News from Marylebone

From Philippa Roe, Leader of Westminster City Council.

Westminster, including Marylebone has one of the lowest levels of coverage anywhere in London for superfast broadband! This is despite it being the borough with the highest concentration of jobs provided by SMEs employing 1-10 people and a supposed centre for creative industries, let alone a quarter of a million citizens! It almost seems a national disgrace that the centre of the capital city in terms of Westminster and City has the worst percentage coverage. Now it is time to have your say.

Built in 1848 and housed within the Polytechnic Institution on London's Regent Street, the cinema was the first in the country to show moving pictures. In 1896, the cinema showcased the Lumière brothers' Cinématographe to a paying audience, and, as the curtain fell, British cinema was born.