The Latest Breaking News from Oxford Street

The West End is in the grip of fundamental long-term change

The number of US-style sweet and souvenir shops blighting Oxford Street has dropped by nearly a third, according to Westminster Council. The local authority has accused some of the businesses of fleecing the taxpayer with £8m of tax evasion and of “lowering the tone” of the capital’s most famous shopping…

What a difference a few seismic years in the life of a city have made

Westminster Council says some of the candy and souvenir shops have evaded up to £8m in business rates

From Charli XCX and Kylie Minogue gigs to celebrations of First Nations cultures, organisers are hoping to show the world a new side to Australia

Workers were evacuated from an Oxford Street building and roads closed as a fire broke out on Monday evening.

Letters: M&S operations director Sacha Berendji responds to a piece by Simon Jenkins about the redevelopment of its building in Oxford Street, London

Members of the public ran for safety when rival gangs brawled in the menswear department of the flagship Oxford Street store

The lights in the central London shopping hotspot, which flickered to life on Wednesday, typically draw crowds of people in the lead up to Christmas

The retailer claims it values conservation and the environment. You could have fooled me

The retailer wants to knock down and rebuild its flagship store, or leave. It should do the latter, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins