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London council urges Government to review flood insurance scheme

A London council is calling on the Government to expand its flood reinsurance scheme following a rise in weather-related flooding incidents in the past year.

Evening Standard

West End pedicabs: ‘Nuisance’ drivers issued record £5,682 in fines

One driver was previously ordered to repay a £180 fee he charged two individuals for a three-minute journey in February

Evening Standard

Oxford Street sweetshops probed for selling alleged fake goods and dodging tax

Oxford Street has seen an explosion in American sweetshops in recent years, but now the local council is taking action over concerns the stores might be underpaying business rates and selling dodgy goods

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American sweet shops investigated by council for financial issues

A TikTok star has alleged that companies wind up before they are liable to pay the tax

Wales Online

The best royal fashion moments from the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee weekend

The Duchess of Cambridge and Duchess of Sussex were seen in Dior and Alexander McQueen

The Independent UK

Pensioner wins court case after issued jail threat for 'playing dominoes too loudly'

Ernest Theophile, 74, and a group of elderly friends have been gathering at Maida Hill Market Square in north London for the past 12 years, where they "chat, socialise and play dominoes, cards and backgammon"

Daily Mirror

Grant Shapps announces new laws to crack down on pedicabs

New laws to licence pedicabs and rickshaws are to be introduced by the Government, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps revealed on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

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Oxford Street raid: Over £22k in fake designer goods and illegal tobacco seized by police

The Met Police have seized a large number of fake designer goods and illegal tobacco following a raid on a shop in Oxford Street.

Evening Standard

Marble Arch Mound: Westminster Council spent £660,000 tearing down attraction

The Mound earned widespread mockery when it opened incomplete and over budget

Evening Standard

Architect behind Marble Arch Mound slams Westminster Council for ‘loveless execution’ of project

Speaking out for the first time since the much maligned attraction closed, Dutch firm MVRDV said it had never before seen ‘such nonchalance and laxity with our design work’

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