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Mapped: London’s knife crime hotspots revealed

The West End is the capital’s knife crime hotspot, accounting for one in every 15 knife attacks in London, report says

The Independent UK

Cameron Mackintosh in tribute to ‘wry, generous and utterly original’ Tom Lehrer

The West End impresario said US song satirist Lehrer, who has died aged 97, ‘was a very special kind of genius’.

Evening Standard

Rachel Zegler sparks concern among fans after sudden exit from Evita mid-show

The 24-year-old actress, currently starring as Eva Perón, took to the West End stage as usual for the first act

Evening Standard

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Extra police officers to be introduced to the West End to help tackle phone theft

The West End is one of the worst areas of the country for phone theft

Evening Standard

Traffic to be banned from part of Regent Street as mayor faces calls to reduce traffic across West End

Sir Sadiq Khan urged by cycle campaigners to build on Oxford Street pedestrianisation with wider vehicle ban across central London

Evening Standard

London taxi driver threatened with blackmail on camera for 'using phone while driving in slow moving traffic'

A cyclist filming the driver in the West End offered to delete the clip and not report him to police in exchange for cash

Evening Standard

Alan Strachan obituary

Director in the West End and regional theatre for five decades who often worked with the playwright Alan Ayckbourn

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Get up close to Cecil Beaton's family archive at intimate exhibition on the Hawarden Estate

For most of the 20th century, if you were anybody at all – Hollywood royalty, actual royalty, It girls and society ladies, even, at the end of his life, punks – you were sure to have been photographed by Cecil Beaton.

Evening Standard

‘Pathetic’ Nigel Farage is ‘Margaret Thatcher tribute act’, Scottish Labour leader says amid row over Reform ad

The Scottish Labour leader said the Reform UK leader ‘thinks Hamilton is some kind of show on the West End of London’

The Independent UK

Sarwar labels Farage ‘a pathetic little man’ amid row over Reform ad

The Scottish Labour leader said the Reform UK leader ‘thinks Hamilton is some kind of show on the West End of London’.

Evening Standard

New report says ‘government must act’ to ease pressures on British theatres

Attendances are up and average ticket prices down, even in the West End, but the sector faces mounting and unsustainable strain

The Guardian - UK

How Paddington became totally unbearable

COMMENT: As a musical based on the marmalade-loving bear prepares to hit the West End, Adam White charts the gradual transformation of Michael Bond’s creation from an adorable klutz to a cripplingly ubiquitous, pseudo-political nightmare

The Independent UK

Hidden London: the Jermyn Street Theatre, where tickets are the cheapest in the West End

Here is somewhere offering mischief and magic, says Martin Robinson — and shows that everyone can afford

Evening Standard

Battle for the West End after London mayor Sadiq Khan gets powers to approve late-night drinking and al fresco dining

Council says it only refuses licences if there are concerns over crime or anti-social behaviour

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Westminster Labour councillor quits party and joins Tories blaming 'Sadiq Khan vanity projects'

Paul Fisher, who was elected a Labour councillor in the West End in 2022, said: ‘Sadiq Khan has failed London’

MusicRadar

“It's our passion to bring songwriting back to the historic heart of the West End”: An all-new, star-studded writer’s retreat is aiming help make history in London’s iconic Denmark Street

The new event is part of ongoing work to revitalise the legendary creative area of London that was once an inspiration to a nation

Evening Standard

Pedicab rules must include ban on 'nuisance' music, MP warns

The West End MP says noise from the rickshaws keeps central London residents awake at night and ‘disrupts daily life’

Evening Standard

Burden of business rate changes will fall heaviest on the high street

In the West End the Government’s plans will cost businesses £44.5 million a year.

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Pedicab drivers face background security checks and ban on 'rip-off fares' when TfL licensing starts

New rules will target ‘unsafe and antisocial’ rickshaws and drivers charging extortionate prices

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Vanessa Williams' mother dies on birthday trip to London

Actress Vanessa Williams has been plunged into mourning after her mother Helen died during a birthday trip to London to see her daughter perform in the West End.

Evening Standard

Coffin of Janey Godley to tour Edinburgh and Glasgow ahead of funeral

The comedian’s funeral will take place at St Mary’s Cathedral in the West End on Saturday.

Evening Standard

How the Outernet is bringing 'epic' storytelling to the West End

By some measures Outernet is now the most visited attraction in London with more than six million people passing through

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Lily Collins: The West End has always been my dream

Lily Collins has revealed that she's fulfilling a long-held ambition by starring in London's West End.

Evening Standard

Meet Dujonna Gift: the West End star with a carnival side hustle who's heading for the big screen

Gift broke out in Motown: The Musical and then Hamilton and next year she will appear in the major film adaptation of Snow White

Evening Standard

West End on course for its strongest Christmas since before the pandemic

Domestic spending is forecast to be 7% up on last year as cost of living fears ease

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