Anna Slater and Chris Hewett

A paediatrician who treats the victims of car accidents is urging Barnet Borough Council to consider lowering the speed limit on a “hazardous” stretch of road.

Disgraced councillor Brian Coleman has been branded a “wounded beast” after he posted an explosive blog post about his former Tory colleagues.

Firefighters are working to free a woman from an overturned car in Hendon.