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Time for tea: Whittard of Chelsea opening new UK stores after sales surge

The retailer posted a 9.1% rise in net revenues to £49.8 million for 2024, with UK sales up 6.5% to £42 million.

Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2025

London’s SUVs now take up the same space as the entire borough of Kensington and Chelsea

The number of SUVs in London has increased by almost three-quarters of a million since 2002

Evening Standard · Aug 28, 2025

'Serious failings' identified by housing regulator at Kensington and Chelsea Council

Kensington and Chelsea, the borough which contains Grenfell Tower, has been handed the second lowest grade by the Government Regulator over the state of its social housing

Evening Standard · Aug 27, 2025

Diamonds, drama and a very British kind of shade: Meet the Real Housewives of London

The global reality juggernaut has finally arrived in the capital. From a royal baker to the ‘Longest Legs in Belgravia’, six women are delivering high style, bold personalities and cutting one-liners as they lift the lid on London’s social scene. Lisa McLoughlin meets the cast destined to be your next…

Evening Standard · Aug 13, 2025

Dozens of supercars worth £7m are seized in Kensington and Chelsea anti-social driving crackdown

Two uninsured Lamborghinis had been flown into Britain for their owner’s summer holiday

Evening Standard · Aug 12, 2025

London council back-pedals after issuing cyclist with £100 fine for riding in a cycle lane

Kensington and Chelsea council admits on-the-spot fine was issued in error and reviews other cases after The Standard intervenes

Evening Standard · Jul 28, 2025

Council tenant made to hand back keys after lying about owning home ‘won in competition'

The tenant was investigated by Kensington and Chelsea Council's anti-fraud squad following a tip-off from the housing team

Evening Standard · Jul 16, 2025

Camilla declares she’d have ‘taken’ stray puppy she met at dogs’ home

The Queen officially launched the garden, co-designed for dogs by TV gardener and author Monty Don, at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home.

The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2025

Made in Chelsea star Millie Mackintosh says alcohol left her with ‘crippling’ anxiety

The TV personality recognised that sometimes “wellness on its own is not enough”

The Independent UK · Jul 9, 2025

Council tax bombshell: Eight London boroughs face big bill rises or major cuts to services

EXCLUSIVE: London boroughs facing being hard hit by the controversial shake-up include Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster, Wandsworth, Richmond, Hammersmith and Fulham, Islington, Camden and the City of London

Evening Standard · Jul 8, 2025