内容摘要："There are 287,000 potential new homes in London with planning permission, including 70,000 affordable homes, that have yet to be built," she said.

"There are 287,000 potential new homes in London with planning permission, including 70,000 affordable homes, that have yet to be built," she said.

Perennial favourite Call the Midwife came in fourth place.Doctor Who, Strictly Come Dancing's festive edition, the animated film Tiddler and a special of the Weakest Link also featured in the top 10.

The government is not "waging war on rural England" with plans to force councils to allow more homes to be built in their areas, the housing minister has said.Matthew Pennycook hit back at Conservative claims the government was "concreting over" green belt land.He told MPs new housing targets for local councils were focused on parts of the country where housing was least affordable - and it was "wrong" to say rural areas would bear the brunt of the changes.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has made increasing housebuilding a key priority, promising 1.5 million new homes in England over the next five years."Our plan for change will put builders not blockers first, overhaul the broken planning system and put roofs over the heads of working families and drive the growth that will put more money in people's pockets," said the PM.

However, councils, including some Labour-run authorities,

They point to strains on local infrastructure, land shortages and a lack of capacity in the construction industry as among the constraints on housebuilding."Our priority continues to be the safety, dignity and wellbeing of the people our highly specialist teams support in custody, and this is underpinned by regular independent assessments confirming the excellence of our safety and training processes."

Thames Valley Police said: "It would be inappropriate to comment whilst there is ongoing legal proceedings, our thoughts remain with Mr Cameron's family and loved ones."Some bus services in Herefordshire could be made more frequent and speedier under new council proposals.

Herefordshire Council said it had an "aspiration" to see half-hourly services between Hereford and five market towns in the coming years, with the priority being services to Ross-on-Wye and Leominster.It also said there should be "bus priority and/or bus-only access on certain streets to make bus services faster and more reliable".