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The Latest Breaking News from Kensington

Poorest in London's wealthiest borough face big council tax hike after Government slashes funding by £108m

Meanwhile, the wealthiest residents in Kensington and Chelsea will see their council tax double

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Four police officers injured in violent clashes outside Iranian embassy in London

Missiles were thrown at officers and 14 people arrested as violence erupted outside the embassy in South Kensington

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Pothole repairs row breaks out as Government names and shames 'worst' London boroughs

Greenwich, Kensington and Chelsea and Waltham Forest each given a “red” rating by the Department for Transport

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Dramatic scenes as man climbs Iranian embassy balcony in London and tears down Iranian regime flag

A man was seen climbing onto a balcony at the Iranian embassy in Kensington and unfurling a pre-1979 Iranian flag

Evening Standard

Hidden London: Ffiona's, the restaurant that turned away Hugh Grant and Madonna

A conman, opera singers and drunken all-nighters: Ffiona Reid Owen tells Josh Barrie the story of her Kensington bistro

Evening Standard

More than 100,000 households warned after cyber attack on Kensington and Chelsea Council

Over 100,000 households have been warned to be vigilant after their data was accessed

The Independent UK

Man charged on suspicion of trespassing twice on Kensington Palace grounds

The royal residence is sometimes home to the Prince and Princess of Wales and their children.

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Man charged after intruder breaks into Kensington Palace twice before Christmas

Derek Egan has been charged with trespassing on a protected site

The Independent UK

‘It’s made things worse for everyone’: Philadelphia grapples with rise of new street drug

Medetomidine has extreme and fast-acting withdrawal symptoms – and the detox centers that help patients are struggling with how best to cope

The Guardian - US

Londoners face eye-watering 75% council tax hikes in Government funding shake up

The IFS said eye-watering 75% increases in council tax could be seen in some London boroughs with historically lower bills

Evening Standard

Chelsea told to ‘put up or shut up’ over potential Earl’s Court move

Chelsea have been urged to ‘put up or shut up’ and decide whether they want to move to Earl’s Court after alternative plans for the site were approved by Kensington and Chelsea council

The Guardian - UK

Castles outside London to escape 'mansion tax' as one-bed flats in capital hit by new levy in Budget

Nearly one in four of the properties caught by the ‘mansion tax’ are in just three London boroughs, Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster and Camden

Evening Standard

‘This country is a mess and Reeves’s Budget made things even worse – I won’t vote for Labour again’

BUDGET 2025: Labour will need the Budget to go down well with swing voters in areas such as Sheerness and Kensington if the party is to stand a chance of holding onto power at the next general election. Dan Haygarth and Hebe Campbell spoke to locals to see if they…

The Independent UK

London councils confirm data accessed and copied in major cyber attack

Kensington and Chelsea Council said it has obtained evidence that shows ‘some data has been copied and then taken away’

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'Mansion tax' could wipe £150,000 off top-end homes in London targeted by Reeves Budget

One in four of the properties hit by the new surcharge are in just three London boroughs; Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster and Camden, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies

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Mansion tax to wipe £10,000s off value of London homes hit by new levy in Reeves Budget

One in four homes which will pay the property surcharge are in just three London boroughs; Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster and Camden

The Independent UK

Multiple London councils hit by ‘cyber attack’ and initiate ‘emergency plans’

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea said it is ‘too early’ to determine whether any data has been compromised

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Cyber attack hits London councils triggering ‘emergency’ response plans

Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea town halls said they are urgently working with the National Cyber Security Centre

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Revealed: The 600,000 London homes that could be revalued under Budget 'mansion tax'

Homes in Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, Camden, Barnet, Richmond, Wandsworth and Hammersmith and Fulham are in the Chancellor’s firing line

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Meghan Markle 'Slammed' Kensington Life, 'Incredibly Envious' Of Kate Middleton's Palace Home: Report

Discover the shocking claims about Meghan Markle's life inside Kensington Palace, where she reportedly felt 'imprisoned' and envious of Kate Middleton's grand residence.

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Kensington and Chelsea could double council tax bills on second homes

The Tory-run council managed to dodge implementing the levy in April when others did, but now say financial pressures have forced their hand

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Peter Mandelson faces £300 fine after urinating in Notting Hill street

Kensington and Chelsea council confirmed it was investigating after the Labour peer admitted urinating against a garden wall

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Maggie Jones's: Restaurant named after Princess Margaret's alias reopens after two years

The Kensington haunt is nothing short of an institution and returns after two years

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1,000 e-bikes seized by London council in crackdown on cycles dumped near Harrods

Kensington and Chelsea council says release fees from seized Lime, Forest and Voi bikes will fund more enforcement action

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Council tax hikes: Thousands of Londoners to pay for first time while some face bills doubling

Kensington and Chelsea is expected to follow in the footsteps of Wandsworth, Westminster and Hackney and double council tax bills for some home owners in the borough

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