EU rejects UK plea for air quality standard extension

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Green Party warns London may have to impose traffic-free days in some areas to avoid huge fines

The European Commission on Friday rejected the UK's bid for extra time to meet European air quality standards, raising the prospect of multimillion-pound fines for a number of the UK's worst pollution...

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