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History Director Gill Webber Interview: “Everywhere you look in Chelsea there’s a fascinating story to tell”
The Chelsea History Festival returns this October with its most ambitious programme yet, bringing world-class historians, authors, performers and cultural figures to the area’s most iconic venues. At the helm and guiding this extraordinary festival every step of the way will be Gill Webber, the Director of Chelsea Heritage Quarter. The festival,...
“I was resentful at the time, but as time goes on, the less I feel that way — war is hell”. Stories of heroism at the National Army Museum
Three men who faced bullets, bombs and terrorists — and lived to tell the tale — gathered in Chelsea as the National Army Museum celebrated becoming the new home of a world-famous collection of...
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Mucci’s Cafe licensing hearing set for 28th October
The licensing committee at RBKC will hold a hearing into the alcohol license application by Mucci's Cafe at 425 King's...
First King’s Road Halloween dog parade gets ready to run
Chelsea will see a tail-wagging Halloween as the red carpet is rolled out for the first King’s Road Halloween Dog...
Chelsea Barracks – Final Amended Designs to be Revealed
The final designs for the amendments to 'Phase 5' of the long-running Chelsea Barracks development are to be unveiled....
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...
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...
EXCLUSIVE: “This is traumatic. I am devastated” – Karl Cronin’s father talks to The Citizen
The father of the man who fell to his death on the King’s Road in mysterious circumstances has told The Citizen: “This is traumatic for me. I am...
Gardeners find “dog toys and food covered in white powder” in Brompton Cemetery
Police have issued an urgent warning after suspected poisoned meat was discovered in two of Kensington and Chelsea’s best known green spaces —...
AI film shows how Rockwell Property’s tower for Battersea Bridge might unfold
The Chelsea Citizen partnered with the Friends of Battersea Riverside - our campaigning compatriots across the water - to create a short film to...
Two major victories for campaigners at the Council’s Planning Applications committee
Applause and cheers rang out across Kensington Town Hall last night as residents welcomed two planning decisions — both the subject of sustained...
Workers demand Council does not scrap its £1,800 FREE travel perk
Furious council workers erupted in protest outside Kensington Town Hall yesterday after bosses slashed a long-standing travel perk — leaving many...
Supergroup campaigners Jagger, Campbell, Wade and Powell draw big crowd for anti slots arcade demo’
Human rights campaigner Bianca Jagger has issued a rallying cry to town hall chiefs — urging them to “fight all the way” to block a giant slot...
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Mucci’s Cafe licensing hearing set for 28th October
The licensing committee at RBKC will hold a hearing into the alcohol license application by Mucci's Cafe at 425 King's...
First King’s Road Halloween dog parade gets ready to run
Chelsea will see a tail-wagging Halloween as the red carpet is rolled out for the first King’s Road Halloween Dog...
Chelsea Barracks – Final Amended Designs to be Revealed
The final designs for the amendments to 'Phase 5' of the long-running Chelsea Barracks development are to be unveiled....