HISTORICAL FACTS: Kensington - The Untold Story

Failed asylum seeker who attempted attack on Israeli embassy jailed for life

Kuwait-born Abdullah Albadri was tackled by armed police after he jumped onto a fence at the embassy in Kensington.

Evening Standard · Oct 5

Failed asylum seeker jailed for life after planning knife attack in London’s Israeli embassy

Abdullah Albadri, 34, was tackled by armed police after he jumped onto a fence at the embassy in Kensington

Evening Standard · Oct 5

Grenfell Tower fire: Tenant management company faces corporate manslaughter charge

Exclusive: Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation and the London Fire Brigade have been referred to the Crown Prosecution Service over possible charges relating to the blaze nine years ago

Evening Standard · Oct 1

Kemi Badenoch sits front row at M&S London Fashion Week show

This catwalk show was held at the Design Museum in Kensington, west London.

Evening Standard · Sep 18

More than 1.7 million Londoners face massive council tax hike next year as cash crisis deepens

After Wandsworth announced a staggering 94% council tax hike, six other councils could announce huge increases

Evening Standard · Sep 16

Boutique flogging fake Chanel, Dior and Louis Vuitton on upmarket west London street ordered to pay huge fine

Council officers uncovered a haul of counterfeit designer goods worth the equivalent of £124,000 at the Kensington shop

Evening Standard · Sep 3

London boroughs facing Britain's largest council tax rises to launch challenge over Government funding cuts

Wandsworth, Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster councils are expected to officially appeal the cuts

Evening Standard · Aug 26

London leaders call for mansion tax to be scrapped as it's revealed homes in just four boroughs will pay £270m

Estimates show that households in Kensington and Chelsea, Wandsworth, Richmond and Westminster would pay about £270 million through the surcharge - half of what the Government predicts the tax will raise nationally

Evening Standard · Aug 5

Top restaurant serving London’s ‘best Sunday roast’ sparks noise and nuisance complaints

High-end eatery No. Fifty Cheyne brought before Kensington and Chelsea committee after complaints

Evening Standard · Aug 2

Saudi Prince Abdullah's death mystery solved: Alcohol, Cannabis, Xanax and multiple drugs found in his system; suicide ruled out

Saudi Prince death mystery solved: A London inquest has ruled that Prince Abdullah bin Fahad Al Saud, 29, died of cardiac arrest caused by a fatal combination of alcohol, GHB, cannabis, and anti-anxiety medications at the London Marriott Hotel Kensington in November 2025. The coroner recorded a verdict of death…

The Economic Times · Jul 24