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A ban on sales of new petrol and diesel cars should be brought forward by eight years to 2032, MPs have said.

The government's current plans to ensure all new cars are "effectively zero emission" by 2040 were "vague and unambitious", a report by Parliament's business select committee said.

It also criticised cuts to subsidies and the lack of charging points.

The government said it aimed to make the UK "the best place in the world" to own an electric vehicle.

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South Western Railway services are subject to disruption, London bound, between Woking and Weybridge. A safety inspection of the track at West Byfleet means some lines towards London are blocked.

As a result of this, trains between Woking and Weybridge may be delayed by up to 15 minutes or revised. Disruption is expected until 10:00.

There's a reduced service due to lack of available trains on TfL Rail between Heathrow Terminals 1, 2 And 3 and Heathrow Terminal 4.

Due to congestion at Paddington, Heathrow Express is running with some minor delays towards Heathrow.

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A bright and chilly start this morning, though a few fog patches make take a little while to clear.

Thereafter, expect a dry day with lengthy sunny spells and light winds.

Maximum Temperature: 13C to 16C (55F to 61F).

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A vision to have more trains run through East Croydon from the south coast to London may not necessarily benefit Brighton and Hove.

Network Rail's strategic planning director for the south, Rupert Walker, spoke about the issue at the Greater Brighton Economic Board on the day that an "Unlocking the Croydon Bottleneck" consultation was announced.

Any plans to increase the number of lines going through the station are 12 years away, Mr Walker said at the meeting on Tuesday.

He told council leaders and chief executives how an extensive consultation and planning process had to happen before the restructure could be delivered by 2030.

He said: "We need to untangle the lines and build new control systems to make the railway a much smoother service.

"Increasing capacity makes it more plausible to run more trains coming out of the region and into London."

Three of the four closed lines into Paddington reopen but passengers have faced further disruption.

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Staying dry and mainly clear through this evening and overnight. With winds remaining light, patchy mist and fog will likely form through the early hours.

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Minimum Temperature: 5C to 8C (41F to 46F).

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Illustrator Sir Quentin Blake has brought his own unique style to pictures of some of the world's most celebrated scientists.

Sir Quentin, known for humorous work in children's books, has made a set of five works depicting 20 women and men.

Pilot Amy Johnson is there, as is spinning machine creator Sir Richard Arkwright.

The pictures were the idea of the Science Museum and will hang outside its Wonderlab: The Equinor Gallery.

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Nine giant magical wands have been unveiled at a new light installation near St Paul's cathedral.

Earlier today a band played music from the Harry Potter films as the 15ft creations were opened to the public for the first time in Peter's Hill.

It comes in the lead-up to the release of the new film, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.

Head prop maker Pierre Bohanna, who created the wands used in the Fantastic Beasts and Harry Potter films in collaboration with author JK Rowling, said: “It’s amazing to see something you’ve worked on for two decades celebrated in such an awe-inspiring way."

“Each of these wands were born in the extraordinary imagination of JK Rowling, and bringing them to life has been a labour of love," he added.

The installation, part of the City of London Arts Initiative for public art, will be on display until 13 November.

A charity which distributes food to Londoners living in poverty has been awarded nearly £80,000 by the City of London Corporation’s funding arm to run a food storage warehouse in Ealing.

Each week City Harvest delivers 30 tonnes of food which would have otherwise ended up in landfill sites to people in 23 of the capital's 32 boroughs.

The money will be used to employ a manager to run the site since the charity has secured several large contracts from major food producers to take their surplus food.

Laura Winningham, CEO of City Harvest, said the funds from the Bridge Trust Committee "enables us to connect waste and want safely, reliably and efficiently."

Alison Gowman, chairman of the City of London Corporation’s City Bridge Trust Committee, said: “Together we are helping Londoners in food poverty and supporting social businesses to grow, so more and more people can be supported."

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Kensington & Chelsea Council is looking at floating a policy idea to ask people living in larger homes to downsize to make way for social rent tenants.

The royal borough is currently in the midst of a housing crisis, and the council is still under pressure to rehouse people displaced by the Grenfell tragedy too.

The council faced controversy in recent months for imposing a deadline on people who had left their homes to decide whether to return or relinquish their tenancies, after spending millions on temporary accommodation.

July’s scrutiny committee heard the residents of the estates were suffering anxiety in response to the tragedy, and some who did not wish to return felt insecure about what replacement tenancies they could be offered elsewhere.

During the Grenfell Recovery Scrutiny Committee meeting on Monday, one local asked if the larger homes in the Grenfell Walkways that tenants had not returned to would be given to people on social housing waiting lists who needed 4-bedroom or larger homes.

