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The political storm around sadiq khan's expansion of the area covered by london's ultra low emission zone has been building. drivers of cars that produce too much pollution must pay £12.50 a day to drive in the zone. the conservative party candidate, 13,965. an unexpected victory for the conservatives in the uxbridge and south ruislip by election last month, was put down to the labour mayor's scheme. sadiq khan has lost labour this election and we know that it was his damaging and costly ulez policy that lost them this election. sadiq khan won a legal battle at the high court so his plan to e...

Sean daly describing the scenes outside the court yesterday when donald trump made his appearance. let's pick up now on stories related to air quality in london and cars. thank you, charlie. a car scrappage scheme has been extended to more drivers ahead of the expansion the ultra low emission zone in london. the mayor of london sadiq khan has announced all londoners with a noncompliant vehicle can now access up to £2,000 to replace their vehicle with a less polluting one. our reporter, harry farley has more. the political storm around sadiq khan's expansion of the area covered by london's ult...

Going on a spending spree. liam kavanagh used thurrock council's money to buy luxury goods, including a yacht and a private jet. the council's been made effectively made bankrupt after investing over half a billion pounds in mr kavanagh's solarfarm business. mr kavanagh's lawyers say payments were legal. the council has cut other services. there's more on that story on panorama on the bbc iplayer. a new service provider collecting millions of pounds from drivers using the dartford crossing has been criticised for causing long delays — not at the crossing itself but online. some drivers say t...

Pounds in mr kavanagh's solar farm business. mr kavanagh's lawyers say payments were legal. the council has cut other services. and there's more on that story on panorama on the bbc iplayer. a new service provider collecting millions of pounds from drivers using the dartford crossing has been criticised for causing long delays not at the crossing itself but online. some drivers say they've waited for hours on their computers and phones to pay the £2.50 charge to conduent, who work for the highways agency. drivers who used the bridge at the weekend have been given an extension until today to p...

Two bags for £2.50. grapes, grapes. would you like the grapes? they're buying, but they're also watching the pennies. at this fruit and veg stall in high wycombe, they used to charge £1 a bowl. it's £1.50 now, although some items are coming down. there's still customers who come along and say, "really?" because they haven't noticed we've actually bought some of our prices down, or we're trying as much as possible. like with the onions, they used to be £5, but they're down to £a.50. so, it's slowly, but they still think it's quite steep. that's because money's tight. it is very hard. even ...