Elderly woman dies after being hit by car on leafy road in north-west London

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An elderly woman has died after she was hit by a car on a leafy road in north London.

Police and paramedics rushed to the scene of the crash in Harrow at 10.45am on Saturday morning.

The female pedestrian, a woman aged in her 70s, was pronounced dead at the scene just under an hour later, Scotland Yard said.

An air ambulance was also called after the crash, which happened in Bessborough Road at the junction with Whitmore Road.

The car stopped at the scene.

A Met Police spokesman said: “Officers are in the process of informing next of kin.

“A post-mortem examination will be held in due course.

“No arrests have been made and enquiries continue.”

World's oldest person and last known survivor of the 1800s Emma Morano dies at 117

Pic:Emma Morano died on Saturday at her home in northern Italy
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The world's oldest person has died in Italy at the age of 117, reports say.

Emma Morano, who was born on November 29, 1899, was officially the last surviving person in the world who was born in the 1800s.

She put her longevity down to genetics, being single and her diet of three eggs, two of them raw, each day for more than 90 years.

Ms Morano died on Saturday in her home in the city of Verbania, northern Italy, according to local media.

"She had an extraordinary life, and we will always remember her strength to help us move forward in life," the mayor of Verbania was quoted as saying.

She was born in the Piedmont region of Italy, the oldest of eight siblings, and officially became the world's oldest living woman when American Susannah Mushatt Jones died in May.

Ms Morano took up her unusual diet as a young woman after she was diagnosed with anaemia shortly after World War One.

More recently she had cut down to two eggs a day, along with a few biscuits.

Last year, in an interview with AFP, her doctor Carlo Bava, said: "Emma has always eaten very few vegetables, very little fruit. When I met her, she ate three eggs per day, two raw in the morning and then an omelette at noon, and chicken at dinner."

Ms Morano also credited her longevity to her decision to kick out her abusive husband in 1938.

"I didn't want to be dominated by anyone," she once said. 

Her long life was also likely down to genetics - her mother lived until she was 91 and several sisters reached 100.

Police officer injured and man attacked in mass brawl at Camden Lock

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A police officer was injured after a mass armed brawl broke out in north London in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Weapons were found at the scene in Camden Lock where a large crowd of people began fighting in the street at around 3am.

Police were called and one officer was injured as they tried to break up the brawl, on Chalk Farm Road. 

But officers believe another man was also injured during the fight and fled the scene before police arrived. It is thought he has not received medical treatment.

Detectives are now appealing for information and witnesses to trace the victim and have released a CCTV image of him.

He is described as black, aged in his late teens to early 20s, around 5ft 10ins tall and with a ponytail. He was wearing a black jacket and jeans.

The Met Police said a 17-year-old boy has been charged in connection with the incident. Enquiries are continuing.

The officer who was wounded suffered minor injuries, police said on Sunday.