May 2010 Archives

Outgoing Westminster mayor Duncan Sandys has helped secure more than £100,000 for a Pimlico youth club in the last year.

Mr Sandys, who has now stepped down as councillor, was presented with a framed photograph from staff, members and directors at St Andrew's Youth Club, in Old Pye Street, for the work he did to support the club.

Lions showcased their football skills at London Zoo ahead of the start of the World Cup.

With two weeks to go until the tournament starts in South Africa, the zoo's two Asian lions Lucifer, seven, and Abi, 11, and their young cubs Rubi and Max had their own kick-about with patriotic footballs to show their support for the England team.

A man admitted illegal taxi touting in Paddington after he was caught out by two plain clothes police officers.

Ahmed Bakir, 48, of Wrottesley Road, Kensal Green, pleaded guilty to taxi-touting and driving without the necessary insurance in London Street on May 20.

Three Westminster men were among six arrested over a series of cash-in-transit robberies.

Flying Squad officers and colleagues from the Territorial Support Group swooped in on nine addresses across west and north London during dawn raids on Wednesday.

Karen Buck, MP for Westminster North, discusses holding the government accountable for its decisions in her monthly column for the Westminster Chronicle.

It was a huge honour and privilege to be re-elected two weeks ago, for what is a new constituency for me - losing the four North Kensington wards I had represented for the past 13 years but gaining Bayswater and Lancaster Gate.

The only children's home in Westminster is facing closure as the council plans to cut funding of more than £700,000.

Westminster Council announced it did not intend to renew the contract for the home, which is based in Shirland Road, North Paddington.

A coroner launched an attack on fatty Western diets following the death of a popular Pimlico street cleaner.

Jorge Da Costa, 44, began working in the Lisson Grove area in the summer of 2006.

He had a sunny nature, which brightened the days of residents living in the area.

Protesters have welcomed news that next year's annual council civic dinner is to be axed.

Earlier this year, members of Westminster UNISON gathered outside a five-star West End hotel to demonstrate against a £23,000 dinner organised by Westminster Council.

Three young people have been appointed to represent their voice of their peers in Lisson Grove and Paddington.

Farah Hassan, 19, Fiona Toumazou, 22, and Youssef Chahine, 22, have joined a team of designers working on a regeneration programme in the north of the borough.

Getting to know the local area is all part of the job description for a newspaper reporter.

But, as Juliet Eysenck found, it can be made all the harder when you lose the power of one of your senses.