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New look for Oxford Street a step nearer

1 week ago | westminsterextra.co.uk | Tom Foot

PEDESTRIANISATION of Oxford Street is to go ahead after the Mayor of London claimed the “vast majority” backed his scheme. Sir Sadiq Khan, who seized control of the overhaul from Westminster City Council, said the project will move ahead “as quickly as possible”. With a consultation done and dusted, a target date for January 1 has now been set for passing legislation so that an MDC – mayoral development corporation – can be set up to oversee the scheme.
Moving pictures: how travel has influenced artists

1 week ago | westminsterextra.co.uk | Dan Carrier |Travis Elborough

Travis Elborough, author of Artists’ Journeys that Shaped Our WorldIT was hardly the most romantic of surroundings – but for the artist Oskar Kokoschka and his bride Olda Palkovska, the bomb shelter at Hampstead Town Hall was at least safe from German bombers hitting the capital. The date was May 15 1941, and while the happy couple might have imagined a different setting, Hampstead had offered them a safe haven as they built a life together.
How council team ‘missed opportunities’ to save artist found dead at Christmas

2 weeks ago | westminsterextra.co.uk | Dan Carrier

Dick French and one of his paintings of Soho lifeA DAMNING report into the death of a celebrated artist has found the council’s social services team missed numerous opportunities to help save his life. Dick French, an award-winning painter who was famous for his images of Soho street life and whose works are owned by the Museum of London, was found dead in his Gospel Oak flat last Christmas.
Vape devices ban: it’s everything must blow!

1 month ago | westminsterextra.co.uk | Tom Foot |Viktor Gelbukh

VAPERS have been scrambling to stockpile their favourite products as shopkeepers unload disposable devices with big discounts ahead of a ban. The sale and supply of all single-use disposable vapes in shops and online will be illegal in the UK from Monday. Instead of throw-away devices, the nicotine-delivery devices can only be legally sold if they are able to be refilled and recharged.
Concern ahead of vape ban

1 month ago | westminsterextra.co.uk | Tom Foot |Viktor Gelbukh

Shopkeepers are selling off disposable vaping devices ahead of a ban that will come into force on Monday [Barbaros Kaya/Pexels]VAPERS have been scrambling to stockpile their favourite products as shopkeepers unload disposable devices with big discounts ahead of a ban. The sale and supply of all single-use disposable vapes in shops and online will be illegal in the United Kingdom from next week.
‘When you step into here, you’re like the owner of this place’

1 month ago | westminsterextra.co.uk | Francesca Lister-Fell

Maids Chika (chinchilla) and Purin (pudding) prepare for the official opening of the new restaurantA NEW restaurant has opened in Holborn where customers are the “master” of the café, and are served by young women dressed as maids. But stop what you’re thinking, it’s not sexual. Maid cafés, which became popular in Japan in the early 2000s and are influenced by anime, are unlike your typical greasy spoons. Although the omelettes they serve might be similar, the service is definitely not.
Anger over alcohol bid by boat firm

1 month ago | westminsterextra.co.uk | Tom Foot

NO booze boats! That’s the call from dozens of people living on the Regent’s Canal who are fearful of drunken “boorish behaviour”, crashes, shouting, urination, and “flashing”, if an application to license alcohol sales for a new fleet of skippered-boats is approved. GoBoat has applied to sell alcohol to customers from its base in Merchant Square, Paddington.
Thieves ‘clear out victims’ accounts using phone apps’

1 month ago | westminsterextra.co.uk | Tom Foot

A PHONE theft victim who had thousands of pounds stolen is backing a campaign to encourage people to take simple steps to protect their devices and finances. Kush Chaudary’s phone was stolen by a group of men outside a bar in Soho after he got talking to them in the early hours. The group waited until his phone was unlocked before snatching it and – within minutes – thousands had been plundered from his accounts including a £5,000 transfer to a crypto wallet.
Tottenham’s Euro glory: Terrible match, but who cares?

1 month ago | westminsterextra.co.uk | Dan Carrier

Neutral? ‘I’m from north London’ – it wasn’t hard to guess who our man in the Bilbao press box wanted to win last night’s finalSPURS will parade silverware in an open top bus through Tottenham tomorrow (Friday) afternoon – after winning the Europa League here in Spain. The celebrations in both north London and Bilbao were in full swing as the New Journal went to press. Ange Postecoglou’s much-maligned side saw off Manchester United with a battling 1-0 victory.
Secular society slams schools merger plan

1 month ago | westminsterextra.co.uk | Tom Foot

CAMPAIGNERS have warned that a merger of primary schools will bring about a “significant reduction” in secular places. The National Secular Society says 200 non-religious places will be lost through the “amalgamation” of Barrow Hill Junior School, George Eliot Primary, and Robinsfield Infant School, all in St John’s Wood. The three community schools, with no religious character, are set to be brought together due to falling admissions, part of a trend affecting most areas of the capital.