by Rob McGibbon | Apr 2, 2025 | Council, News
A new pilot scheme across the Royal borough has been fuelling a positive environmental bounce – running diesel-guzzling bin lorries on vegetable oil. Forty-four refuse trucks – out of the full fleet of 80 – have been part of a successful trial that...
by Rob McGibbon | Apr 1, 2025 | Council, News
Parking tickets will go up across the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea from £65 to £80 from 7th April. If you do not pay within two weeks, you miss out on the “discount” and will have to pay £160. Mayor Sadiq Khan is responsible for the rise, which...
by Rob McGibbon | Apr 1, 2025 | News, Planning
The vast residential development at Chelsea Barracks – which has been in the building mix since 2007 – has suddenly announced a dramatic change in its ‘Masterplan’. Blaming a change in the residential market conditions and “demand for...
by Rob McGibbon | Mar 31, 2025 | Culture, News, Reviewz
The Design Museum has made a splash by opening an exhibition dedicated to swimming – with a rare swimsuit worn by beach legend Pamela Anderson during her spell making waves in the 1990s TV series Baywatch. Spotlit and suspended by wires in a cabinet with...
by Rob McGibbon | Mar 28, 2025 | Council, News
The winners of this year’s Mayor’s Awards were announced at a ceremony at the Town Hall, Kensington, last night (Thursday, 27th March). Kensington and Chelsea Mayor, Councillor Will Lane, proudly handed out certificates to 15 worthy winners, who have all...
by Rob McGibbon | Mar 28, 2025 | Culture, News, Reviewz
By Rob McGibbon The Play: Men’s Business by Franz Xaver Kroetz – in a new translation by Simon Stephens. On until 12th April A love story set in the back room of a butcher’s shop with a brutal bastard of a dog howling in the yard next door. Charlie’s faith...
