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On average, people with Alzheimer’s live for around eight to 10 years after first developing symptoms.

The stalwart Labour politician has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s at the age of 78.

The one-time figurehead of the Labour left is being ‘well cared for by his family and friends’, his relatives said in a statement.

PA looks at the key moments in the former London mayor’s life.

The retired 78-year-old former MP is ‘being well cared for by his family and friends’, his family announced

The candidate’s team said it was a ‘desperate smear and complete mischaracterisation’

At last, the Tories have produced their candidate for next year’s mayoral election. Susan Hall is the woman. She is not, even in London, a household name. She has undoubted local government experience, being until recently head of the City Hall Conservatives, but what is striking about this contest was…