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Evening Standard
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Robbie Smith

Londoner’s Diary: Soho residents blast ‘lack of consultation’ over the return of alfresco dining

Soho, London, on the first day after the city was put into Tier 2 restrictions

(Picture: PA)

Welcome back to the Londoner’s Diary. First up Soho residents say the council “broke its promise” about consulting them on the return of alfresco dining. Later on DJ Erol Alkan describes the cognitive dissonance he has when it comes to clubs reopening, Naomi Ishiguro reveals her past as a “bibliotherapist”, Esther Rantzen tells us about her hopes for the afterlife, and Sarah Sands talks about her appreciation of the sound of silence after quitting as editor of BBC 4’s Today programme. In our SW1A today Sir Lindsay Hoyle tells us his technique for lowering his blood pressure and it involves his cat Patrick.

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