'Anti-poison' car scheme has lowered air pollution most in London boroughs that opposed it

Witness describes chaos after bus mounts pavement in London

A bus mounted the pavement on Victoria Street, central London, at around 8.20am on Thursday, injuring 17 people. Two were treated at the scene, while 15, including the bus driver, were taken to hospital. A witness described the scene, saying: "There was a lot of people... The vehicles, the ambulances were too many to comprehend." Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

'Several' people injured after bus mounts pavement

A number of pedestrians have been taken to hospital after a bus mounted a pavement near Victoria Station in central London. Several people, including the driver of the route 24 bus, are understood to have been injured in the crash on Victoria Street on Thursday morning. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

Lush closes UK stores in Gaza protest

Cosmetics retailer Lush has shut more than 100 UK stores, as well as its factories and website, for the day in solidarity with Gaza. Customers visiting the store on London's Oxford Street are met with posters in the colours of the Palestinian flag reading: "Stop starving Gaza. We are closed in solidarity". Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn