A coroner at an inquest of a North Paddington man found dead on a beach in Goa has recorded an open verdict after failing to find evidence of foul play.

Martin Neighbour, 39, was found on Arambol beach in the south Indian state on February 3, 2008, two weeks before the semi-naked body of British teenager Scarlet Keeling was discovered nearby.

Friends of the Earth congratulates Karen Buck MP for backing a call in Parliament to bring cheaper and greener transport options to Regent's Park and Kensington North.

Transport accounts for a quarter of UK carbon emissions.

Westminster Council has pledged to dramatically boost the number of pupils who achieve five good GCSE grades by 50 per cent over the next three years.

Just over half of pupils in the borough get five A* to C grades at GCSE including English and maths, according to the latest figures.

An MP candidate for the south of Westminster has pledged to claim no salary at all if elected.

Fed up with MPs claiming massive salaries, newspaper editor Dennis Delderfield has said he will give up his entire £65,737 pay cheque to Help the Heroes charity if he becomes an MP at the General Election.

Adrenaline junkies will be leaping for joy after the tallest climbing wall in London was officially opened in Marylebone.

Standing at 13 metres tall, the wall makes up part of a new dedicated climbing centre within the Seymour Leisure Centre, in Seymour Place.

Patients will be given the chance to have their say about health services in Westminster.

Throughout next week, from March 22 to 28, surveys will be available at Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) sites around the borough.

Iconic landmarks including Piccadilly Circus will be switching off their lights next Saturday (27).

They will join millions of people and businesses across the world taking part in World Wildlife Fund's Earth Hour, from 8.30pm to 9.30pm, to make a stand against climate change.

For more information, see www.earthhour.org.

A brave Paddington soldier's body has been flown back to Britain after he was killed in Afghanistan.

Lance corporal Thomas Keogh, 24, who lived on the Hallfield Estate, died from a gunshot wound while fighting in Sangin, Helmand province, on March 7.

A vicar who saved his St John's Wood church from the brink of closure has retired after 14 years in the post.

When Rev John Barrie arrived at St Mark's Church, in Hamilton Terrace, he was told he could well be the last in the role unless he could boost the dwindling numbers of churchgoers and the church's finances.

The level of service offered to victims and witnesses of crimes in Westminster has been judged as 'poor' in a recent report.

The borough did not meet its target for the number of letters sent to victims to explain why a charge had been dropped or altered, according to a performance assessment report by the Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate.