PR-Inside.com Entertainment News (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
THE BEE GEES will be recognised for their contribution to the music industry on Saturday (10May08) - when a plaque is unveiled in tribute to the band in London. The plaque, being awarded to the singers by the U.K.’s Heritage Foundation and the City of Westminster, will be officially unveiled at the former headquarters of the [...]
nearlylegal (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
So, then Omar v City of Westminster [2008] EWCA Civ 421 Briefly, the facts were that Mr Omar made a homeless application to Westminster. His household consisted of his wife and his infant son who had justbeen born and was, at the time of the application was under specia careat Kensington & Chelsea hospital. The son was [...]
nearlylegal (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
I previously mentioned a Garden Court report on Omar v Westminster. There is also a brief Times report here. The full judgment is now out on Bailii and is interesting. Omar v City of Westminster [2008] EWCA Civ 421 (03 March 2008) on reviewing suitability of s.193 temporary accommodation. I’ll get to it tomorrow (or later today, now).
Times Online (Free subscription) | 04/17/2008
With a distinctive hairstyle likened to a massive ball of wool, economics professor Meghnad Desai was made a Labour life peer as Baron Desai, of St Clement Danes in the City of Westminster, in April 1991.
MayorWatch (Free subscription) | 04/17/2008
Shops selling knives in the City of Westminster have been warned not to sell knives or blades to children by the Council's Trading Standards officers.
The Girl In The Cafe (Free subscription) | 03/06/2008
City of Westminster Penalty Charge Notice Number: P549VNY Vehicle Registration Number: PS42VNY This vehicle was seen at location: Marsham Street (SW1) at 12:12 on 06/03/2008 Parking Attendant WS5549 had reasonable cause to believe that the following contravention of the parking regulations had occurred: Code 01 Parked in a restricted street during prescribed hours. I am about to print...
MayorWatch (Free subscription) | 01/26/2008
Mayor of London Ken Livingstone today welcomed a deal which secures �268,000 for the provision of affordable housing in the City of Westminster.
Londonist (Free subscription) | 01/23/2008
If you're looking for the perfect London centrepiece for your lounge then you might be in luck. Cockney Designs are selling a range of coffee tables topped by an authentic London street sign. The signs are from the City of Westminster and were created by design guru Sir Misha Black. The road names avaliable are constantly changing and rare so if you see one you like, leap on it straight...
Bad Language (Free subscription) | 12/13/2007
It's not just me who has trouble parking in London, thanks to the idiotic pay-by-phone system. Jeremy Clarkson does too. We may not agree about everything (see earlier post) but we definitely agree about this.
Springwise (Free subscription) | 12/03/2007
Back in June, we covered a location-based service—MizPee—that lets people use their mobile phone to find the nearest public toilet. The same idea just popped in London, dubbed SatLav and launched by the City of Westminster (one of London's...
London Logue (Free subscription) | 11/29/2007
The City of Westminster has many of London's leading tourist attractions, entertainment areas and shopping districts. What it doesn't have are extensive and easily findable public toilets. Now the council are doing something to help visitors out who find themselves taken short while out and about. Sat Lav is a new texting service they've started which [...]
EADT24 - News (Free subscription) | 11/28/2007
A MAN has been charged with the murder of Colchester schoolgirl Rachel Nickell. The Crown Prosecution Service said today that Robert Napper, 41, will appear at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court on December 4.
bog-brush (Free subscription) | 11/21/2007
Daniel French, 24, of Verity Way, Stevenage, had clambered into a locked park when he made “sexual motions” towards iron railings and proclaimed to police: “I’m going to have sex with a fence.” Asked at City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court whether he made the bizarre comment he denied making a pass at the metalwork, saying: [...]
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/15/2007
A London judge ruled Thursday that imprisoned radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri can be extradited to the United States to face terror charges. The City of Westminster Magistrates Court approved the extradition of the 49-year-old Egyptian-born cleri...
World Architecture News (Free subscription) | 11/09/2007
Leading Danish architects schmidt hammer lassen have won full planning consent for a major educational project at Paddington Green, West London. schmidt hammer lassen's design for a new £93 million HQ building for the further education provider will offer brand new, state-of-the-art teaching and learning facilities in an inspirational building. At the heart of the scheme is a dynamic inner atrium filled...
