A 21-year-old woman has died after being hit by a District line train at Victoria Underground station.

The woman, believed to from Gillingham, Kent, was struck by a train on the westbound platform at about 10.30am today (09).

A by-election will take place in Marylebone High Street ward following the resignation of Councillor Harvey Marshall.

Residents will go to the polls on Thursday, May 2 after the Conservative stepped down last month. He was deputy cabinet member for city management and transport.

Conservative politicians in west London have paid tribute to former prime minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher who has died aged 87.

A teenager was found bleeding heavily at a bus stop after being stabbed in the face, head and upper body.

The 16-year-old boy from Westminster was given first aid by police officers in Vauxhall Bridge Road, Pimlico.

A cyclist has died in a road traffic collision in the morning rush hour near Victoria station.

The woman, believed to be in her 20s, was found dead at the scene in Victoria Street at 8.20am this morning (08).

Victoria Street has been cordoned off between Artillery Row and Bressenden Plance near Buckingham Palace Road. Queues were building up northbound on Wilton Road.

An air cadet officer has been awarded the highest honour for volunteering at Westminster and Chelsea 291 Squadron for 14 years.

Labour councillors have launched an online petition to install a pelican crossing near to where an elderly pedestrian died.

Campaigners say there is an 'urgent need' for a safe crossing at the junction of Harrow Road and Chippenham Road, Maida Vale, next to the former Windsor Castle pub and the Windsor Gardens Estate.

by Josh White

A well-known journalist and co-founder of a successful free school has leapt to the defence of Pimlico Primary's new headteacher with 'no teaching qualifications'.

by Josh White

Men dressed as Shrek and Charlie Chaplin have been intimidating tourists into posing for photos and then demanding large payments for the privilege, police have said.

This is just one example of increasingly bizarre schemes to dupe tourists out of cash on Westminster Bridge.

by Josh White

Two friends are launching a venture to direct the energy and talents of Westminster's young people into business and entrepreneurship.