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West End Extra - NEWS
Published: 9 November 2007
 
LEGAL BLOCK TO CROSSRAIL

Lobby group set for court challenge to thwart £16bn scheme

A POWERFUL lobby group representing some of the richest businesses in the country is hoping to put the brakes on Crossrail after securing a “strong legal opinion” which it says shows the plans are illegal. > more
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News of Soho will never be the same…
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‘We love the NHS’ – Staff march for change
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Rose battles for better benefits and services
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Schools face cash crisis while millions lie in bank
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Student chefs learn about the new diploma in Gordon’s kitchen

GORDON Brown got a taste of life at Westminster Kingsway College when he met a class of teenage chefs on Monday.
Accompanied by secretaries of state for schools and universities Ed Balls and John Denham, the Prime Minister told the pupils of... > more
 
Sports supremo pitches into park fight - KAREN Buck told the sports minister on Tuesday that Westminster council was more interested in money-making... > more

Parliament Square protest law ‘could make the poppy illegal’ - CONTROVERSIAL legislation banning spontaneous protest near Parliament Square is so... > more

Defenders of St James’s history launch manifesto - A MAJOR campaign to save historic St James’s from a barrage of controversial planning applications was... > more

Fears on new store site - A PLAN to open a new store in Lisson Grove has attracted more than 1,000 signatures in protest. > more

Split over soup runs - HOUSING chiefs are leading a London-wide assault on soup runs that campaigners fear will leave homeless people starving on the streets. > more

Park pitches bid needs schools’ backing - PARKS bosses are under pressure to prove schools will use five-a-side football pitches in Regent’s Park before a... > more

Elders’ homes contracts are torn up - TENANCY contracts protecting pensioners from eviction and rent hikes were torn up when a group of elderly residents... > more

Prison sentence for Iraq war protester - THE first woman to be convicted under the legislation banning spontaneous protest in Parliament Square was sentenced... > more

Call to speak out on violence against gays - A CALL has been made for Westminster Council to publicly deplore all violence against the gay and lesbian community. > more

Police cell checks scheme in turmoil - VOLUNTEERS safeguarding the conditions of prisoners held in Westminster police cells say they can no longer be sure... > more

Canteen to replace school pool - A MUCH-LOVED swimming pool will not be replaced when Pimlico School is bulldozed next year. > more

‘Beckham’s sister talked to gunman’, jury hears - DAVID Beckham’s sister was enjoying a night out at a top West End club when a man was shot, a lawyer revealed... > more

 
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