Watched by family and friends, the cyclist was awarded the honour by mayor of Broxbourne, councillor Eddie Rowland, at the meeting on Thursday at the council's Cheshunt offices in Churchgate.

BBC: Beds, Herts & Bucks

Faheem Ahmed Ansari, an Indian citizen who carried a fake Pakistani passport, sits in an Indian jail awaiting trial on charges of planning a suicide attack on Mumbai's stock market and the Churchgate railway station.

CNN: Two suspected of ties to Mumbai attackers' cell phones