Children and parents are invited to the opening of a new adventure playground at Little Wormwood Scrubs in North Kensington this Saturday, July 4.

Youngsters from Ladbroke Grove and neighbouring Hammersmith and Fulham will be able to enjoy the new adventure space, which is the first in London to be completed with Play Pathfinder funding.

A woman pedestrian who died in a collision with a Porsche has been named.

German au pair Kristina Sporbeck, 20, was killed after an accident with a Porsche Cayenne in Knightsbridge, Kensington, on Monday night, at around 10pm. She had been staying at the nearby Carlton Tower Hotel in Cadogan Place.

Motorbike gangs targeted targeted two Chelsea shops in just over 24 hours at the weekend.

At 1am on Saturday, four motorbike riders attempted to rob Theo Fennell jewellers in Fulham Road.

The candidates who will contest the Colville ward council seat following the resignation of Cllr Marianne Alapini have been announced.

The Labour-held seat will be subject to a by-election on July 22.

The winners of the Chelsea Art Society awards have been announced.

Following an inspiring exhibition at Chelsea Old Town Hall, in King's Road, talented artists have triumphed in the 62nd annual competition.

The Conservative party had a run away victory amongst voters in Kensington and Chelsea.

Among the 26,817 borough votes cast in last week's European election, 12,940 went to the Tories.

TWENTY FIVE people were forced out of their homes as fire fighters fought to stop a blaze spreading from a 5th floor flat in Fawcett Street, Chelsea, last night.

Six fire engines and around thirty firefighters rushed to the scene to deal with the fire, which hit just before 9pm.

TEN fire engines and around 50 firefighters tackled a blaze at a laundrette in Dalgarno Gardens, North Kensington, in the early hours of Friday morning.

The brigade was called at 2.12am to reports that a single-storey building was alight.

PROTESTERS targeted crowds at the Chelsea Flower Show to gain support for their fight against the proposed development at the former Chelsea Barracks site.

Holding placards, they gathered outside the famous event last week in a bid to rally green-fingered visitors against the massive residential development planned for the former military site, in Chelsea Bridge Road, opposite the flower show.

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