Londoners can legally travel around the capital on e-scooters for the first time.

A rental trial scheme, running for an initial 12 months and backed by TfL, allows pedestrians to hire one of the eco-friendly vehicles from Canary Wharf and the western boroughs of Richmond upon Thames, Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham and Kensington and Chelsea.

Eliza Ketcher took one out for a spin.

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