The car-free This is Oxford Street event will mean the street will be closed to all traffic from Orchard Street to Oxford Circus. This will allow the road surface to be used for art installations, a children's literary festival, an urban forest, sports pitches, chill out zones, live performances and food and drink stalls. Prominent retailers are backing the event, including Schuh, Holland & Barrett, Topshop, John Lewis and The Body Shop, which will each host interactive events.
Transport for London bans flats protest rally outside High Barnet station - but across the road residents launch their "New Battle of Barnet" Barnet Society Residents of The Quarry in Erith have said their dream of a peaceful home has quickly turned into frustration and worry over ongoing maintenance and planning issues. News Shopper Westminster City Council has agreed to give up control of Oxford Street to enable the Mayor of London to push forward with his plans to pedestrianise the street,
E5 is actually home to one of London's oldest and most historic markets. We're talking about Chatsworth Road Market. Beginning in the 1930s, the east London bazaar used to be home to around 200 stalls and open up to five days a week. Now it's a Sunday market that specialises in street food and is home to independent sellers flogging everything from second hand books, to handmade jewellery.
The proposals include making Regent Street St James's traffic-free and enlarging the pedestrian space at Piccadilly Circus. The introduction of safer cycling routes on the main section of Regent Street and two-way traffic on Haymarket, plus the improvement of pedestrian crossings on Regent Street and the removal of the road's central island have also been presented.