Westminster Council and English Heritage today (Monday 29 September 2008) mounted a joint legal challenge against the Doon Street Tower development which if built would spoil one of London's most famous views.

The council and English Heritage are opposed to Secretary of State Hazel Blears' decision to give the go-ahead to the 143m high residential tower on the Southbank.

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A memory bank to capture and record moments in Britain's Olympic sporting history has been created in the run-up to the 2012 Games in Westminster.

Residents are being encouraged to contribute their own recollections from Olympics gone ranging from Kelly Holmes' double athletics gold in Athens in 2004, to the atmosphere in London in 1948, when the capital last hosted the Games.

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Smokers will be liable for an £80 fine for leaving cigarette butts in the street in central London from today.

After more than a year of education and information drives warning smokers not to drop their cigarette butts on the floor, Westminster Council's city inspectors and Met police officers will fine those who deliberately drop cigarettes or any other litter.

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Westminster Council has been named as a finalist in a national gardens and open spaces competition.

The council's Open Spaces Management Team was nominated for its exemplar work during the past year and has beaten competition from across the UK to be named among the final five entries for Horticulture Week's Landscape and Amenity Awards.

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A busy Westminster library is set to be re-housed while it undergoes a major refurbishment worth almost £2 million. During the nine-month revamp Church Street Library will move to a former butcher's shop on Church Street, just a few minutes walk from its current location.

In preparation, the unused shop is currently undergoing a major face-lift and will be given a new shop front, in order to provide the same first class services that operate at the current site.

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