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The Fitzrovia Centre on Foley Street has announced it will help people wanting to set up mutual aid groups to match volunteers with those in need during the Covid-19 pandemic. Centre director, Pat Tulloch, wrote to their newsletter subscribers to say that “in response
[...]A soup kitchen feeding the homeless and hungry in central London has issued an urgent appeal for financial help after experiencing its busiest day ever where they struggled to serve a long queue of people while maintaining social distancing to stop the spread of the
[...]A round of applause will take place tonight (Thursday 26 March) to give thanks to the NHS staff working tirelessly during the coronavirus pandemic. Organisers of “Clap for our Carers” are asking everyone to clap at 8pm from your front door, window, balcony,
[...]By A M Hanson Spring Rays, but for how long? Like many I sought the fresh air and solace in The Regent’s Park over the weekend as the first sunny days of spring appear and herald new life. With my ever ready camera it was a
[...]Playgrounds, community buildings and places of worship in Fitzrovia have closed to protect public health because of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The closures came ahead of the government’s announcement that all but essential workers must stay at home and
[...]The leaders of both local councils serving Fitzrovia have appealed for volunteers and have announced that many services they offer will need to change in response the the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic. Cllr Rachael Robathan, leader, Westminster City Council, wrote to
[...]Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) will be holding a day of action outside Great Portland Street Crown Post Office on Monday 2 March to try to halt its privatisation. Earlier this month Post Office Ltd announced its plan to close the only remaining Crown Post
[...]A group campaigning for an end to the harassment of pregnant people outside abortion clinics nationwide is gathering evidence in order to create a safe zone around a health centre in Whitfield Street, Fitzrovia. Many residents and workers in Fitzrovia would have noticed the
[...]Part of Tottenham Court Road was closed this evening after a police car struck a woman who was crossing the road. Camden police issued a statement saying that road closures are in place at the junction of Tottenham Court Road and Chenies Street after a police vehicle
[...]Camden’s Bloomsbury ward councillors have a new venue to hold regular meetings with constituents. On the first Friday evening of every month, Councillors Sabrina Francis, Adam Harrison, or Rishi Madlani will now be available at The 52 Club at 52 Gower Street to meet
[...]One of the last remaining crown post offices in the West End and the only one serving Fitzrovia is to close this year and be taken over by a private operator. “Great Portland Street Crown Post Office workers were given the bad news at a staff meeting this
[...]A busy health clinic used by tens of thousands of local residents, workers and visitors to the West End every year will have to close unless changes to the way it operates can be made, say NHS managers. The Central London Clinical Commissioning Group are proposing to close
[...]A much loved black cat has gone missing and we are asking readers of Fitzrovia News if they have seen him. “He is very much loved and we miss him so very much,” says Verity who contacted us. “He has been missing since 30 December from our flat on Cleveland
[...]The children’s nursery in Whitfield Street has opened again under new management after being closed for more than a year. The Fitzrovia Nursery, which has space for up to 24 full time children, opened with little fanfare in September and hopes to increase the number of
[...]The London Fire Brigade has issued a warning about the dangers of tumble drying and ignoring alarms after a fire partly gutted a Charlotte Place restaurant. Investigators believe the fire within the basement kitchen of the Lantana restaurant on Charlotte Place in Fitzrovia
[...]A pedestrian was seriously injured after a collision with a bus on Tottenham Court Road on the morning of Tuesday 11 June. A man in his 30s and a southbound number 24 bus collided near the junction with Torrington Place. In a statement to MyLondon a spokesperson for the
[...]The Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Centre, which will be closing in June, was a product of its time and was one of several community advice centres being established across Camden and other inner London boroughs in the 1970s. The opportunity arose as a result of funding provided
[...]The Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Centre will close its doors in June for the last time after five decades of delivering a housing and welfare advice service and numerous community projects from the Tottenham Street building. Camden Council, which owns the site and needs to carry
[...]Experts from the police’s fraud and online crime unit will give a talk this Saturday on how to avoid becoming a victim of the various scams that target unsuspecting shoppers. Officers from FALCON (Fraud & Linked Crime Online, Organised Crime Command) will give a
[...]The children’s nursery in Whitfield Street is to close at the end of this week after more than ten years of serving the community with the loss of 25 places for under-fives because of a disagreement between two charities over improvements to the building and plans to
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