London is the ideal playground for women who are solvent and young at heart but old enough to know better. Liz Hoggard opens her little black book for this discerning band of pleasure-seekers... more
Traffic in west London was brought to a standstill for more than five hours after a woman in her nineties was knocked over by a large horsebox in an 'absolutely horrific' accident
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The defeat by Kensington residents of plans for a new Iranian embassy in Queen's Gate, a "yellow fortress" of ochre stone and marble, is hailed as a "victory for common sense"... more
Investec has started to see improvement at the buy-to-let mortgage business Kensington, which it acquired with a low-ball £283 million takeover bid two years ago... more
A major redevelopment plan to create a pedestrianised museum district is to get under way after Transport for London pledged an additional £10 million ... more
Palestinians and their supporters are planning a week-long series of protests in London ending in a Trafalgar Square rally of up to 5,000 demonstrators, the Standard can reveal... more
An invitation arrives in the post. Hornets, the gentlemen's attire shop in Kensington, is to stock Christys' hats and it's having a party to celebrate. In attendance will be Steve Cossey, the last apprenticed hatter working in the UK, a man who "knows everything about making a hat". ... more
Launceston Place's care and attention to detail concerning its menu is faultless. The facelift it has been given works well too, says Larushka Ivan-Zadeh.... more
The first Whole Foods Market in Europe opened in London this week, adding to the tasty choice of organic stores across the capital's most fashionable areas.... more
If there was an award for the best British awards ceremony, the Mobos would be a pretty hot contender but it has one fundamental weakness, says Arwa Haider.... more
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