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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan urged to call on Government to legally regulate drug-taking

Capital could be first venue outside North America for US wrestling spectacular

As Ukrainian heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk sends off Transport for London’s latest convoy to Ukraine, Tom Watling speaks to the athlete about the importance of the UK’s continued support

It was only a year ago that Labour lost the Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election. Despite double-digit poll leads across the country, the party fell short by 495 votes in a contest widely interpreted as a referendum on the extension of Sadiq Khan's Ultra-low emission zone (Ulez). 

Work to replace obsolete escalators runs six months behind schedule after corroded steel beams had to be replaced

Critics warned that Sadiq Khan’s mission to clean up London’s air would be politically toxic and practically ineffectual. They were wrong on both counts. A long-awaited report by City Hall demonstrates that the Mayor’s expansion of the ultra low emission zone (Ulez) resulted in a “better than expected” reduction in…

Change equivalent to removing 200,000 cars for a year, with capital’s air quality improving at faster rate than rest of England

But improvement in air quality is far less dramatic than after the launch of the central London Ulez in 2019 and the inner London Ulez in 2021

The mayor said he was also worried about ‘children growing up thinking Andrew Tate is saying sensible things’