“If they stay empty forever that’s criminal,” she said.

Council staff told locals only six to seven four-bedroom homes became available a year in the borough, and there was work under way on a policy to “incentivise” people to downsize properties to make way for bigger families.

As of June, the borough had a social housing waiting list of 3,280, with 130 households already in social housing listed as asking for a move due to overcrowding.

Housing cabinet leader Kim Taylor-Smith, who was answering questions about the rehousing process at Monday’s meeting, recently wrote a letter to the Housing Minister Kit Malthouse bidding for more powers for councils to seize “ghost homes” for tenants in need.

He wrote that the borough, London’s smallest but also one of its wealthiest, had too many “buy-to-leave” landlords who kept homes empty, saying Kensington & Chelsea wanted the law to back them to get access to the properties for social housing tenants.

A popular walkway in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is to be named in memory of the former Culture Secretary Baroness Tessa Jowell.

Tessa, who died last May, played a major role in securing the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics for London.

The route to be named in honour of the former MP runs through the Pleasure Gardens in the south of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, starting at the Orbit and passing along the waterways to Carpenters Lock in the centre of the park.

The tree-lined promenade, hung with lanterns, was originally used as the main pedestrian plaza during the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, said: “Tessa did more than anybody to bring the 2012 Games to London and their spectacular success was a testament to her expertise, passion and energy.

"She also ensured that London would benefit from a strong Olympic legacy - and it is absolutely right that the most popular area in the park created to host the Games will now be named in her honour.”

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Enfield Council is considering setting up its own lettings agency to tackle the soaring rate of homelessness in the borough.

The proposal for a social lettings agency, which is included in the council’s homelessness strategy, would help to boost the supply of homes for vulnerable people and cut down on costly emergency accommodation.

It means the council would be able to offer its own rented accommodation and reduce its reliance on private landlords to house homeless families.

Enfield has 3,350 households in temporary accommodation following a 70% rise in the past six years – the second-highest figure in the UK.

Housing people in temporary accommodation costs the council £8m a year, and this is continuing to climb as the council faces ongoing pressure from government funding cuts

At a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, councillors discussed several measures aimed at freeing up the supply of rented accommodation, as well as tackling the causes of homelessness.

Dino Lemonides, cabinet member for housing, said the borough’s high levels of homelessness were due to “a rising population, high levels of deprivation, welfare reforms, and other boroughs placing (homeless) families in Enfield”.

The report includes plans to help tenants move on from temporary accommodation to renting their own home and features proposals for modular housing.

At the meeting, councillors also raised concerns about other London boroughs using emergency accommodation in Enfield to house their own homeless families because they "find Enfield cheaper".

Councilor Lemonides said there were around 300 homeless families from Haringey living in Enfield, while Haringey houses a similar number of Enfield families.

Council leader Cllr Nesil Caliskan said: “We do have control over where we place residents, and we are clear we will ensure, as far as possible, we keep residents who want to stay in Enfield and do not push them out of the borough.”

The cabinet approved the report’s recommendations to carry out further work on boosting the supply of housing and reduce the council’s reliance on temporary accommodation.

Ingrid Loyau-Kennett appealed against a speeding fine after she was inspired by Midsomer Murders.

Leon Scott stabbed his victim about 30 times in an unprovoked attack in north London.

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The partial shredding of a Banksy artwork didn't go entirely to plan, the artist has confirmed.

Love is in the Bin self-shredded in its frame immediately after selling for £860,000 at Sotheby's last week.

Now, Banksy has uploaded a video suggesting the entire canvas was supposed to shred, and not just two thirds of it.

A clip of a canvas shredding in full is seen in the video with the caption: "In rehearsals, it worked every time."

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London's Oxford Street "must be transformed", the mayor of London has said.

The area will get £150m of investment under an "ambitious" new proposal put forward by Westminster Council.

Westminster City Council ditched plans to make the shopping street traffic-free after residents opposed the idea.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan said the council's refusal of the pedestrianisation plans in June was a "betrayal".

New plans include a central "piazza" at Oxford Circus and a revamped "gateway to the West End" at Marble Arch.

A spokesman for Mr Khan said: "The mayor has made clear that the status quo simply isn't an option for the future of Oxford Street.

"For the millions of Londoners and visitors who use it every year, nothing short of a transformation is required.

"Any new plans must secure the future of the West End's economy and provide comprehensive solutions to the major challenges facing the area, including improving air quality and dealing with the serious overcrowding issues that will be exacerbated on Oxford Street over the coming years."