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Chelsea switches on for Christmas with 34kms of fairy lights
Christmas arrived with a bang in Chelsea! Eight-year-old Kouzma lit up the King’s Road with one confident press of the big red button — moments before a thunderous firework display cracked open the night sky in a shower of glittering golds and...
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 carols ringing out across the mild November evening. The ceremony at the Design Museum Plaza, in...
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 Citizen and its readers during the commemoration service at the war memorial in Sloane Square. In his...
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 joint venture that - if approved - will totally transform Tite Street in SW3. Tite Street is a...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Lord Archer weighs in to sell out Royal Marsden event
Author Jeffrey Archer has thrown the book at rallying the local troops to help sell out a gala night in support The Royal Marsden Hospital. Lord...
Legend Salomon Kalou: ‘I can’t wait to play at The Bridge again. It is the place I love’
Former Chelsea star winger Salomon Kalou has revealed how deeply he misses the life of a professional footballer and how he can't wait to relive his...
John Simpson: ‘Chelsea priest helped me through trauma of Iraq bombing’
Veteran news broadcaster John Simpson has spoken for the first time of the moment he sought solace from a Chelsea vicar as he struggled with the...
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