A brief update in this edition. See below for the latest news and public consultations.
The UK Health Security Agency has issued a warning of measles outbreaks in almost every area of England including London and is urging parents and carers to ensure their children are vaccinated. See the NHS website for more information.
Covid continues to remain a major threat, according to the World Health Organization. Infections and hospital admissions continue, and the disease has damaging long term impacts. Please follow NHS advice to avoid catching and spreading the virus.
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— Linus Rees, editor
The latest on our website
Tory MP Nickie Aiken says she will not seek re-election
Westminster Council proposes council tax hike to plug £48mn budget shortfall
‘Five Degrees of Vision’ by Clarke Reynolds – Grove Gallery, New Cavendish Street
Diary: Howard Jacobson at The Fitzrovia Chapel for book launch
Public consultations
Licensing application: Alex Coffee, 1 Hanson Street
Contra-flow cycling plans for Foley, Nassau, and Riding House Streets
Planning applications in Bloomsbury and Fitzrovia East, February 2024
Planning applications in Fitzrovia West, February 2024
Have your say on Draft New Camden Local Plan
The London Borough of Camden is consulting on their draft new Local Plan.
Printed newspapers
Our next printed news-sheet will be out in early March and will be available from outside Fitzrovia Community Centre, 2 Foley Street. See the newspaper archive for back issues of Fitzrovia News. We aim to produce a two-page, printed issue at least four times a year. Local weeklies the Camden New Journal and the Westminster Extra are also available outside the Community Centre and they also have an archive where you can view the full printed Camden and Westminster printed editions.