Lottie Tellyn

3 weeks ago | thetimes.com | Lottie Tellyn |Andy Silvester

The local authority that oversees Soho and the West End is under fire for granting only short-term licences to businesses to spill out on to the pavement in what industry figures have called a "cash grab" that is "actively stifling our night-time economy". Westminster city council presently issues only six-month "pavement licences" to hospitality businesses to trade outside their front door.

2 months ago | thetimes.com | Lottie Tellyn |Andy Silvester

By Friday morning, the 24-hour deadline had passed. The driver told Uber that a later passenger had taken Mittal's bags - claiming them as their own - and that they would investigate. He recalled that the passenger who had taken her bag had been in a wheelchair but could offer no more identifying information. The Metropolitan Police told Mittal that her case would not be pursued, but she could ask for more help if she could identify where the bag was through a locator app.

2 months ago | thetimes.com | Lottie Tellyn |Andy Silvester