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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

‘The city is being hollowed out’: the billionaire landlord locked in a David v Goliath battle for London’s West End

Dubbed ‘Britain’s meanest landlord’, Asif Aziz is fighting it out with a tiny cinema that counts Christopher Nolan, Paul Mescal and other Hollywood heroes as fans. How did the capital’s cultural landmarks end up under the thumb of the super-rich elite?

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Mayfair's Grosvenor Square to close for more than a year for 'radical' garden makeover

A West End oasis used by thousands of Londoners will close on June 8th

Evening Standard

Westminster Council appeals judge ruling that led to Leicester Square busker ban

Musicians blasting out songs on a daily basis in the West End tourist hotspot was compared to ‘psychological torture’ by a judge

Evening Standard

West End star beats 32,000 hopefuls to land top Harry Potter series role

The actor who is playing Hermione has previously starred in Matilda: The Musical

Evening Standard

West End’s Seven Dials Playhouse to be investigated over financial concerns

The creative hub decided last year to sell its central London property which prompted concerns around its finances and management.

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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

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CCTV cameras for Leicester Square, Soho and Chinatown to spot more phone snatchers and drug dealers

Westminster council’s ‘After Dark’ strategy seeks to make West End more attractive later at night for families and tourists

Evening Standard

The White Lotus star Julian Kostov ‘very excited’ to be making West End debut

Till The Stars Come Down will be staged at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London from July

Evening Standard

First look inside Oxford Street's long awaited flagship Ikea store after £450m investment

Around 60,000 shoppers a week are expected to visit the shop in the former Topshop flagship

Evening Standard

Marisha Wallace says King told her he was ‘proud’ of her British citizenship

The 39-year-old West End star praised the UK for helping her to become a leading lady.

Evening Standard

Broadway critics divided over ‘hollow’ Stranger Things theater adaptation

New play lands on Broadway after originating on London’s West End

The Independent UK

West End private members' clubs help feed London's homeless

Annabel’s, George, Harry’s Bar and Mark’s Club have all joined an initiative that started in the depths of the pandemic

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The Standard launches new video series taking viewers behind the scenes of West End shows

The new series airs on Wednesday April 9

The Independent UK

Lily Allen reveals she auditioned for The White Lotus

Singer made a foray into acting with numerous roles in West End plays and TV dramas

Evening Standard

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

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’

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Lita Marylebone Review — Mediterranean Radiance Gets a Tantalizing, Animated West End Makeover

Inspired by Southern Europe's traditional chateaux, the Michelin-starred London restaurant puts conviviality front and center through shareable plates and a dynamic, open-plan setting

Evening Standard

Puma to open huge new West End flagship on Oxford Street this Autumn

Puma’s move follows announcements from Ikea and Mango about major launches this year

Evening Standard

Just Stop Oil's craziest protests: from spray painting Stonehenge to storming the West End

A final protest has been set for next month as the organisation reflects on “a new strategy”

Evening Standard

The most controversial Just Stop Oil actions as climate group ceases protests

The group is know for tactics such as targeting major infrastructure, sporting events, West End productions and heritage sites.

Evening Standard

Hero Met Police officers pounce on West End phone snatcher

Male on suspicion of robbery and possession of stolen property, say Scotland Yard

Evening Standard

Quarter of Covent Garden sold to Norway's wealth fund for £570 million

Deal gives Scandinavian sovereign wealth fund even bigger West End presence after investments in Regent Street and Savile Row

Evening Standard

Ikea to open its first West End store on Oxford Street on May 1

The store's opening follows a complex and delayed three-year renovation to improve the listed building’s environmental performance

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