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Sunday’s pedestrianisation of Oxford Street to give ‘glimpse of future’

Oxford Street will host live music, art installations, food stalls, and a literary festival

The Independent UK

One-day pedestrianisation of Oxford Street ‘will give glimpse of future’

Vehicles will be prohibited from accessing a half-mile stretch of the road from Oxford Circus to Orchard Street on Sunday.

Evening Standard

One-day pedestrianisation of Oxford Street ‘will give glimpse of future’

Vehicles will be prohibited from accessing a half-mile stretch of the road from Oxford Circus to Orchard Street between noon and 8pm on Sunday.

The Independent UK

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Sadiq Khan takes over Oxford Street: Row erupts over Labour council 'caving in' to mayor's pedestrianisation plans

TfL gains powers over UK’s most famous high street - and parts of 36 side streets - paving the way for traffic ban

Evening Standard

Everything you need to know about the one-day pedestrianisation of Oxford Street

London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has called for one of the UK’s busiest high streets to be pedestrianised for one day

Evening Standard

Oxford Street car-free day plans revealed as Sadiq Khan looks to showcase benefits of pedestrianisation

Details unveiled of free event planned to boost support for Mayor of London’s plans to permanently removing traffic from the nation’s most famous high street

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan offers £200,000 salary to lure 'Oxford Street tsar' to accelerate pedestrianisation plans

Mayor hopes traffic-free street will help West End to rival New York, Paris and Barcelona

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Oxford Street to be pedestrianised for a day as London mayor Sadiq Khan showcases traffic-free vision

Buses to be banned from famous high street to pave way for special shopping event on Sunday September 21

Evening Standard

Oxford Street rough sleepers 'evicted from Park Lane camp' as sleeping bags line up on famous shopping destination

Park Lane encampment was dismantled by Transport for London (TfL) earlier this summer

Evening Standard

Purple lines have been painted on Oxford Street. Here’s why

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The Independent UK

‘Mind the grab’: Oxford Street shop paints phone theft warnings onto street

Last year, a phone was stolen every 15 minutes - or 94 a day

The Independent UK

'Mind the Grab': New campaign warns of threat from phone thieves on Oxford Street

Campaign launched as figures reveal a phone was stolen every 15 minutes in Westminster last year

Evening Standard

Loss making Claire's Accessories calls in advisers as huge debt payment looms

High street stalwart has almost 300 UK stores including two on Oxford Street

Evening Standard

Bob Vylan announce last-minute London gig amid Glastonbury police investigations

The investigation was launched after frontman led crowds in chants of ‘death to the IDF’

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Oxford Street pedestrianisation should include 'world class public toilets', mayor Sadiq Khan is told

Mayor urged to turn nation’s most famous high street into a ‘healthy street’ that is safe and accessible to all Londoners

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Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa: Sadiq Khan outlines plans for first mayoral trip to Africa

But mayor accused of being ‘more interested in Lagos than John Lewis’ as he misses meeting on Oxford Street

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Former BHS store on Oxford Street reborn as new office, retail and cultural complex

Scheme follows reinvention of former Debenhams and House of Fraser sites

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Traffic to be banned from part of Regent Street as mayor faces calls to reduce traffic across West End

Sir Sadiq Khan urged by cycle campaigners to build on Oxford Street pedestrianisation with wider vehicle ban across central London

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Revealed: West End’s phone theft hotspot streets as numbers of London crimes soar

Oxford Street, Europe’s busiest shopping precinct, tops the list with 6,539 reports last year – nearly 18 a day

Evening Standard

OPINION - Richard Branson: London is the world's most exciting city and this is why I'll always invest here

Every time I visit London, I’m captivated by the energy of this incredible city. It still gives me the same sense of excitement and opportunity I felt back in 1971 — standing on Oxford Street at the opening of the first Virgin record shop.

The Independent UK

BBC Radio 2 DJ Sara Cox: The morning is when my brain is at its sharpest and my mood is at its highest

Broadcaster and author Sara Cox talks to Camilla Foster about her morning routine and what energy-boosting habits she couldn’t live without.

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Soft sell: vintage F1 memorabilia goes on sale at Selfridges

American-born retail magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge was claimed to be on a mission to transform shopping into an enjoyable experience when he opened his Oxford Street emporium in 1909. Among the first attractions to be displayed in store, alongside consumer goods, was the aeroplane in which aviation pioneer Louis Bleriot…

Evening Standard

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Sadiq Khan’s vow to give Oxford Street ‘a new lease of life’

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The Guardian - UK

Oxford Street will be pedestrianised as soon as possible, says London mayor

Sadiq Khan says regeneration plans for central London shopping street have received ‘overwhelming support’

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