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Met Police snares 140 criminals in week-long blitz on West End phone thieves and shoplifters

Over 100 additional officers were deployed to tackle offences including shoplifting and phone theft as part of Operation Baselife

Evening Standard · Nov 10, 2025

Ben Duncan: The socialite friend of Prince William and Kate who belonged to a bygone era

A friend of Prince William and Kate Middleton, a Big Brother contestant and a ‘stalwart of the West End’, Ben Duncan died last week aged 45

Evening Standard · Nov 6, 2025

Patricia Routledge: Hundreds of mourners attend Keeping Up Appearances star’s funeral

The beloved television and West End actor died aged 96 last month

The Independent UK · Nov 5, 2025

Lily Allen to tour UK with new album West End Girl

The singer will perform the album in its entirety in the order the songs appear on the record.

Evening Standard · Oct 30, 2025

Chancellor, please ditch this 'super tax' to make it a happy Christmas in the West End

Our festive forecast lays bare an economic reality that cannot be ignored

Evening Standard · Oct 30, 2025

West End stores fear weakest Christmas sales growth since the pandemic

Sales in November and December are only expected to increase by 1.3%

Evening Standard · Oct 30, 2025

Broadway's biggest theatre group takes 50% stake in huge new Olympia playhouse

Shubert Organization previously ran the West End’s Waldorf Theatre from 1905 to 1909

Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2025

Rachel Reeves wants to eat the rich, but London needs a better boost

As the super-rich take their money out of the capital, there are easy wins the Chancellor could take in her Budget, reports Jonathan Prynn

Evening Standard · Oct 26, 2025

Lily Allen has always been the queen of the confessional – West End Girl is a perfect exercise in unsparing honesty

COMMENT: Younger artists like Charli XCX have mastered what Allen owned first: a kind of ironic detachment that makes any suggestion of female artists being ‘hysterical’ much harder. With her new album, the pop star is so back, says Roisin O’Connor

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2025

Strictly Come Dancing 2025 latest: Karen Carney tops week one leaderboard as judges announce major show change

The Class of 2025 are performing live for the first time

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2025