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A TfL project which saw a pedestrian crossing moved roughly 50 yards down Streatham High Road has been revealed to have cost almost a million pounds.

The “eye-watering” bill - recently made public by Sir Sadiq Khan’s office - covered the price of the scheme’s survey, design and construction phases, with the project intended to improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists.

But City Hall Liberal Democrats said the £896,000 cost suggested something had “surely gone wrong”, regardless of the scheme’s impact locally.

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TfL and mayor urged to introduce ‘bill of rights’ to improve working conditions for bus drivers

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Campaigners are urging the introduction of a London bus drivers’ “bill of rights” amid concerns that poor working conditions are linked to pedestrian and passenger fatalities and serious injuries.

According to campaigners, 93 people have died in “preventable collisions” with, or falls on, London buses since Sir Sadiq Khan became mayor in 2016.

Lambeth Mayor John-Paul Ennis said one of the perks of his position was you ‘get a nice car, get driven around, it’s a vibe’

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Megan Howe32 seconds ago

Two drug dealers have been jailed for attempting to import a handgun in the post from Florida.

Colly McNeil, 48, from south London, and Keston Redhead, 35, an asylum seeker from Trinidad and Tobago, were found guilty of importation of a firearm and conspiracy to import class A drugs following an investigation by the National Crime Agency (NCA).

The Home Secretary has ordered a “thorough review” of the Southport killer’s referrals to the Prevent anti-terror programme “to identify what changes are needed to make sure serious cases are not missed”.

A litany of concerns have been raised over the years about how the deradicalisation programme works after several terror attacks were carried out by extremists who had been referred to Prevent.

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A man was stabbed in south London in the early hours of Christmas Eve.

Police were called to Streatham High Road shortly after 4am on Tuesday following reports of a stabbing.

Officers attended the scene alongside the London Ambulance Service who treated a man for stab injuries.

It is understood that his injuries are not life-threatening.

Streatham High Street was shut in both directions on Tuesday afternoon as road closures remained in place after the attack.

The stricken firm has set a deadline of the end of next week for potential buyers to snap up its remaining shops in the UK and Ireland