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Reading lessons for homeless in bid to help them off streets

08.07.11
Rough sleepers will be given reading lessons in the first literacy project of its kind... more

I've been homeless, that's why I want to save the soup runs, says chef Aldo Zilli

10.03.11
Celebrity chef Aldo Zilli launches campaign to save soup runs in central London ... more

Do soup runs harm rough sleepers? Yes, say councillors who want ban. No, say food handout charities

01.03.11
Council wants to outlaw soup runs around Westminster Cathedral because they attract large numbers of homeless people to the area ... more

West End ‘drunk tank’ opens for Christmas

26.11.10
“Booze unit” opens in the West End to tackle the growing scourge of binge drinking... more

Teenage knife thugs banned from estate they terrorised

23.11.10
Teenage yobs are banned from their central London estate after waging a campaign of intimidation against residents ... more

East Europeans face deportation in London rough sleeping crackdown

28.05.10
Eastern Europeans sleeping rough on the streets of central London could be deported in a clampdown on anti-social behaviour... more

Art dealer in 'Del Boy' scam fined £10,000

17.12.09
West End art dealer has been ordered to pay £10,000 for an 'Only Fools And Horses' scam, passing off cheap prints as Victorian water- colours... more

Covent Guardians who make sure piazza pests behave

28.08.09
Team of 'Covent Guardians' have gone on duty to tackle anti-social behaviour in Covent Garden. ... more

Westminster police ‘lack intelligence culture and have worst detection rates’

08.05.09
The policing of Scotland Yard’s flagship borough of Westminster is severely criticised by a police watchdog... more

Council wants to axe us, warn West End stallholders

23.03.09
London's 500-year-old street stall tradition could be wiped out by town hall plans to "clean up" the West End, traders warned... more

Oxford St carols banned as nuisance to shoppers

19.11.08
An Oxford Street department store has been banned from playing Christmas carols because they create "noise pollution"... more

Beggars using children as bait get Asbo ban

09.10.08
Four female beggars caught using children as bait to persuade passers-by to hand over cash have been issued with Asbos banning them from the borough for three years... more

New rules to curb 'chuggers' who harass shoppers

12.08.08
Westminster council is drawing up a code of conduct for charity "chuggers" in a bid to stop shoppers being pestered on some of London's busiest streets... more

Councils sign up to Boris alcohol ban on under-21s

18.07.08
A ban on selling alcohol to young adults looks set to be rolled out across London after councils gave their backing to the groundbreaking anti-binge drinking plan... more

Fake biker jackets are lethal in a crash

05.06.08
Motorcyclists have been put on alert after hundreds of lethal "safety" jackets were found on sale... more

It's hilarious... until you see the show

23.05.08
Theatre owners who use misleading quotations from critics to promote plays and musicals risk up to two years in prison from next week.... more

It's hilarious ... until you see the show

23.05.08
Theatre owners who use misleading quotations from critics to promote plays and musicals risk up to two years in prison from next week... more

Knife scanners on streets

13.05.08
Scotland Yard announces a new operation to curb knife crime in London following the daylight murder of a 22-year-old man in Oxford Street... more

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