Feb 22, 2022

FN newsletter 22-02-2022: the latest news and public consultations

By Fitzrovia News • Issue #19 • View online

Covid-19 is still a concern in London. Please wear a face covering in shops and on public transport. You can find information and how to get vaccinated on Camden Council’s coronavirus web page and Westminster Council’s coronavirus web page.

In our last newsletter we remembered Judith “Judy” Dainton. She was instrumental in improving not only Fitzrovia but also the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood. There will be remembrance drinks for Judy on Tuesday 8 March 2022 from 5pm at the Calthorpe Arms, Grays Inn Rd, London WC1X 8JR. There is a fundraiser to create a memorial for Judy at the Calthorpe Community Garden.

Many people wrote to Fitzrovia News this week raising concern that Nickie Aiken, MP for Cities of London and Westminster is supporting the Nationality and Borders Bill.

I’m writing to tell other local people about cruel new laws that our MP should be fighting in Parliament.

The anti-refugee Nationality and Borders Bill breaches the UN convention on refugees.

Rules were put in place after the Holocaust to protect all of us if we flee torture, war or persecution.

Refugees could be separated from their families, and even locked up. No one should be punished for trying to find safety.

The bill is being discussed in the House of Lords right now and then it will go back to MPs.

I want to call on our MP to do the right thing and vote for the amendment to remove clause 11 from this bill.

Clause 11 of the Bill would punish refugees and torture survivors for trying to find safety and prevent people from rebuilding their lives.

If you live within her constituency you can write to her via the Parliament website.

(Keir Starmer, MP for Holborn and St Pancras has voted against the Bill.)

We’ll produce a small printed newspaper at the beginning of March. Thank you to our contributors for supporting Fitzrovia News with your stories.

If you want to contribute to Fitzrovia News please get in touch with us by email at news@fitzrovianews.com

– Linus Rees, editor

The latest news, features and comment

Renovated children’s nursery opens at Whitfield Street

The children’s nursery at Whitfield Street has opened under new ownership, and after undergoing an extensive renovation of the building and outdoor play area.

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Honey & Co to bid farewell to 25A Warren Street

Honey & Co, the small middle-eastern cafe that opened at 25A Warren Street in 2012, is to close at the end of April say Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich the couple who run it.

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Eunice leaves a mess and some damage in Fitzrovia

Camden and Westminster councils issued service updates on Friday morning after the Met Office upgraded its weather warning from “amber” to “red” for London.

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Appeal for missing Chihuahua dog

A public appeal has been made by a Fitzrovia resident to find a dog that has gone missing. Posters have been put up in the neighbourhood with a photo of Loki, a two-year-old, long-hair Chihuahua who ran off at 1.30pm on Sunday 6 February from Cleveland Street.

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‘Birth Reflections’ by Caroline Walker – an exhibition at the Fitzrovia Chapel

A new exhibition has opened at the Fitzrovia Chapel features paintings of women at work at the Elizabeth Garret Anderson maternity wing of University College Hospital.

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Cartoon Museum seeks the next big comic artist with Alison Brown award

The Alison Brown Young Comics Maestro Award 2022 competition is now open and with it the Cartoon Museum is hoping to find the next big comic artist.

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Planning, licensing, and public consultations

Planning applications in Fitzrovia West, February 2022

Westminster Council has validated 12 planning application so far this February in the Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association amenity society area.

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Planning applications in Bloomsbury and Fitzrovia, February 2022

Camden Council has registered 15 planning application so far this February in Bloomsbury ward.

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Licensing application: 67 Whitfield Street

Culinary Lab Limited has applied to Camden Council for a new premises licence at the ground floor and outside areas of 67 Whitfield Street, on the corner of Chitty Street.

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Licensing application: basement and ground floor, 21 Foley Street

Krokodil Limited has applied to Westminster Council for a new premises licence at the basement and ground floor of 21 Foley Street, on the corner with Hanson Street.

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Licensing application: Sardo restaurant and wine Shop, 45 Grafton Way

2 Don Limited has applied to Camden Council for a new premises licence at Sardo restaurant and wine shop, 45 Grafton Way.

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Licensing application: Lisboeta, 30 Charlotte Street

Lisboeta MJMK Ltd has applied to Camden Council for a major variation of its premises licence at the ground floor, basement and first floor of 30 Charlotte Street.

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Residents invited to tell Camden what they think of West End Project

Residents in Fitzrovia are invited to give their views on Camden’s West End Project now that the lengthy opera is apparently grinding towards its closing act.

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News and features from elsewhere