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Brompton Cemetery death – “not suspicious”
A coroner is investigating after a 52-year-old man was found dead inside Brompton Cemetery. Police were called to the historic graveyard on Fulham Road at 8.45am on Friday, 27 February, following reports of a man discovered unresponsive among the...
Breaking News: Andrew and Charlotte Moffat have RESIGNED as directors of Chelsea Yacht & Boat Company
Andrew and Charlotte Moffat have resigned as directors of the Chelsea Yacht & Boat Company. The controversial couple, who have brought havoc to the owners of the houseboat owners at Chelsea Reach since 2016, quit following an administration hearing at the High Court earlier today. Multiple businesses owned by the couple have been put into administration. It appears that their departure was forced upon them as part of the process of...
Delivered! The reason for the post box wrapped in plastic
A familiar red post box on Burnaby Street SW10 has been wrapped up and marked for replacement as Royal Mail’s new wave of ‘postboxes of the future’ begins its advance into Kensington and Chelsea. They will include a built-in barcode scanner that unlocks a drop-down drawer for parcels too large for a traditional slot, allowing customers to send packages, up to the size of a shoebox. The creepy looking post box in Burnaby Street wrapped in...
Full Council Meeting – The Citizen takes poll (sic) position
The Chelsea Citizen grabbed a front-row perch on the press bench at last night’s Full Council meeting — here's what unfolded... The session kicked off with an emotional plea over the plight of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank as four residents demanded the Royal Borough pull its pension cash from global investment funds linked to Israel. They urged RBKC to ditch its indirect stake in firms such as Caterpillar, Lockheed Martin and several...
CHIM CHIMINEY ROOF TOP MURAL FIGHT GOES TO APPEAL
Earls Court resident Patrick Spens has outraged RBKC planning officers by painting an “illegal” Mary Poppins mural on his rooftop in a conservation...
MP BEN COLEMAN QUITS….AS COUNCILLOR
The Labour MP for Chelsea and Fulham has resigned as a councillor of Lillie ward in Hammersmith and Fulham after ten years of service to concentrate...
The Citizen’s campaign to stop the “monstrous” Battersea tower reaches crucial juncture
A date for the planning meeting at which Wandsworth Council will decide on plans to build a 28 storey tower by Battersea Bridge has been set. The...
Government lobbied to press for extradition of Rashid Ali from Pakistan
The Citizen is lobbying the Home Office to fight for the extradition of Rashid Ali, the driver who ran over and killed Jack Ryan on Battersea Bridge...
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