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Gardeners find “dog toys and food covered in white powder” in Brompton Cemetery

Gardeners find “dog toys and food covered in white powder” in Brompton Cemetery

by John Cookson | Apr 20, 2026 | News

Police have issued an urgent warning after suspected poisoned meat was discovered in two of Kensington and Chelsea’s best known green spaces — leaving animals seriously ill and others dead. The Metropolitan Police say chicken believed to be laced with toxins has been...
Workers demand Council does not scrap its £1,800 FREE travel perk

Workers demand Council does not scrap its £1,800 FREE travel perk

by John Cookson | Apr 15, 2026 | Council, News

Furious council workers erupted in protest outside Kensington Town Hall yesterday after bosses slashed a long-standing travel perk — leaving many nearly £1,800 a year out of pocket. The cash-strapped authority is wielding the axe as it grapples with a staggering £108...
Public Inquiry Day 7: Curtain falls on the public inquiry into the Battle of Battersea Bridge

Public Inquiry Day 7: Curtain falls on the public inquiry into the Battle of Battersea Bridge

by John Cookson | Mar 27, 2026 | Campaigns-riverside, News

Seven days. One towering row. The planning inquiry that swung from dry technical detail to full-blown courtroom theatre finally reached its climax yesterday. At precisely 1pm, Planning Inspector Joanna Gilbert — cool, yet affable and quick to smile, bespectacled and...
JAPAN: ‘A subtle murmur rippled through the carriage as heads turned left. And there she was: Mount Fuji’

JAPAN: ‘A subtle murmur rippled through the carriage as heads turned left. And there she was: Mount Fuji’

by John Cookson | Mar 26, 2026 | Travel

Let me say right off the bat: Tokyo’s metro system isn’t for the faint-hearted. So if you’re a nervous person or feeling a bit off – forget it! Day and night, crowds don’t walk — they surge. They pour relentlessly like an unstoppable tidal wave...
Public Inquiry Day 6: Flood defences drama makes sudden ingress into council chamber

Public Inquiry Day 6: Flood defences drama makes sudden ingress into council chamber

by John Cookson | Mar 26, 2026 | Campaigns-riverside, News

The final full day of the explosive Battersea Tower public inquiry witnessed a dramatic late intervention yesterday from the Government’s Environment Agency — raising fresh fears the controversial high-rise could put flood defences at risk. During Day Six of the...
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