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WEATHER WOES: Snow has brought travel problems to many parts of London

Londoners are being advised by the Met Office to take extra care when out and about today and tomorrow due to icy pavements and roads. It warned in its latest weather alert: "Ice is likely to be a hazard on roads and pavements across parts of southeast Wales and much of England, except the southwest. The public should be aware of the risk of disruption to travel."

HAZARD: Met Office has re-issued an amber warning for

THE FERDINAND CONNECTION

The Ferdinand brothers, Anton and Rio, have been central to this football saga from the start and may continue to play an unwitting role in the humbling of the now ex-England captain, John Terry. Although the alleged racial altercation involved Anton Ferdinand in a fractious west London derby game.

A unique experiment at road-sharing between automobiles and humans has been lauded by the Mayor of London as putting people first. After three years of construction work Exhibition Road was officially opened by Boris Johnson and the leaders of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the City of Westminster. The new-look road which cost almost £30 million to construct  features a kerb-free single surface with no barriers or street clutter.

SMOKE: Fire crews battle inferno at Unigate Dairies and billowing smoke could be seen across west London

Fire crews from six west London fire services battled for over nine hours to put out a huge fire at the Unigate Dairies near Wood Lane in west London. The London Fire Brigade  (LFB) declared around 6.00 pm it had finally put out the fire that started earlier in the morning. It confirmed on its Twitter feed: "The fire on Wood Lane is now over. It damaged a no.

 

GONE WALKIES: The fox graffiti stolen from the interior designer's gate

© Kelly Hoppen/Twitter

 

Notting Hill Interior Designer to the stars, Kelly Hoppen (pictured below) has fallen prey to an unusual theft, the disappearance of a white fox graffiti daubed at the bottom of a black gate leading to her design practice along Chepstow Road in Notting Hill.  The distraught designer has appealed for help on micro-blogging site Twitter, she wrote: "Everyone help ... Remember my graffitti well it