LONDON REMEMBERS

IN north-west London, the Barnet Labour group requested a book of remembrance be opened at Hendon Town Hall for people to pay their respects. They also asked for the Israeli flag to be flown at half mast from the town hall. Jonathan Arkush, president of the Board of Deputies, said: “We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of Shimon Peres. One of Israel’s founding generation, Peres was a towering statesman and a humanitarian.”