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Hello, I’m Jack Blackmore
The top stories this hour.

The congestion charge zone will now cover Greater London!

Harrods is crunched by the credit crisis!

Nissan announces the first practical electric car!

And Michael Jackson gives Londoners more dates!

Now – the news in depth.

Boris Johnson has announced plans to extend the congestion charge in order to cover the whole of greater London.. . I spoke with Boris Johnson earlier for more information on this.
Insert 1 Boris. Start: “so Boris, when you were elected “end: “bloody terrible bloody terrible.

In other news, Harrods has announced that today will be its last day of trading. , chaos has erupted inside as shoppers scramble to make the most of the reduced prices; we spoke to two shoppers as they left the store.

Insert 2: Harrods start: “it’s dreadful, dreadful,” end: "but we did pick up some bargains “We tried to reach Mr Al fayed, but he was not available for comment.

Nissan have developed a new electric car that can go at 100mph and will b sold for under £20,000. The car will be exempt form so of the major car taxes such as the congestion charge and will also come with a cable enabling you to charge or home. We spoke to a representative from Nissan.

Insert 3: Nissan start:” the new Nissan can reach speeds of up to 100 miles per hour” end: to ensure you have enough power to reach your destination.

Michael Jackson has extended his stay at the o2 area by a further 10 dates, meaning that he will now continue to perform at the venue until March 2010. It is also expected that a new album will be released in order to coincide with the tour. Michael Jackson’s spokesperson has said that this is due to overwhelming demand for tickets.

In other news:

The 20 top universities have announced that university fees need to be doubled in order for them to continue to survive. The University of South London however, has said that it plans to cut fees by 10% in order to attract more students who would not otherwise have been able to cope with eh funding requirements.

Finally, the metropolitan police are planning to recruit a large amount of new officers to its ranks, in order to combat rising crime levels in London. The head of the organisation said that this move, coupled with the announcement that police officers will now be patrolling alone in order to have a wider reach.