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Raising the roof: South Kensington rooftops with 'potential for development' on sale for £200,000

The two neighbouring rooftops are located at 55-57 Gloucester Road, and are registered as a separate address

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OPINION - Dylan Jones: I've just been to the best exhibition you'll see in London this week

I remember the first time I walked into the Big Biba shop in Kensington, I didn’t know where to look. Actually, that’s not strictly true, as I wanted to look everywhere, but was so self-conscious (I was barely 14), I couldn’t look more than a few feet in front of…

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Man shot dead in West Kensington was jailed in 2021 for role in cutting up of jazz trumpeter

Janayo Lucima was sentenced to three years and three months at the Old Bailey

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‘Cunning’ thief who stole £870,000 from Kensington’s five-star Royal Garden Hotel jailed

Zaheer Abbas spent his loot on property and a new Audi car

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Why I live in Kensington: DJ Amazonica on why her west London area offers the best of Zone 1

Victoria ‘Harry’ Harrison, better known as Amazonica, has always felt a connection to Kensington. The superstar DJ explains why it has the edge on LA.

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Son accused of murdering his own father in 'sustained attack' at Kensington home

A man is accused of bludgeoning to death his own father at the flat where they had both been living in Kensington, a court has heard.

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Kensington murder: Man, 78, dies following ‘disturbance’ at home near Earl's Court

The 78-year-old was discovered injured on Longridge Road, near Earl’s Court

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Inside Biba: Kensington's Sixties fashion palace where Diana Ross, Princess Anne and David Bowie used to shop

From Barbara Hulanicki – the legend who started it all – to the Biba girls who worked the shop floor, as a new exhibition opens in London Isobel Van Dyke meets those who built London’s fashion empire of the swinging Sixties

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Notting Hill pub popular with stars including Dua Lipa goes to court over licence after moans from neighbours

Last year Kensington and Chelsea Council imposed a wave of restrictions on the Pelican after a group of nine people called for a review

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More than 100 evacuated and nearly a dozen injured after fire in South Kensington

Eleven people treated for smoke inhalation after fire breaks out in residential building in London

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Freddie Mercury's time capsule Kensington home on sale for £30m for the first time in 40 years

Serious buyers only need apply to view the home of the legendary Queen front man

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Philadelphia's Kensington Neighborhood Faces Drug Market Crisis

Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood grapples with a drug epidemic, highlighting the need for comprehensive harm reduction strategies and community invol...

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Breaking: Philadelphia proposes curfew for crime-plagued Kensington neighborhood

Discover the new bill proposed in Philadelphia to impose a curfew on businesses in the crime-plagued Kensington neighborhood. Learn about the high drug-rel...

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London charity tackling cost of living crisis gets £25,000 donation after Omaze house draw

Kensington and Chelsea Foundation hails money as a boost to projects helping those in need

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Burglar in £26m raid on Tamara Ecclestone's Kensington mansion 'freed from jail after two years'

Alessandro Donati was given an eight-year sentence in November 2021 for ransacking celebrity homes

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London house prices mapped: how much has the value of your home changed in 2023?

Data from Hamptons and the ONS shows where house prices have risen —and fallen— this year. How did your borough fare?

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‘Tranq tourism’: alarm in Philadelphia as TikTokers travel to film drug users

A low-income area has become ground zero for the dangerous sedative xylazine – and an ‘exploitative’ type of content creation

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South Kensington balcony listed for £50,000 finds new owner - who wants it for its parking permit

The third floor balcony on Stanhope Gardens, near Gloucester Road, was listed for £50,000 in July. It is in the process of being sold for £35,000

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South Kensington Tube station development to go ahead after council overrruled

A new station entrance will be built as well as step-free access for some Underground lines

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The one renovation that could double the value of your house (and make an enemy of your neighbours)

Digging down is the best way to send your house price soaring, according to new analysis

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Just Stop Oil: Police detain protesters holding ‘wide awake’ demo outside Rishi Sunak’s London home

Met Police say 16 people were held at the protest in Kensington

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