The Fitzrovia News

How have the UK’s political parties approached refugees and migration, and what shapes their positions today? A seminar series, organised by the Refugee Law Initiative and History & Policy, brings together politicians, policymakers, academics and practitioners to examine the Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Green Party approaches to refugee and migration policy...

Towards the end of the 19th century, industrialist and social reformer Charles Booth began an investigation into poverty in London, creating a unique series of maps which were vividly coloured to indicate levels of inequality. A new exhibition at Senate House Library takes Booth’s maps as a starting point to explore the subject of housing […]

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A 31-year-old woman who died the day she was released from prison was failed by the local authority and others responsible for her care, possibly contributing to her death, an inquest has found. The “extremely vulnerable” Colleen Madden left prison for the fourth time in the space of five months on 13 January 2025. She […]

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Spearmint Rhino Companies Europe Ltd has applied to Camden Council for a renewal of its sexual entertainment venue licence at 161 Tottenham Court Road in Fitzrovia. The application seeks a renewal of the licence on the same terms, with the opening hours as 9am to 4am the following morning from Monday to Saturday, and from […]

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Permanent traffic diversions come in to operation today as Oxford Street is pedestrianised between Great Portland Street and Orchard Street. Buses will be diverted along with taxis primarily to the surrounding streets to the north of the pedestrianised area together with cyclists who are also banned from the nearly 1km stretch of road. Transport for […]

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