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MP BEN COLEMAN QUITS….AS COUNCILLOR
The Labour MP for Chelsea and Fulham has resigned as a councillor of Lillie ward in Hammersmith and Fulham after ten years of service to concentrate on his MP work. Mr Coleman talks to The Citizen about his landmarks achievements at H&F Council...
Government lobbied to press for extradition of Rashid Ali from Pakistan
The Citizen is lobbying the Home Office to fight for the extradition of Rashid Ali, the driver who ran over and killed Jack Ryan on Battersea Bridge in 2021. Ali was sentenced at the Old Bailey last September to five years in prison for causing death by dangerous...
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Kensington High Street lights up for Christmas
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas — and no wonder, after the Royal Borough's Mayor Tom Bennett helped flick the switch to bathe Kensington High Street in a blaze of festive colour. Cheered on by mums, dads and excited youngsters, the Mayor led the countdown before the High Street glowed - fairy lights twinkling, trees glittering and...
Chelsea remembers The Fallen with pride and dignity
Chelsea did itself proud during Remembrance Sunday and the days leading up to the nation's day of reflection for the heroes who fought and paid the "ultimate price". Commemorative events were held in churches and at war memorials across the area and in all corners of the Royal borough. Editor Rob McGibbon laid a wreath on behalf of The Chelsea...
Furious battle begins to stop the “cultural vandalism” of Tite Street
A furious battle has broken out to stop a large-scale development of luxury apartments that will "vandalise" one of Chelsea's most celebrated historic streets. A determined legion of residents and local groups have parked their tanks on the lawns of developer London Square and the National Army Museum (NAM) in opposition to an estimated £240m...
Rick Astley to headline at St Lukes’s starry charity carols service
There’ll be a touch of pop royalty in Chelsea this Christmas when Rick Astley leads a glittering line-up at the annual Nordoff and Robbins London Carol Service. The legendary singer—whose hits, including Never Gonna Give You Up and Together Forever, have sold more than 40 million copies worldwide—will be joined by Katie Melua and Matt Goss for...
BREAKING NEWS: Companies owned by Andrew Moffat have been put into ADMINISTRATION
Fireworks Night Special Report: Various companies owned by Andrew Moffat - the businessman who owns the Chelsea Yacht and Boat Company, which runs the marina at Chelsea reach - have been put into administration, The Citizen can reveal. This is a developing story m/f... Statement from Administrators appointed to Thames River Investments, Thames...
Legendary Maggie Jones’s restaurant rises from the ashes
Two long years after a devastating fire, one of the Royal borough’s most beloved restaurants is preparing to welcome diners once again. Tucked away in a little cul-de-sac off Kensington Church Street, Maggie Jones’s - named after its most famous patron, Princess Margaret - was always a place where time stood still, as evidenced by the creak of...
New Renters Act does not protect houseboat owners from eviction
The new Renters' Rights Act has received widespread news coverage since it received Royal Ascent. It has also been praised for the extra protection it gives to residents who rent their homes from unpredictable landlords. However, the new Act neglects to offer protection to houseboat owners. The Chelsea Society tried to get the Government to add...
Face of the World’s End Estate murderer – Joshua Monroe
A man has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 22 years after stabbing Omarkafi Sahal on the World’s End Estate last year. Joshua Monroe, 20, of Tadema Road, Chelsea, was sentenced on 28 October at Isleworth Crown Court. He was convicted of murder on 7 August, after pleading guilty to having an offensive weapon in a public place. Monroe...
Residents escalate fight to FINALLY deal with “neighbour from hell”
The fight to tackle a former RBKC councillor who has been the "neighbour from hell" for the past 16 years is being escalated. Residents in a Chelsea street are so "exasperated" by the inaction of the council that they have launched a petition and have called upon The Chelsea Citizen to shine a spotlight on their plight. So far, 46 people from 38...
Council’s £5m ‘ghost house’ is still empty after EIGHT YEARS
RBKC council has spent more than £5m on a house to provide urgent accommodation for council tenants that is still empty after EIGHT YEARS, an investigation by The Citizen can reveal. Despite back-to-the-brickwork renovations that have cost £850,000, the four-storey Victorian terraced house in a popular part of Chelsea still shows no signs of...