Crime
North Pole Road death: two charged with murder
Two charged with murdering Kariem Abdelhalim, 24, who died on North Pole Road, North Kensington, on 25 September. Police still want witnesses to come forward.
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Local Info
Kensington roadworks: Westway back to two lanes
TfL has reopened a second westbound lane on the A40 Westway and taken buses off diversion. Three full weekend closures follow, the first on Friday 2 October.
Kensington
Kensington libraries review: your say closes 17 November
The council is asking what its libraries should do next, and its own page says money is why. The survey closes 17 November, with forums from 13 October.
South Kensington
South Kensington mirrors: both her parents had dementia
Dineo's father had young onset Alzheimer's at 58. Her mother's symptoms were mistaken for grief. Her own account of both diagnoses, told in full.
Planning
Notting Hill Gate: shops cut 681 sq m, offices up 332
Councillors approved revised Newcombe House drawings on 15 September: 681 sq m less shop space, 332 sq m more office, a medical centre 9 sq m over minimum.
House prices
Kensington flats hit £971,688, lowest since June 2013
The average Kensington and Chelsea flat sold for £971,688 in July, the first month under £1m since 2013. June has been revised back above the line.
West Kensington
West Kensington heart surgery fund reaches £75,725
Roshan Sohi, 24, needs an operation his surgeon says should happen within a month. The NHS wait is nine to twelve months. The appeal is at £75,725.
South Kensington
South Kensington tube: six Alzheimer's mirrors to 4 Oct
Six mirrors sit before the ticket barriers until Sunday 4 October, asking commuters whether the first person cured of Alzheimer's is standing beside them.
South Kensington
Body Worlds South Kensington: opens 25 Sept, from £13
Real human bodies go on show at Sussex Mansions, Old Brompton Road, from Friday 25 September. Tickets are £13 to £20 and sessions run every half hour.
Policing
139 Met officers graduate in Kensington: 6 impact awards
Six impact awards, three winners and three runners-up, went to Met officers at the Kensington ceremony on 11 September that ended their two-year programme.
Council
Kensington NCIL: £3.16m for local projects, ward by ward
Residents can now bid for NCIL money at any time. Brompton and Hans Town holds £1.12m, Golborne just £8,625. See your ward's total and how to apply.
Kensington
Kensington Silver Sunday: 31 free events, 1 to 9 October
Every session for older residents is free, from a Kensington Palace drop-in to a Coronet Theatre tour. Booking is open now, and none falls on the Sunday.
Chelsea
Scala choir's only UK date: Cadogan Hall, 30 September
Belgian girls' choir Scala & Kolacny Brothers bring their 30th anniversary tour to Cadogan Hall on 30 September, its only UK stop. Tickets £35.50 to £50.50.
Kensington and Chelsea is one of the smallest boroughs in London and one of the most varied. Knightsbridge, Chelsea and Holland Park at one end, Earl’s Court, West Brompton and World’s End in the middle, Notting Hill and Ladbroke Grove going north, and North Kensington and Golborne at the top, where some of the most deprived neighbourhoods in England sit a few streets from some of the most expensive.
The Kensington Post covers all of it. The Royal Borough decides the things residents actually deal with: parking zones and permits, what may be built or altered in a conservation area, basement applications, licensing on the busier streets, and where each council tax band lands. Those decisions are published, and we read them and write down what they say with a link to the file.
What we publish here
- Local Info: house prices, Tube zones and fares, and roadworks, permits and parking costs.
- News: the record, including what is being built and where across the borough.
- What’s On: things to do in Kensington, and what is happening in Chelsea and Notting Hill.
Every fact is linked to the official document behind it.