West End
Coverage of West End in the Nexus archive.
- The West End’s next act: Ready, set, wait …
The West End's 1928 river-moving project took two years to save the area, while a current convention center remodel is expected to take five years. Restaurateurs view this lengthy timeline as detrimental to their businesses.
- London cops bring live facial recognition to West End
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) will deploy live facial recognition (LFR) cameras in London's West End and Soho by year-end, following a Croydon pilot that resulted in 173 arrests and one false alert. Civil liberties group Big Brother Watch criticized the expansion, citing lack of parliamentary regulation and racial bias in the technology, referencing a case where a man was wrongly arrested due to a misidentification. The MPS highlighted budget constraints and rejected a Palantir contract due to controversy.
- Algerian thief who stole Fabergé egg and watch in £2 MILLION handbag grab from whisky boss in West End is sentenced
An Algerian thief was sentenced for stealing a Fabergé egg, a watch, and a £2 million handbag from a whisky boss in London's West End. The crime involved a high-value theft targeting a prominent businessman in the city's entertainment district.