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Brent Council has threatened to ban them as residents complain of impassable pavements and bad driving.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/05/london-landlords-sell-up-properties-ahead-of-anticipated-labour-clampdown.html
London landlords are selling up their buy-to-let properties at record rates as anticipated tax hikes add further pressure to the once lucrative investment sector.
https://metro.co.uk/2024/09/02/huge-explosion-near-o2-arena-staged-paedophile-jacky-jhaj-21531069/
Jacky Jhaj, 38, has been linked to a string of bizarre film-related stunts which put him in contact with children since his release from prison.
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/cockfosters-tube-station-housing-plans-gets-final-approval-to-go-ahead-75237/
The stalled plans to build some 350 new homes next to Cockfosters tube station on the Piccadilly line are to go ahead after the government reversed a block on the development passed by the previous government.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9d12nnx789o
All residents evacuated safely and there are no reported injuries, London Fire Brigade says.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c14zyl62x35o
Baby Elsa was less than an hour old when she was discovered by a dog walker wrapped in a towel in London.
https://news.sky.com/story/salvador-dali-prints-found-tucked-away-in-london-garage-after-50-years-13204834
The haul also includes five lithographs by French painter, engraver, illustrator and sculptor Theo Tobiasse and was discovered "because the seller has been having a clear out" at his Mayfair home.
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/sealed-off-section-of-thames-path-in-fulham-has-opened-to-the-public-75057/
A section of the Thames riverside path that has never been open to the public has finally opened, providing an uninterrupted riverside walking route between Hammersmith and Putney.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/aew-x-njpw-forbidden-door-officially-coming-to-london-in-summer-2025/ar-AA1ppm5Q