Fitzrovia News

Documentary tells the story of Amy Goodman and Democracy Now! Journalist Amy Goodman. Photo courtesy of Right Livelihood/Wolfgang Schmidt. Independent journalist Amy Goodman has spent three decades holding the powerful to account, reporting from war zones and presenting the news programme…...

Is Westminster Council really going to ban standing up in pubs and bars? London’s evening and night-time economy is once again in the spotlight following reports that Westminster City Council wants pubs in Soho and the West End to ban people drinking while standing-up.... https://fitzrovianews.com/2026/08/07/is-westminster-council-really-going-to-ban-standing-up-in-pubs-and-bars/

Long-running office furniture showroom leaves Fitzrovia for Clerkenwell

Youth charity to leave Warren Street and take on running of larger premises

Licensing application: All Saints Chapel, 6 Marylebone Passage Entrance to All Saints Chapel (centre) at 6 Marylebone Passage. Photo: The Fitzrovia News. Tassen Limited has applied to Westminster Council for a new premises licence for All Saints Chapel, 6 Marylebone Passage, off Margaret Street, in Fitzrovia West....

Camden’s planners give go ahead for developer to blitz former 1980s music venue along with late 18th century buildings

Fitzrovia Futures short story competition winner announced and further events scheduled

A new look at the ideas of Jane Jacobs for planning better neighbourhoods Fitzrovia features in Better Neighbourhoods for All, by Andrew Rowson. Photo: The Fitzrovia News. In 1961 Jane Jacobs, in her book…...

Camden Council compensates woman with autism after failing to properly assess her care needs Camden Council has agreed to pay an autistic woman £2,600 for causing distress after it only offered her half of her mandated care support for over a year....

Westminster Council seeks residents’ views on ‘difficult choices’ on council tax and cuts to services City of Westminster is set for a gruelling period of council tax rises and cuts to services in order to make up for £100mn less in national government funding....

Community bid to turn Soho primary school into a leading creative learning centre Soho Parish Primary School in Great Windmill Street. Photo: Facundo Arrizabalaga/MyLondon/LDRS. Plans are underway to turn Soho’s last primary school into London’s “most creative” as the local community bids to take over the provision....

The Women artists of Fitzrovia – lunchtime talk at Fitzrovia Chapel Women flocked to The Slade School of Fine Art on Gower Street when it opened in 1871 because unlike the Royal Academy it admitted female students on an almost equal footing with men....

Fitzrovia Street Party 2026 The annual Fitzrovia Street Party, organised by Fitzrovia Youth in Action, will take place at 2pm on Saturday 15 August 2026 at The Warren open space at the northern end of Whitfield Street....

Westminster Council welcomes scheme to crack down on illegal Airbnb lets in social housing

Two cities MP Rachel Blake exits government in Burnham reshuffle Rachel Blake MP for Cities of London and Westminster. Photo: Parliament. Rachel Blake, MP for Cities of London and Westminster, has lost her job as a government minister as part of a major reshuffle by the new prime minister Andy Burnham....

Public realm changes to Tottenham Street, Charlotte Street, Chitty Street, and Whitfield Street approved https://fitzrovianews.com/2026/07/23/public-realm-changes-to-tottenham-street-charlotte-street-chitty-street-and-whitfield-street-approved/

Draft London Plan 2026: What’s in the Mayor’s new 10-year development goals