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BIZARRE: Oxford street - You Need To See This

No stylist, no lighting rig… but passport photos make some of the best celebrity pictures. This new book helps me understand why with its mugshots of Joan Collins, Mick Jagger, Mohammad Ali and more

It documents how a modest Oxford Street studio, open for 66 years, assembled an astonishing archive of famous faces

Digital Camera World

Where to stay, eat, shop (and spa!) on London's iconic Oxford Street

Abha Shah presents the ultimate guide to London’s commercial capital

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Two new east-west bike routes through central London for cyclists banned from Oxford Street

The removal of traffic – buses, taxis and bikes – is a central part of London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan’s vision for transforming the famous street

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Iconic Sydney Gay Bar Stonewall Closing Its Doors After 28 Years: ‘Sad & Difficult Decision’

The staple Oxford Street fixture first opened its doors in 1997.

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Live facial recognition cameras for Oxford Street as Met tells phone companies to act on mobile crime

Police want to ‘design out crime’ from soon-to-be pedestrianised street

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Anti-terror gates on Oxford Street will prevent cyclists riding through Sadiq Khan's 'pedestrian plaza'

TfL plans to install ‘hostile vehicle mitigation’ barriers to protect pedestrians

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Harry Potter flagship store to launch on London’s Oxford Street

The flagship store will be the second official Harry Potter merchandise outlet in the UK

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Massive Harry Potter store to open in Oxford Street

Warner Bros wanted to transform the interior of the building into a ‘wizarding emporium’

The Independent UK

Flagship Harry Potter store to open on London’s Oxford Street

British outlet for the Hogwarts-adjacent ‘interactive retail experience’ will include ‘photo moments’ and exclusive merchandise

The Guardian - UK

Oxford Street bombshell as Labour chief describes Sadiq Khan quango as 'dangerous for democracy'

London mayor suffers another ‘red on red’ attack a day after giving go-ahead for traffic ban to begin this summer

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Plan to pedestrianise London’s Oxford Street given official go-ahead

Sadiq Khan promises to create ‘world-leading urban space’, with remaining traffic removed this summer

The Guardian - UK

Works to pedestrianize a key stretch of London's Oxford Street will start this summer

London’s mayor is turning part of Oxford Street into a traffic-free zone to revive the famous shopping street

The Independent UK

Oxford Street pedestrianisation gets go-ahead from Sadiq Khan with traffic ban this summer

Buses, taxis and cyclists will be banned from western section of Oxford Street from summer 2026

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Hundreds of teenagers swarm central London throwing boxes at police for pop-up shop

Hundreds of youths were seen scrambling down Oxford Street

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Congestion charge should apply at night to put brakes on 'evening rush hour' gridlock in West End

56% more cars between 6pm-7pm than between 8am-9am, warn campaigners

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Confidence is flooding back to a reinvented and inspiring Oxford Street

Oxford Street is no longer just a place to transact. It's becoming somewhere to spend time

The Guardian - UK

Man arrested after fatal stabbing in Leicester city centre

Police say 18-year-old arrested on suspicion of murder after death of man in his 20s on Tuesday evening

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West End’s phone theft hotspots revealed as police record over 30 snatches a day on just 30 streets

Oxford Street, Europe’s busiest shopping precinct, tops the list with 8,745 reports in almost two years

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Oxford Street pedestrianised this year if everything goes to plan, says London mayor Sadiq Khan

Mayor confirms £2.5m cost to London taxpayers if West Ham are relegated from Premier League

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Labour 'ally' of Sadiq Khan drops bombshell at Oxford Street quango launch: 'I wish this didn't exist'

‘We would rather this body didn’t exist and we weren’t here’ says Westminster council leader

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Chef, theatre designer and football chief to advise Sadiq Khan on pedestrianising Oxford Street

New board members told to walk, cycle or catch the bus - and not to put taxis or flights on their expenses

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Moment brazen shoplifter arrested on Oxford Street after trying to evade facial recognition cameras

Officers detain woman, in her 50s, minutes after she gave store security staff the slip during Christmas theft spree

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West End defies retail slump as Christmas shoppers flock to Oxford Street

The capital's West End recorded a 9 per cent rise in shoppers during the week leading up to Black Friday compared with last year

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Moment Algerian migrant on bail caught brazenly stealing designer clothes from Selfridges

Dade Mustafa told police ‘no problem, no problem’ when confronted on London’s Oxford Street

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F1 hits Oxford Street as Aston Martin and PUMA invite fans to celebrate the team behind the team

The Christmas rush in Central London will be made extra hectic for one very special day this year when Aston Martin’s racing green F1 machine rolls into PUMA’s brand-new Oxford Street store to celebrate the race team’s iconic partnership with the sportswear brand

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