For anyone who has not visited one recently, National Libraries Day on February 4 is the perfect chance to pop into your local branch and look at what is on offer.

Not only can classics and the latest best sellers be borrowed for free, but CDs, DVDs and language courses are also offered at a competitive rate.

Hundreds of family and friends gathered in Notting Hill to celebrate the life of one of the carnival's original organisers.

A crowd gathered outside All Saints Church on Thursday (26) morning, waiting for the coffin of Selwyn Baptiste, who died at home on January 5, to arrive.

As they waited, the sound of a steel band could be heard turning the corner into Clydesdale Road, and behind it was the hearse carrying Mr Baptiste.

Kind-hearted Chronicle readers helped a Kensington charity shop recoup some of its losses after a callous burglary.

On January 20, we reported that the Octavia Foundation store in Kensington High Street had been broken into, and a day's takings stolen along with a staff laptop.

But after reading about the burglary, record company EMI, which is based in Wrights Lane, Kensington, donated more than 600 vinyl records, CDs and DVDs, and one generous resident offered a computer monitor to help replace the stolen laptop.

A 15 year-old boy has been charged in connection with a shooting in Westbourne Park on Sunday (22).

Emergency services were called to St Lukes Road, close to the junction with Tavistock Crescent at about 12.30am following reports of a 16 year-old suffering a gunshot wound to the back.

He remains in a stable condition in hospital.

Plans for a new £80m Design Museum in the heart of Kensington were unveiled on Tuesday (24) morning.

The museum is currently based in the City of London, but is planning to move to Kensington High Street in 2014 as part of the multi-million pound redevelopment of the former Commonwealth Institute.

Designs for the site have been put together by architects John Pawson, who remodelled the inside of the Grade II* Listed 1960s building, and OMA, who planned the housing development around the outside of the building.

Security in dark glasses stood guard in the playground of Barlby Primary School - but not for the visit of politician Sir Malcolm Rifkind.

They were keeping an eye on a 'meteor' that had landed just ahead of the Kensington MP's trip to the school on Monday (23).

He was shown the object, which was put in place to teach pupils at the North Kensington school about space and guarded by youngsters in suits and glasses, and he also met its very own student parliament.

Budding artists in North Kensington now have a new venue to showcase their work.

Latymer Projects has been set up by a group of artists to offer their peers a supportive environment and an open platform for their pieces.

The organisers also hope to be able to tap into the artistic and cultural community of North Kensington, and to work with the community to produce exhibitions and artworks.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital has had to change the way it handles chemicals following the death of a scientist late last year.

Damian Bowen, 32, was found dead in a laboratory in St Stephen's Centre, a research and treatment centre for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections adjoining the hospital, on the morning of October 27.

A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation was launched and a prohibition notice has been served on the hospital trust, after it was found to have breached regulations on the use and storage of liquid nitrogen, the chemical Mr Bowen was working with.

A 16 year-old boy is in a serious condition in hospital after he was shot in the back in Westbourne Park.

The teen was in St Lukes Road, close to the junction with Tavistock Crescent when he was gunned down near a children's playground shortly after midnight on Sunday (22).

Emergency services were called at about 12.30am, and he was taken to St Mary's Hospital in Paddington where he remains in a serious condition.

Think Chinese at Kensington Central Library this half term with a variety of Oriental-themed activities for four to eight year-olds.

Youngsters can enjoy singing, painting and taking part in a range of crafts including calligraphy on Monday February 13, to celebrate Chinese New Year.