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One of Jeremy Corbyn’s most loyal supporters in the Parliamentary Labour Party, Chris Williamson MP, is due to visit Croydon next week as part of something he calls “The Democracy Roadshow”.

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A 77-year-old man who was critically injured in a suspected hit and run in north London has died in hospital.

Richard Dougherty was run over by a stolen Nissan Primera which then crashed into a front garden in Leighton Road in Kentish Town on 23 August.

Three teenage girls were arrested at the scene but the police are still looking for 32-year-old Alistair McWilliams, who is also wanted for burglary.

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Politicians fed up with the cost of commuting into the capital have handed a petition to the Mayor of London.

Mayor of Watford Peter Taylor and Liberal Democrat London Assembly member Caroline Pidgeon presented their petition to the Greater London Authority this morning.

Signed by more than 6,000 people, it calls for Watford stations to be brought into Zone 6 of Transport for London’s network, to reduce price disparities.Ian Stotesbury, Liberal Democrat Councillor and resident in Callowland Ward originally started the petition in 2015 but said it is time to “push it forward.”

He said: “This is such a big issue to people in Watford paying different fares, there are huge differences.“Commuters are paying thousands of pounds to get into Watford and I want to make sure something significant is done.”

On average a commuter travelling into London from Watford could pay £1,400 a year on fares.

Ms Pidgeon said: “There needs to be a review of trains in London and beyond to make sure people get a good deal.

“It is time the mayor reviewed all zones in London and beyond.”

A response to the petition is expected in the next few months.

Security minister Ben Wallace says Russia's president ultimately controls its military intelligence.

Ministers have been told to come up with "creative alternatives" to London's knife crime epidemic - including banning offenders from social media.

The crime rate in the capital has soared in 2018, with Scotland Yard already having logged more than 1,299 knife attacks.

Labour MP Sarah Jones told the Commons harsher sentences were "simply not working" as she demanded action.

The Croydon Central MP said: "The proportion of people receiving a custodial sentence for knife possession has risen from 40% in 2010 to almost 70% today and yet in the last five years knife crime has been on a sustained and shocking increase, suggesting that harsher sentences are simply not the answer.

"Will the Attorney General look at two things, one some creative alternatives to prison such as electronic tagging or banning young people from social media if they're using it to incite violence.

"Secondly, more ways to reduce reoffending through education and rehabilitation to keep young people out of the prison system."

Solicitor General Robert Buckland told MPs the Government had made knife crime a "national priority".

He added: "I think it is right that we have approached the issue of possession in a more serious way but I take on board her points about causation."

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Speaking at urgent questions into why Crossrail has been delayed London transport commissioner Mike Brown told the London Assembly, Transport for London is expected to miss out on £20m of revenue which the new service was expected to make in the financial year up to April 2019.

"I consider that to be manageable within the TfL budget", he said.

Mr Brown said it was also "too early" to assess whether there will be any additional costs from the prohject overrunning.

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New Saracens coach Alex Austerberry says his team have only one ambition - to retain their Premier 15s title.

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The Cranberries front woman Dolores O'Riordan died in January by drowning due to alcohol intoxication, an inquest at Westminster Coroner's Court has heard.

The singer, who died suddenly on 15 January aged 46, was found submerged in the bath in her room at the Park Lane Hilton hotel.

The Coroner heard she had no injuries or evidence of self harm.

The Irish musician led the band to international success in the 90s.

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The Cranberries frontwoman Dolores O'Riordan died in London in January by drowning due to alcohol intoxication, an inquest at Westminster Coroner's Court heard.

The new technology means roads don't have to be closed for repairs and residents can keep the gas on.

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While giving evidence to the London Assembly about why Crossrail has been delayed, Crossrail CEO Simon Wright said the electrical explosion at Pudding Mill Lane in October 2017 delayed testing so trains could not been tried out on the line until the following February.

"Testing thereafter was less than productive due to several issues one of which was incomplete infrastructures," he said.

He said the board "tried to get more test hours" to maintain the schedule but "all the way through the summer the pressure was rising".

"We've had some successes. We are running trains at line speed end-to-end. It was not all doom and gloom," he said.

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Chairman Sir Terry Morgan is among those given evidence at the London Assembly about the delay in the opening of Crossrail.

Asked a question by Caroline Pidgeon at about why the opening of the line had been delayed, the project's Chairman Sir Terry Morgan said the plan to go beyond the set timeline was a "a very difficult decision to make".

He said in June the board had expected Crossrail would open in December but "a combination of delays on construction and the complexity of testing then new software systems... drew us to a conclusion that we couldn't guarantee a safe and reliable railway for December."

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Sadiq Khan is being questioned about the delayed opening of Crossrail at the London Assembly alongside London transport commissioner Mike Brown, Crossrail chairman Sir Terry Morgan and Crossrail CEO Simon Wright.

At the start of his evidence the mayor of London said the decision to delay the opening of the service had been made by the Crossrail board at a meeting on 29 August, and Mr Khan and the deputy mayor for transport had then been informed.

Transport for London and the Department for Transport were then told the next day before the news was made public on 31 August.

"I'm extremely disappointed, frustrated and angry by the delay," the mayor said,

The club has produced World Champions such as George Groves and is credited with keeping many young people in the area off the streets.

Enter the DIY SOS team and volunteers pulling together to create a new home for the Dale Youth. DIY SOS: Grenfell was shown on BBC1 on Wednesday 5 September at 21:00 BST and is now available to watch on the BBC iPlayer.

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The Met's Flying Squad is celebrating their 100th anniversary.

In 1918, 12 specially chosen Metropolitan Police detectives were called to New Scotland Yard to form what would quickly become one of the most prominent squads in London, the Met said.

Some of the squad's most famous investigations include:

• The Flying Squad's first high-profile success against a gang of armed robbers in 1948 who intended to steal a consignment of gold bullion worth £250,000 from a warehouse at Heathrow Airport;
• In 1963 the squad - led by Detective Chief Superintendent Tommy Butler - famously arrested 17 out of the 19 criminals responsible for The Great Train Robbery;

• The unit was responsible for the arrest of most of the villains involved in the Bank of America Safety Deposit Robbery in 1975;
• 1983 saw the Flying Squad successfully investigate the Brinks-Mat security depot robbery;

• The squad was responsible for the arrest of those involved in a high-profile safe deposit raid in Knightsbridge in 1987;

• More recently the unit is well-known for foiling a plot to rob the Millennium Dome's Diamond Exhibition in 2000. The operation is the biggest in the squad's history and prevented the robbery of the Millennium Star worth approximately £200 million as well as a collection of blue diamonds.

Barry Phillips, head of the Flying Squad Officers' Association,said: "For 100 years the detectives of the Flying Squad, so ably assisted by the expert squad drivers, forensics and photographic colleagues, together with police staff, have proudly done their duty as part of an exceptional group of men and women."

Charlton Athletic appoint caretaker boss Lee Bowyer as their manager on a deal until the end of the season.

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Wilfried Zaha is to make "a substantial financial contribution" to help subsidise Crystal Palace Ladies.

The Palace winger's gesture follows reports of the club's reserve team being told to come up with £250 each in sponsorship or risk being let go.

Palace Ladies, who play in the second-tier Women's Championship, said the Guardian's , externalreport was "inaccurate".

The club said it was "grateful" to Zaha, 25, who in August signed a new deal worth a reported , external£130,000 a week.