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Four new restaurants announced for £1.3bn redevelopment of Kensington Olympia

The project is a cool £300 million more expensive than the OWO

Evening Standard · Jun 4, 2025

Kensington café under investigation after customers found 'smoking shisha in the basement' following late-night raid

Trading standards officers worked with the Metropolitan Police and the Home Office to find out if laws were broken on the premises

Evening Standard · May 21, 2025

The Roof Gardens: Kensington private members club loved by celebrities unveils extension plan

The Roof Gardens on Kensington High Street says the new space would include a library and two member lounges

Evening Standard · May 20, 2025

Alleged knifeman ‘with martyrdom note tried to break into Israeli embassy’

Abdullah Sabah Albadri, 33, is accused of carrying two kitchen knives to the site in Kensington on Monday and trying to break in.

Evening Standard · Apr 30, 2025

Man charged with terror offence after ‘trying to get into Israeli embassy’

Abdullah Sabah Albadri, 33, is also accused of possessing a pointed or bladed article near the embassy in Kensington on Monday.

Evening Standard · Apr 30, 2025

Man charged with terrorism offence over Israeli embassy incident

Abdullah Sabah Albadri is accused of trying to get into the embassy with a knife

The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2025

Kensington pub lightwell plan by Kirstie Allsopp's husband sparks upskirting fears

Locals have submitted several objection letters to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea over plans to reinstate a vault lightwell above the pub’s cellars

Evening Standard · Apr 28, 2025

Council offers £12m to revamp overcrowded and inaccessible 'tourist hotspot' Tube station

South Kensington is gateway to Natural History Museum, Science Museum and V&A but has no step-free access

Evening Standard · Apr 24, 2025

Kensington and Chelsea admits ‘rushed’ Grenfell housing purchases were unsafe

The admission comes as the council seeks to sell off 14 of the homes

Evening Standard · Apr 18, 2025

In the shadow of Grenfell, tenants are living with damp, mould and rats – there’s no faith in politics without a safe home

The positive news is that better laws, regulations and rights for residents are on the way, says Labour MP Joe Powell

The Guardian - UK · Apr 14, 2025