vehicles in the zone are charged £12.50 a day. london s mayor, sadiq khan, wants to extend the boundary of the zone to cover the whole of greater london. five conservative led councils tried to have the expansion of the scheme halted, arguing that mr khan had exceeded his powers, but they have now failed. the extension is due to go ahead on august 29th. ulez has been at the centre of a major political row and is widely believed to have been a key factor in labour s failure in a recent by election in london. the plans are at the centre of a major political row and are being introduced by london s labour mayor. here s the mayor giving his reaction to the bbc in the last hour well, this landmark judgment well, this landmarkjudgment today is good news for london, because it means we can make progress from the end of next month. the decision to expand ulez was a difficult one, not one i took lightly, but it is essential, because in our great city of rio, over 4000 people die prem
they flew right over, i thought they d missed me. then they turned. they turned round. and they saved my life. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. buckingham palace has announced the duke of edinburgh will retire from public engagements from this autumn. his decision to step down has the full support of the queen. she will continue her public duties as normal with support from other members of the royal family. a palace aide said prince philip was nearly 96 and was looking forward to enjoying more leisure time. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell‘s report contains some flash photography. arriving at st james‘s palace a short time ago, side by side, as we are accustomed to seeing them, the queen and the duke of edinburgh. but this, come the autumn, will be the exception. the duke has decided, finally, just a few weeks short of his 96th birthday, that it is time for him to step back from public duties. the palace says the decision has not been prompted by any pa
he was going to die. they flew right over. i thought they d missed me. and then they turned round and they saved my life. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. buckingham palace has announced that the duke of edinburgh will retire from public engagements this autumn. his decision to step down has the full support of the queen. she will continue her public duties as normal, with support from other members of the royal family. a palace aide said prince philip was nearly 96 and was looking forward to enjoying more leisure time. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell‘s report contains some flash photography. arriving at st james‘s palace a short time ago, side by side, as we are accustomed to seeing them, the queen and the duke of edinburgh. but this, come the autumn, will be the exception. the duke has decided, finally, just a few weeks short of his 96th birthday, that it is time for him to step back from public duties. the palace says the decision has not been prompted