by John Cookson | Jan 27, 2026 | News
Big smile Kensington and Chelsea! Council chiefs have unveiled an enterprising initiative that will see the Royal Borough get an early Spring clean. The Town Hall has revealed a £700,000 street cleaning and waste boost for 2026, vowing to make its pavements “the...
by John Cookson | Jan 27, 2026 | Culture, News
Less than 24 hours after flames tore through the legendary Kensington Roof Gardens, the club’s bosses have vowed it will reopen this week. A dramatic late-night inferno sparked a major emergency response as 80 firefighters in 12 engines raced to Kensington High...
by John Cookson | Jan 26, 2026 | News
One of London’s most exclusive private members’ clubs and celebrity haunts was dramatically evacuated in the early hours after a major fire tore through its rooftop bar. Kensington Roof Gardens, the legendary High Street Kensington hotspot famed for royalty, rock...
by John Cookson | Jan 21, 2026 | News
For months, baffled Kensington residents have been asking the same question: Where did the bravery plaque for bomb-disposal hero Captain Roger Goad go? The courageous officer was killed in August 1975 while trying to defuse an IRA bomb placed in the doorway of the...
by John Cookson | Jan 16, 2026 | Council, News
In the Royal Borough’s corridors of power, council chiefs have donned their tin hats as they face up to explaining the consequences of a £108 million black hole that will devastate the Borough’s finances. In a letter to residents’ associations this week, Tory...
