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Nine arrested after ‘intifada’ banner displayed on building, says Met
The building near Regent’s Park in London was being used by squatters, Scotland Yard said.
Security minister says pro-Palestine stage near Cenotaph was ‘disgraceful’
The Met Police and Westminster City Council each suggested the other would have been responsible for approving where such a stage was positioned.
Pret A Manger fined £800,000 after employee became stuck in freezer
Westminster City Council said the worker became trapped in the walk-in commercial freezer, which typically has its temperature set at -18C.
Dozens of refugees ‘left on the streets’ in Westminster for two nights
The asylum seekers apparently refused to enter a hotel in which the Home Office asked them to sleep ‘four people per room’.
Volunteers arrested before coronation were wearing hi-viz with ‘Met Police logo’
A Night Stars volunteer said the police officer who arrested her stated that they were ‘specifically looking’ for people from her organisation.
Lord Mayor of Westminster says coronation is all about people coming together
Councillor Hamza Taouzzale, the first Muslim to be Lord Mayor, said the King’s coronation will ‘share a new Britain’.
‘Effortlessly cool’ London street signs from 1950s and ’60s to be auctioned off
The proceeds will be reinvested into the capital, Westminster City Council said.
Street and railway signs expected to fetch thousands of pounds at auction
More than 400 signs are being sold by Catherine Southon Auctioneers & Valuers.
Department store Selfridges gains licence to host weddings this summer
Couples who choose to get married at the store’s Oxford Street flagship can pick from three packages with up to 20 guests.