Italian man, 43, admits role in £25m jewellery raid at Tamara Ecclestone’s Kensington mansion

Italian man, 43, admits role in £25m jewellery raid at F1 heiress Tamara Ecclestone’s Kensington mansion Alessandro Donati admitted his role in £25m raid at Tamara Ecclestone’s house Italian national, 43, was taken from custody at HMP Wandsworth to court today Donati spoke only to confirm his identity before entering the guilty plea Charge relates … Read more

Kate leaves Kensington Palace amid claims William is ‘deeply distressed’

The Duchess of Cambridge was pictured leaving Kensington Palace this morning amid the ongoing fallout in the wake of Harry and Meghan’s Oprah interview.   The 39-year-old drove through London early today, after it emerged Prince William was said to be ‘concerned’ that private conversations with his brother will be ‘plastered over American TV’. Earlier this … Read more

Council chiefs rule that hated High Street Kensington cycle lanes will NOT be reinstalled

Council chiefs rule that hated High Street Kensington cycle lanes will NOT be reinstalled despite Sadiq Khan-led survey claiming more than half of local residents support scheme Temporary lanes installed last year using cash awarded from transport scheme But they were removed in December after some 322 complaints were received This then sparked a huge … Read more

Meghan’s friend Omid Scobie quotes email he claims she sent to Kensington Palace

Meghan Markle’s friend Omid Scobie today quoted an email he claims the Duchess sent to Kensington Palace last year over an allegation she made Kate Middleton cry.  Mr Scobie, author of the Finding Freedom biography of the Sussexes, claims that Prince Harry was asked to cosign a statement refuting reports Prince William had ‘constantly bullied’ … Read more

Sadiq Khan wants to REINSTATE High Street Kensington cycle lane

Sadiq Khan has today risked the ire of London‘s motorists by urging council chiefs to reinstate the despised High Street Kensington cycle lane. The Mayor of London is attempting to apply pressure on local authority bosses to restarted the loathed project. It comes after the scheme was dramatically scrapped in December amid a row between … Read more

Cyclists launch last ditch bid to save £320,000 Kensington bike lane

Partisan cyclists have threatened to go to war with the council ripping out Kensington’s hated cycle lane and could challenge the ‘unreasonable’ decision at the High Court, it was revealed today. Extinction Rebellion is also not ruling out a second protest to save it after they stopped labourers pulling out bollards by glueing themselves to their van.  … Read more

Cars RECLAIM Kensington High Street cycle lane

Cars today reclaimed a loathed west London cycle lane after bollards were removed following a backlash from drivers and local businesses.  Workmen finished ripping out the plastic barriers on Kensington High Street this weekend, despite progress being disrupted last week when XR supporters glued themselves to their van.  The cycle lane became the unlikely battleground … Read more

Garage in Kensington bought for £350,000 two years ago is transformed into £1.2m pint-sized eco-home

EXCLUSIVE – Garage on Kensington’s ‘millionaire’s row’ – which was bought for £350,000 two years ago – is transformed into £1.2million pint-sized eco-home The run-down garage on Lexham Gardens was bought by David Lonsdale and business partner Hadi Sarmadi  The pair snapped it up in February 2019 and spent £550k turning it into a stylish, 70sq … Read more

Boris Johnson’s cycling tsar told council NOT to rip up hated Kensington High Street bike lane

Boris Johnson went ‘ballistic’ over the axing of a controversial cycling lane – and his cycling tsar pledged to send the Prime Minister riding down it if council leaders agreed not to remove it, it has been claimed.  The cycle lane in Kensington High Street has become the unlikely battleground in the row between cycling zealots … Read more

Nigel Havers’ outrage over Kensington cycle lanes

It’s the narrow battleground that sparked a passionate debate in this newspaper between actor Nigel Havers and broadcaster Jeremy Vine over the cycle lanes springing up all over Britain. After Havers blasted a West London council for turning Kensington High Street into a ‘fume-choked Bedlam’, cycling celebrity Vine hit back by saying that if the new … Read more