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Hugh Grant’s former Kensington penthouse back on the market after huge price drop

West London apartment once home to the Love Actually star has been re-listed for £7.25 million

Evening Standard

Huge ice rink to open in Kensington Palace grounds before Christmas

Kensingon and Chelsea council said conditions have been put in place “to ensure the safety and security of members of the Royal family and diplomats living nearby”

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Finland ambassador among those against ice rink plans at Kensington Palace

A row has broken out over plans to install a huge ice rink and Christmas fair at Kensington Palace

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In Philadelphia, skin-rotting drug ‘tranq’ invades a neighbourhood already devastated by opioids

Drug users in the Philadelphia neighbourhood of Kensington have increasingly been turning towards a drug called xylazine, or “tranq”, a veterinary sedative often mixed with other drugs such as heroin or fentanyl. But when people begin to use the substance, it quickly causes horrific damage to their bodies – including…

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Ex-Labour MP to run against party in Kensington, saying it lacks ‘compassion’

‘Where’s the compassion in the Labour party? It’s gone,’ she said

Evening Standard

‘People have asked if they could live in a tent on the terrace’: South Ken balcony for sale for £50,000

The 128 sq ft balcony is located on Stanhope Gardens in Kensington, where the average property costs £1,388,750.

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Work to begin on permanent cycle lanes for Kensington High Street

The ‘advisory’ cycle lanes will be installed from August 14

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Average cost of a semi hits an eye-popping £11 million in Kensington, 24 times higher than in Barking

A house price chasm between London areas has been laid bare, with semi-detached homes now priced 24 times higher in Kensington than Barking on average

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Dramatic police chase through Kensington caught on camera after drill rapper found with gun

Ellis Heather - aka ‘Rack5’ - was jailed for 7 years and 9 months at Isleworth Crown Court

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Three men arrested as man found critically injured in house

The victim, in his 70s, is fighting for his life after being found in a Kensington property with serious head injuries

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TV adventurer Ben Fogle’s eclectic Kensington home up for rent at £6,000 per week

Star of Castaway 2000 and New Lives in the Wild is planning to rent out his London home

Evening Standard

Ember Locke promises stays with a location-inspired splash of colour

Ember Locke, the lifestyle hospitality brand's sixth location in London, launches in Kensington and Chelsea in a splash of colour

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OPINION - The new rich? They are different. Anonymous, low-key and reclusive

What does a billionaire most want that most of the rest of us somehow manage without? An American stratospheric net worther is currently advertising via a Kensington recruitment company for an “exceptional” nanny to oversee canine care, diet and play dates with a salary well over £100k for the right…

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OPINION - The Standard View: Grenfell, six years on: there’s still no justice for the 72 victims

SIX years ago today, London awoke to the almost unimaginable news that a fire in a north Kensington tower block had taken a terrible toll in human life. The horror of the news — that people in a tall building had been trapped in their own homes to die in…

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‘Compassion and understanding needed when future of Grenfell Tower is decided’

The tower stands in north Kensington, west London, covered in a protective wrap showing a green heart.

Daily Mirror

Billionaire peer Earl Cadogan from one of Britain’s richest families dies aged 86

The 8th Earl Cadogan was worth an estimated £5billion and headed up Cadogan Estates, owners of almost 100 acres of Kensington and Chelsea

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South Kensington could get new Tube entrance (on religious grounds)

A proposed outside archway will allow those deprived from using the Underground at South Kensington to use it

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Why I live in Kensington: artist David Remfry on his London area — and why there’s more to it than museums

Artist David Remfry is co-ordinator of the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition this year. Here’s why he’s called Kensington home for 40 years and counting

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Australian-first affordable rental scheme a ‘massive relief’ for Victorians faced with housing crisis

Exclusive: About 2,400 homes will be available for low- to middle-income renters under ‘big housing build’

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Traffic wardens to stage six-day strike during Chelsea Flower Show

Members of the GMB will walk out from May 22 in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

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‘Advisory’ cycle lanes could be painted onto road surface in High Street Kensington

Campaigners warn ‘dotted lines don’t save lives’ and tell council to do better

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London council spending thousands on art and security patrols in opulent wards

Exclusive: Kensington and Chelsea, one of most unequal boroughs in UK, allocating social infrastructure funds in wards where homes go for millions

Evening Standard

Labour’s former Kensington MP Emma Dent Coad quits party calling it ‘unrecognisable’

Labour’s former Kensington MP has quit the party, saying it is “unrecognisable” under Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership.

Evening Standard

‘Enormous’ Kensington penthouse with a flat-within-a-flat is for sale for £16 million

A seven-bedroom penthouse near Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park comes with a separate two-bedroom flat

Evening Standard

London’s income tax bombshell hits a record £51.6 billion

Kensington now pays more income tax than the whole of Northern Ireland

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