Until now, only members who had signed up in advance to receive their release key could hire the bikes but now the scheme is open to non-members who wish to just pay the terminals.

The cycle hire scheme went live in July but plans to allow casual users to try them have been delayed until now to allow the operator, Serco, to deal with ‘teething problems‘.

There are cycle hire docking stations in the following Mayfair locations:

• Curzon Street
• Sackville Street
• Grafton Street
• Bruton Street
• St George Street
• South Audley Street
• Millennium Hotel
• Grosvenor Square
• North Audley Street
• Green Street
• Woodstock Street

Hakkasan, which currently has one other restaurant near Tottenham Court Road station, will open its new site in Mayfair’s Bruton street.

Hakkasan describes itself as a “cinematic vision of the sexiest night club you’ve never been to” where “impossibly glamourous waiting staff emerge to deliver dishes from a Michelin-star winning, modern Cantonese menu.”

The kitchen will be overseen by executive chef, Tong Chee Hwee.

Additional information at CatererSearch.com

Happy Birthday Ma’am.

A Westminster spokesman told the Standard that “Drivers are not allowed to wait at this location during controlled hours unless they are loading and unloading, which this motorist was clearly not doing.”

The council says Mr Tubbs caused an obstruction to the traffic and they seem to regard stopping as being the same as parking, citing this definition, “The word parking is defined as follows: ‘To park, to stop or leave a vehicle in a specific location.’”. My own opinion is that it seems a bit harsh, and I would consider a Red Route to be a place where no stopping is allowed, and double yellows to be a place where no parking is allows. Notice that TFL says “stopping” is not allowed on Red Routes. The fact they use the word stopping and not parking would imply to me that they see a difference, although Westminster council consider parking to mean stopping at all.

What do you think? Is Westminster council doing a good job in penalising those that interrupt the good flow of traffic or are they being an unfair an unreasonable? Use the comments box to share your views…

The new gallery is the third from Halcyon Gallery, complementing their two other galleries in Mayfair – 29 Bruton Street and 29 New Bond Street.

Find out more by visiting the Halcyon Gallery website.