September 2011 Archives

Police have released a photo of a man they would like to speak to in connection with a stabbing at this year's Notting Hill Carnival.

The attack happened at about 4.30pm on Bank Holiday Monday (August 29), near the Great Western Road.

The 35 year-old victim was standing by the Isismas float with his girlfriend when he was stabbed in the back with what is believed to have been a broken bottle.

An 83 year-old woman has been convicted of money laundering after trying to deposit more than £122,000 in her bank account in just one day.

Jean Rogerson, of Colville Mews, Notting Hill, appeared at Isleworth Crown Court on September 19, when she denied two charges of money laundering.

Her first visit to her bank was on April 15 last year, when she took £15,000 in cash from her handbag and deposited it into her bank account at Barclays in Ladbroke Grove.

The Cadogan, based in Sloane Street, has been named the best UK luxury boutique hotel at the World Luxury Hotel Awards in Croatia.

The quintessentially English hotel has 125 years of history, and was once the home of famous actress and close friend of King Edward VII, Lillie Langtry.

Uncover your creative side with a series of Saturday courses running at Kensington and Chelsea College's brand new Chelsea Centre.

The college is offering the bite-size sessions in fashion, millinery, interior design, art, photography and sculpture, as part of its 'A Month of Saturdays' initiative.

Nearly 250 people had to be evacuated from a laboratory in Fulham Road after reports of a leaking gas cylinder.

Firefighters were called to the site just after 2.30pm on Wednesday (28) and promptly cleared the building as a precaution, with police closing the road between Old Church Street and Sydney Street.

Paul Montgomery, medical director at Bupa Cromwell Hospital, has been awarded a silver National Clinical Excellence Award.

It is one of 87 of the awards to be given to consultants this year in recognition of their exceptional contribution to the NHS.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital has been named 'best employer for carers' at a business awards ceremony.

Judges at the Top Employers for Working Families Awards 2011 praised the hospital's work in recognising carers as an 'unheard' group of employees who were hesitant about asking for support and the development of a strategy aimed at them.

They highlighted an 'easy read' guide and lunchtime advice sessions for carers, as well as sessions aimed at managing stress and communicating the message that flexible working is not just for parents, but everyone with dependents.

A credit union service aimed at providing affordable and ethical banking services to everyone in the borough has moved a step nearer.

The people behind the new Kensington and Chelsea Credit Union have submitted a 500-page formal application to the Financial Services Authority (FSA) this week in the hope that they will be given permission to set it up officially.

Jonathon Read, chairman of the union and councillor for Earls Court ward, said: "We are hoping to get the green light from the regulator so that we can open the doors to local people as early as possible in the new year."

Find out how your company can benefit from employing people with disabilities at a free lunch and networking event at Kensington Town Hall.

Employers can learn how to meet diversity obligations, and how to enhance a company's reputation as a responsible, inclusive and community minded firm at the event run by Pure Innovations.

A new treatment centre aims to tackle the change in patterns of drug use in the UK including helping users of so-called 'club drugs'

Over the last few years, across the UK, there has been an increase in the use of 'club drugs,' including ketamine, mephedrone, GHB, crystal methamphetamine, ecstasy and legal highs.

But existing drug services mainly focus on alcohol, heroine and cocaine abuse, and those having problems with other drugs often do not seek help.