Pollution back at illegal levels on former ‘zero-emissions street’ in London

Experimental ban on petrol and diesel vehicles on Beech Street near Barbican ended in September

The ending of the UK's first zero-emissions street" scheme has led to a return to illegal pollution levels beside one of the country's biggest cultural centres.

Pollution levels had plummeted on Beech Street in London, which runs past the Barbican centre, after the City of London Corporation introduced an experimental traffic order restricting it to electric vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians.