group of volunteers dedicated to helping visitors to Hyde Park is being evicted from its headquarters by park chiefs who want to rent out the building... more

Boris Johnson's fury as 'boomerang' tower gets the go-ahead on South Bank

26.03.09
Boris Johnson has condemned the Government for giving the go-ahead for a 52-storey skyscraper on the South Bank... more

Residents outraged at plans for Bushy Park car charge

10.02.09
Visitors to all of London's royal parks could soon be forced to pay for parking... more

Drivers' anger at charge for using Richmond Park

27.01.09
Plans to introduce parking charges at London's largest royal park have prompted a backlash... more

Equestrian event will carve up Greenwich Park flower garden

08.10.08
Greenwich Park could be damaged by plans to stage Olympic events in it, Games organisers have admitted for the first time... more

Park police want power to fine by-law breakers

10.09.08
Royal Parks chiefs are pressing for a change in the law to allow police officers to issue on-the-spot fines to people breaking by-laws... more

MP's anger at 1,200 deer shot in park since 2002

10.03.08
Nearly 1,200 deer have been culled in Richmond Park in the past six years, figures show... more


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