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Westminster backs £3m fund for new business

21.10.11
Westminster Council has backed a £3 million incubator fund for London start-ups... more

'Noho Square' finally looks poised for redevelopment

22.09.11
The site of the former Middlesex Hospital - which, much to the irritation of Fitzrovia locals such as Griff Rhys Jones, was dubbed "Noho Square" by property types - looks set to be redeveloped at last after years of delay... more

Westminster council to use parking fines to plug £14m hole in budget

27.06.11
Westminster council identifies parking tickets and fines as a source of millions of pounds of 'additional income', it emerges... more

Developer's £78m gift wins Chelsea Barracks go-ahead

21.06.11
The multi-million-pound redevelopment of Chelsea Barracks is given the go-ahead by council chiefs two years after the Prince of Wales intervened over plans for the site... more

Westminster defies Eric Pickles plea to offer salaries higher than David Cameron's

03.05.11
A Tory borough is under fire for plans to appoint two senior executives on salaries worth more than that of the Prime Minister... more

City Spy: There may be a hitch to council's house switch

13.04.11
The public-sector cuts could create some strange bedfellows. Eric Pickles' Communities and Local Government Department, which occupies the triangular glass Eland House near Victoria Station, is having to lose roughly 700 posts from its current 2200 and will need a sub-tenant... more

Council fat cats' £1million pensions: 100 town hall officials keep gold-plated deals

10.03.11
More than 100 London council bosses will retire with 'gold-plated' pension pots of more than £1 million, the Standard has learned... more

Lord Coe: We will keep the traffic moving in 2012

28.01.11
Lord Coe stakes London's reputation on ensuring the city's roads keep moving during the Olympics... more

Horse Guards Parade granted permission to stage 2012 beach volleyball

19.01.11
The event is expected to be one of the most popular at the London Olympics with the most expensive tickets priced at £450, though the cheapest will be £20... more

£1bn facelift to get West End in shape for the 2012 Olympics

25.11.10
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

Soho nightclub is closed after bottle attack

15.09.10
West End nightclub has been shut down after a string of violent attacks including an alleged rape... more

Drug crackdown cuts Soho crime

20.08.10
Police arrest 50 people in a week in a crackdown on drug users in Soho... more

Rogue rickshaw drivers face £5,000 fines for illegal music

13.08.10
Rickshaw drivers who play loud music after 9pm are warned they could face a £5,000 fine after a spate of complaints... more

£60m cuts to services, then council throws £10,000 party

06.08.10
Town hall chiefs hosted a £10,000 summer party days after cutting frontline services to the tune of £60 million... more

MPs’ fury at new protest camp on Parliament Square pavement

22.07.10
MPs have voiced their anger over a new protest camp set up only yards from where Democracy Village was dismantled in Parliament Square... more

City Spy: Let’s name Ocado’s clever bankers...

22.07.10
Ocado's initial price range was ludicrously high. It only got the float away at 180p, so let's give credit to the banker advisers... more

The real fast Eddie Davenport

08.07.10
Under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office, maverick entrepreneur ‘Lord’ Eddie Davenport talks to Tim Willis in his £30million Mayfair home.... more

£45m makeover for Tate Britain is given go-ahead

02.07.10
Westminster planning committee grants permission for a significant refurbishment of the gallery which will remodel areas such as the central rotunda to cope with growing visitor numbers... more

Police hunt bikers who spray signs to dodge parking fee

17.06.10
War between motorcyclists and council parking managers escalates amid 'spying' claims and thousands of pounds of criminal damage caused to road signs... more

Farce in court as peace camp protesters delay eviction move

04.06.10
Boris Johnson's plans for the speedy removal of the 'Democracy Camp' are set to take far longer than planned... more

Playground helps elderly to shed the grey pounds

19.05.10
London's first 'pensioners' playground' launched, situated in a quiet corner of Hyde Park, is designed to help senior citizens take some gentle exercise... more

Bee Gee Robin Gibb salutes lift-off for memorial to bomber crews

14.05.10
Singer Robin Gibb tells of his relief after a £3.5 million memorial to the airmen of Bomber Command killed during the Second World War was given the go-ahead... more

Anger as Waterloo Bridge lane closures mean traffic jams for a year

26.01.10
Motoring groups have reacted with anger after it was revealed that a key traffic route across the Thames has been closed for repairs... more

Go-ahead for Reagan statue

22.05.09
Former US president Ronald Reagan is set to be honoured with a statue in central London... more

'Put Battle of Britain hero on the plinth'

27.04.09
Novelist Frederick Forsyth and retired military leaders pledged support for a statue of Battle of Britain hero Sir Keith Park on Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth as art experts meet to consider the scheme... more

You spray, we pay deal for West End car park

25.02.09
The musical Hairspray is offering audiences half-price parking in the latest promotion for West End theatre... more

Here’s the Queen’s church, here’s the steeple ...

13.01.09
... and inside the newly renovated St Martin-in-the-Fields there’s still room for all the homeless people...... more

Defeat for Pimlico school campaigners

29.05.08
Parents and teachers campaigning against Pimlico School becoming an academy have lost an appeal in the High Court... more


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