October 2009 Archives
A massive redevelopment of Holland Park School has been officially given the go-ahead, after nine years of planning.
The £80million project to redevelop the school, in Airlie Gardens, Holland Park, has hinged on Kensington and Chelsea Council's ability to sell a parcel of land on the present southern school site.
The finest watering holes in Kensington and Chelsea were recognised at an awards ceremony.
Judged on a range of criteria including safety, litter disposal and noise control, the Drayton Arms, in Old Brompton Road, was named the overall winner and best pub at the Best Bar None event.
Pupils in the Royal Borough's primary and secondary school are doing at least three hours of PE and school sports a week, according to a recent report.
The figure for Kensington and Chelsea, which is the second highest participation in school-based exercise in England, was revealed in a report by the Department for Children, Schools and Families, published earlier this month.
The streets of North Kensington will be filled with festive fun this winter.
The Portobello Winter Festival - along Portobello Road and Golborne Road - will host film screenings, food and festive shopping for four Wednesdays from November 25 to December 16.
A model and aspiring TV presenter who was the victim of a vicious acid attack has paid tribute to staff at a Chelsea hospital who saved her life and are helping rebuild her face.
Katie Piper, who suffered horrific burns in the attack in March 2008, tells the amazing story of her treatment by doctors at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, in Fulham Road, in the Cutting Edge documentary 'Katie: My Beautiful Face', which will be screened on October 29.
Discover the mad, macabre and mysterious traditions of All Hallows Eve, at a Victorian fair in Holland Park on October 31.
The eerie event, which starts at 6.30pm, will include apple bobbing and fortune telling stalls.
Kensington and Chelsea College will be holding an Open Day on Thursday
the 12th November 2009. The event will be held at their Wornington Centre,
Wornington Road, W10 5QQ from 4pm to 7pm.
Three people escaped with their lives after a seven-hour restaurant fire lit up the King's Road on Sunday night.
Seven fire engines raced to the Eight over Eight, the former Man on the Moon pub that lies at the junction of Park Walk, at 9pm.
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