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High Society: A colourful and joyous night of escape at brutalist Barbican – just what the doctor ordered
The Citizen was all set to write an erudite, lyrical introduction to fully encapsulate the joy of High Society. It was even going to include an oh-so-clever play on words, but then Alan Carr's inimitable, fog horn voice shouted down every sentence...
Election Special: Blue is STILL the colour. Tories romp home
The Tory Party scored a resounding victory in the local elections yesterday to return as the leading power group. The Party secured 34 out of 50 seats in an election that brought 35,344 votes, with a 37.3% turnout. The newly formed council is: 34 Conservative - 7 Labour and Co-operative - 6 Labour - 3 Lib Dems. Below is the full breakdown of councillors elected. Full coverage, with analysis and reaction, will be published soonish. Grid...
The Citizen’s BIG Five Questions to the Big Five Parties*
As voters prepare to go to the polls, The Chelsea Citizen’s JOHN COOKSON cuts through the campaign noise (and all those annoying, highly shreddable letterbox leaflets) to pose FIVE sharp, no-nonsense questions to representatives from the five main parties seeking power in Kensington and Chelsea. We cover bread and butter issues such as tax, crime, planning, housing, and the day-to-day realities facing residents across the Royal Borough....
The grab for power looms, but Who will win and How?
This Thursday — 7th May — voters in Kensington and Chelsea go to the polls in the most finely balanced local elections the Royal Borough has seen in a generation. The Conservatives are fighting to hold on to control, with the Labour Party snapping at their heels, and insurgent forces from Reform UK, the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party threatening to up-end the arithmetic — setting the stage for a contest where small shifts could have big...
The Roof Gardens dampens fire damage and gets ready to rock again
Less than 24 hours after flames tore through the legendary Kensington Roof Gardens, the club’s bosses have vowed it will reopen this week. A...
Blaze rips through The Roof Gardens club on High Street Kensington
One of London’s most exclusive private members’ clubs and celebrity haunts was dramatically evacuated in the early hours after a major fire tore...
‘Your Council Comes To You’ – Next Stop Courtfield and Redcliffe Wards
The council is sending a top team from its leadership team, high ranking officers and councillors to Courtfield and Redcliffe wards next week to...
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...
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...
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”...
Hunt for man after sex assault on woman at Sloane Square Tube
Police are hunting for a man after a woman was sexually assaulted at Sloane Square Underground station in broad daylight. The attack happened just...
RBKC warns of difficult times ahead in light of Gov’s £108m cash cut
In the Royal Borough's corridors of power, council chiefs have donned their tin hats as they face up to explaining the consequences of a £108...
Chelsea FC fraudster dodges jail after FOUR YEAR £200,000 ticketing scam
A former high flyer in Chelsea Football Club's finance department has been spared prison after admitting to masterminding a £200,000 ticketing scam....
Chelsea legend John Terry’s amazing memorabilia going going under the hammer
Chelsea legend John Terry is selling a jaw-dropping stash of memorabilia from his trophy-laden career - with the American tycoon behind the auction...
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