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The mayor of London has announced plans to pedestrianise London’s Oxford Street in order to re-establish it as “world’s leading retail destination.”The proposal, backed by the government, would see traffic banned on one of the UK’s and world’s busiest shopping areas.More than half a million people visit Oxford Street every day, making it a key commercial centre that generates approximately 5 perce