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Sir Mick Jagger: “This tower is wrong on EVERY level”
Rolling Stones legend Sir Mick Jagger and actress Felicity Kendal have come out fighting against Rockwell Property's "toxic tower" for Battersea. On the eve of the public inquiry, the two stars who have lived in Chelsea since the 1960s, voiced...
Mystery of hero’s missing bravery plaque solved by The Citizen
For months, baffled Kensington residents have been asking the same question: Where did the bravery plaque for bomb-disposal hero Captain Roger Goad go? The courageous officer was killed in August 1975 while trying to defuse an IRA bomb placed in the doorway of the shoe shop in Kensington Church Street. He was later awarded the George Cross — the nation’s highest civilian gallantry honour — and a plaque was installed on the shopfront seven years...
Morning machete raid on Knightsbridge Rolex store
A masked gang on mopeds wielding weapons - including a machete - robbed a luxury jewellery shop on the ground floor level of One Knightsbridge in broad daylight yesterday. The attack on the Rolex shop happened at 10.53am on Tuesday 20th January. Part of the raid was captured on phone video, which showed two members of the public attempting to thwart the raid. The footage shows one of the robbers viciously swinging a two foot long blade at the...
The Last Bantam: A play about patriotism, prejudice, betrayal – and HEIGHT
The Last Bantam is a one-hour, one-man play that reveals the incredible and forgotten story of the ‘Bantam’ soldiers - 30,000 men between 5ft-5ft 3” who signed up to fight in the Great War. It is told through the eyes of Patrick Michael Wolfe, a Dubliner who joined the Bantams in 1915 to help secure Home Rule in Ireland. Here, playwright Michael Hughes, who performs his play at Drayton Arms Theatre as part of its national tour, reveals the...
The Sun Also Rises on Soleil at The Peninsula
If you are going to clear the tables of a much-admired Michelin-starred restaurant and replace it with a pop-up bar for the summer months, you had...
Residents fear Earl’s Court faces “24/7 free-for-all” crisis
Earl's Court residents are fighting against what they claim is a council-led "policy shift" that will pave the way for their area to become a hell...
Residents dig in to fight off Chelsea “giga” basement
Residents are digging in to stop a local business tycoon from building a "giga"* basement under the back garden of his Chelsea home. Mr Peter...
Possibilities for Tite Street Make Residents Wild
Tite Street's most famous former resident, Oscar Wilde, once referred to his beloved road as "The street of wonderful possibilities". Well, there's...
Swallows and Armenians at The Chelsea Theatre
The Chelsea Theatre is staging an operatic play based on the Anglo-Armenian children who inspired Arthur Ransom'e much-loved children's novel...
New Park for Lots Road – The Results Are IN…
RBKC has made a decision on the way forward for a new park that will be created by the river in Lots Road. Following the results of the consultation...
Three Cars Written Off in Lots Road Crash ‘n Dash
Three parked cars were written off in Lots Road night (8th June) in what appears to be smash and drive off by a rogue driver. The three cars were...
RBKC Search for Advisory Panel Talent
RBKC council is searching for a team of locals to come forward to join a new panel to "hold them to account" in light of the Grenfell tower...
New Mayor Helicoptered In
A new Mayor for Kensington and Chelsea has been elected following a vote at RBKC's Annual Council Meeting on 21st May. Councillor Tom Bennett...
Two Billboards Outside Lots Village, Chelsea
Two controversial electric advertising billboards that were scrapped following complaints could soon light up Chelsea once again. A planning...
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