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Stamp duty break helped just 6,000 London buyers

20.11.09
Only 6,000 Londoners have benefited from the stamp duty holiday in its first year, figures reveal... more

Cara Delevingne unleashes her inner Alice

20.11.09
The excellent Delevingne DNA strikes again. This time it is Cara, 17, Poppy's younger sister, hot on the heels of her model sibling. Cara Delevingne unleashes her inner Alice and goes on a fashion adventure... more

Capital Pub’s 20% leap raises hopes of a return to dividends

18.11.09
London beer drinkers are loosening their wallets and their throats, the latest numbers from the Capital Pub Company suggest... more

Rich Italians turn SW3 into Chelsienna

17.11.09
Chelsea is seeing an unprecedented influx of Italians buying property as tax amnesty from Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi led to a stampede for addresses in west London... more

Majority of £1 million-plus property sales are in London

17.11.09
Almost 26,500 properties have been sold in London for more than £1 million in the past 15 years, a new study reveals... more

London's streets need less clutter and more class

17.11.09
What do you want from your streets? Clean-liness, safety and good lighting, and the ability to go where you want and do what you want... more

Flats plan for Commonwealth Institute set to be approved

17.09.09
Major scheme to revamp the former Commonwealth Institute in Holland Park is set to be given the go-ahead tonight... more

Plan to boost cycling will allow riders to ignore one-way street restrictions

17.09.09
Cyclists will be able to ride the wrong way down a one-way street in a trial designed to encourage more Londoners to switch to two wheels... more

Early start for Notting Hill Carnival to cut noise and violence

31.07.09
Organisers of the Notting Hill Carnival have finally agreed to an earlier starting time to avoid a repeat of last year’s rioting... more

Protesters' vision of chaos in streets of Knightsbridge

13.07.09
Roads and pavements are to be merged outside Harrods under a scheme to make pedestrians and cyclists share space with motorists... more

Disused housing estate land is turned over for allotments

01.07.09
London borough is to free up land on its housing estates to be turned into allotments which will see some 100 mini-allotments created... more

Duffy snubs her loyal supporters

18.06.09
Duffy left a few fans miffed at a Formula 1 bash at the V&A Museum in South Kensington. ... more

Free festival with world-class music

17.06.09
West London will echo to the sounds of opera, Parisian electro-pop and hip hop at this weekend's Music Day... more

French make a stand in the battle of the buses

15.06.09
The long relationship between Britain and France has had its ups and downs. But the latest diplomatic spat involves a bus stop... more

Councillor accused of bid to discredit campaign for blind

28.05.09
A politician has been accused of trying to discredit a demonstration held to highlight blind people’s road safety fears... more

Alcohol ban on streets that are magnet for drunks

20.05.09
Drinking is to be banned from some of London’s wealthiest streets amid worries they are attracting a growing number of drunks... more

Carnival gets first dusk curfew to cut street fighting

06.05.09
The Notting Hill Carnival has been given a curfew for the first time in its 45-year history to avoid a repeat of last year's violence... more

Kensington takes on Westfield with free parking for shoppers

19.02.09
Thousands of parking spaces in Kensington and Chelsea are to be free at weekends in response to the recession and competition from the Westfield shopping centre... more

Anger over £750 licences for outdoor café tables

17.02.09
Restaurant owners have been ordered to pay hundreds of pounds to place tables on their own land... more

Council urges Mayor to abolish C-charge extension before 2010

28.11.08
Westminster council has called on Mayor Boris Johnson to exercise "emergency powers" to scrap the congestion charge zone's western extension immediately... more

Carnival faces the axe unless safety is improved

27.11.08
The Notting Hill Carnival faces cancellation next year amid grave concerns over public safety... more

Londoners earn up to £200,000 by taking in a lodger

27.10.08
Homeowners could earn almost £200,000 by letting out a spare room, according to a study... more

£1.5 million houses for homeless

24.10.08
Millions of pounds of taxpayers' money is being spent housing homeless people in some of the most expensive streets in London... more

Residents fight proposal to give public access to private garden squares

15.07.08
Residents are opposing plans to open private garden squares to the public... more

Cycling up a one-way street will soon be legal in Chelsea

04.06.08
Cyclists will be permitted to ride the wrong way up one-way streets to encourage more people to give up their cars... more

Holland Park school plan slated by council review

02.06.08
A plan for the most expensive state school in Britain was thrown into disarray by a damning report from experts at the council that wants to build it... more

100 GP sites facing axe under polyclinic plans

28.05.08
Londoners are being conned into accepting hospital closures under plans to develop "polyclinics", an NHS expert claims... more

NHS wastes millions on smokers who fail to quit

22.04.08
The NHS faces accusations that it wasted millions of pounds trying to help smokers to quit... more

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