West End pedicabs: ‘Nuisance’ drivers issued record £5,682 in fines One driver was previously ordered to repay a £180 fee he charged two individuals for a three-minute journey in February Evening Standard · Jun 16, 2022
Oxford Street sweetshops probed for selling alleged fake goods and dodging tax Oxford Street has seen an explosion in American sweetshops in recent years, but now the local council is taking action over concerns the stores might be underpaying business rates and selling dodgy goods Daily Mirror · Jun 13, 2022
American sweet shops investigated by council for financial issues A TikTok star has alleged that companies wind up before they are liable to pay the tax Wales Online · Jun 11, 2022
The best royal fashion moments from the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee weekend The Duchess of Cambridge and Duchess of Sussex were seen in Dior and Alexander McQueen The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2022
Pensioner wins court case after issued jail threat for 'playing dominoes too loudly' Ernest Theophile, 74, and a group of elderly friends have been gathering at Maida Hill Market Square in north London for the past 12 years, where they "chat, socialise and play dominoes, cards and backgammon" Daily Mirror · May 14, 2022
Grant Shapps announces new laws to crack down on pedicabs New laws to licence pedicabs and rickshaws are to be introduced by the Government, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps revealed on Wednesday. Evening Standard · Apr 27, 2022
Oxford Street raid: Over £22k in fake designer goods and illegal tobacco seized by police The Met Police have seized a large number of fake designer goods and illegal tobacco following a raid on a shop in Oxford Street. Evening Standard · Mar 30, 2022
Marble Arch Mound: Westminster Council spent £660,000 tearing down attraction The Mound earned widespread mockery when it opened incomplete and over budget Evening Standard · Mar 29, 2022
Architect behind Marble Arch Mound slams Westminster Council for ‘loveless execution’ of project Speaking out for the first time since the much maligned attraction closed, Dutch firm MVRDV said it had never before seen ‘such nonchalance and laxity with our design work’ Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2022