by Citizen Reporter | Jul 3, 2026 | Council, News
The Royal Borough is asking residents to help decide what matters most over the next four years as it wrestles with a £108 million budget gap and growing demand for services. A six-week public consultation has been launched to shape the authority’s new Council...
by Olivia Blackman | Jun 30, 2026 | Council, News
Chelsea Sports Centre’s historic swimming pool is set to undergo a £1.3 million refurbishment, with RBKC Council unveiling plans to modernise the 119-year-old facility while preserving its heritage. The investment will see the pool close from 12th July until November...
by Olivia Blackman and Rob McGibbon | Jun 26, 2026 | Campaigns, News
The campaign in the name of tragic Jack Ryan has launched a petition demanding that the Government changes existing bail laws to stop serious offenders escaping justice. The Justice for Jack Ryan petition on the Gov website gathered more than 1,000 signatures in its...
by John Cookson | Jun 25, 2026 | Council, News
From The Citizen’s customary front-row perch on the Town Hall press bench, our faithful municipal eavesdropper John Cookson watched Kensington and Chelsea’s newly elected mayor – Cllr Janet Evans (Courtfield) – preside over her first full...
by Olivia Blackman | Jun 18, 2026 | Culture, News
The Chelsea History Festival will return this autumn with a programme of around 100 events, bringing world-renowned historians, broadcasters, performers and storytellers to venues across Chelsea. Running from 1 to 4 October 2026, the eighth edition of the festival...
by Olivia Blackman | Jun 18, 2026 | Interviews, News
The Chelsea History Festival returns this October with its most ambitious programme yet, bringing world-class historians, authors, performers and cultural figures to the area’s most iconic venues. At the helm and guiding this extraordinary festival every step of the...
