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The Royal “boro” welcomes a new madam mayor – an “extrovert” native New Yorker
From The Citizen’s customary front-row perch on the Town Hall press bench, John Cookson looks on wryly as Kensington and Chelsea’s civic grandees gather beneath fibre optic chandeliers to perform one of local government’s oldest rituals — the...
Public Inquiry Day 7: Curtain falls on the public inquiry into the Battle of Battersea Bridge
Seven days. One towering row. The planning inquiry that swung from dry technical detail to full-blown courtroom theatre finally reached its climax yesterday. At precisely 1pm, Planning Inspector Joanna Gilbert — cool, yet affable and quick to smile, bespectacled and inscrutable — took her seat on the raised dais, scribbled a few final notes and readied to bring down the curtain on one of London’s most bitter planning battles. Inside Wandsworth...
Public Inquiry Day 6: Flood defences drama makes sudden ingress into council chamber
The final full day of the explosive Battersea Tower public inquiry witnessed a dramatic late intervention yesterday from the Government’s Environment Agency — raising fresh fears the controversial high-rise could put flood defences at risk. During Day Six of the inquiry, an urgent email landed in Planning Inspector Joanna Gilbert’s inbox from Government planning adviser Shea Bunyan. The message carried a stark warning: before a single brick is...
Exclusive: Bianca Jagger gambles on helping residents to stop Earl’s Court casino expansion
Human rights campaigner Bianca Jagger has stepped in to support anxious residents who are trying to fight off the opening of a new slot machine casino in Earl's Court, The Citizen can reveal. Ms Jagger, a resident in the Royal Borough, has weighed in with an excoriating FOUR PAGE objection letter that was sent to RBKC council late on Tuesday. In it, she claims that the new AGC - Adult Gaming Centre - would turn the area into a "gambling hub'....
Cremorne Estate’s new heating system debacle hots up
RBKC officers have vowed to launched a new investigation to prove whether the proposed £8 million replacement of Cremorne Estate’s heating system is...
John Simpson: ‘I would sit in the pews at Chelsea Old Church and think of the people who had come before me here – Thomas More, Anne Boleyn – and my problems did not seem too important’
Distinguished journalist and broadcaster John Simpson CBE has a lasting love for Chelsea. He lived in the area for many years, until some...
Final changes at Chelsea Barracks to be unveiled tonight ahead of major new planning app’
The final designs for the amendments to ‘Phase 5’ of the long-running Chelsea Barracks development are to be unveiled at a public meeting tonight....
Sir Simon Jenkins: ‘The sadness about Chelsea now is depopulation. It’s a place that is half empty most of the time’
Sir Simon Jenkins, 82, is an author, journalist and broadcaster, whose stellar career has spanned more than 60 years. He was Editor of the Evening...
Brave Mayor’s Fundraising Efforts Soar
The Mayor of Kensington and Chelsea has taken his duties to new heights - by plunging 17 floors down from the roof of The Royal London Hospital to...
Creature Comforts Eases Into Chelsea
Creature Comforts, the colourful veterinary clinics that re-define the world of animal healthcare, is marking its arrival in Chelsea with a special...
Great Chelsea Bun Bake Off Warms Up
Bakers, get oven ready - the great annual World Chelsea Bun Awards are upon us. Now in its seventh year, the Bun Awards is one of Chelsea's sweetest...
Charles Litterdale – Lots Road Legend – has died
Charles Litterdale, who was a popular feature of Lots Road for many decades, has died. Charles passed away recently after a battle with cancer. Few...
Tragic Boy Baptised in Chelsea is Made a SAINT
A boy who was baptised in Chelsea was canonised as a saint by Pope Leo during a special Mass at The Vatican today. Carlo Acuis, who died from...
Extra Large Happy Deals for Martin’s
Chelsea-based Martin's Properties can be revealed as the company that gobbled up the iconic building vacated by McDonald's on the King's Road. The...
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