The afternoon will remain dry although largely cloudy. There will be some sunny spells which will develop from time to time, especially later in the afternoon.

Top temperature: 8C (46F).

An 86-room Premier Inn hotel is set to be approved at New Eltham's notoriously busy fiveways junction - where Sidcup Road meets Green Lane - according to the News Shopper.

The paper asks whether this is the worst location for a hotel?, external

Beth Rose
BBC News Online

A vintage Rolls Royce wedding car broke down in the middle of the Rotherhithe tunnel earlier.

Scotland Yard, external confirmed the passengers were taken out of the vehicle while the car was recovered. We're currently trying to find out whether the bride arrived at her service on time and how she got there.

BBC Sport

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says it is too early to say how long midfielder Aaron Ramsey will be on the sidelines with a hamstring injury.

Image source, Getty Images

Ramsey's goal lit up Tuesday's 4-1 Champions League win at Galatasaray but the 23-year-old was taken off at half-time as a precaution.

BBC London 94.9
Radio

The lead story at 14:00 on BBC London 94.9:

A report into a near miss over west London in July says an object, thought to be a small radio-controlled helicopter, came within just 20 feet of a passenger plane that was coming in to land at Heathrow.

A teenager was threatened with a knife and raped in an area for bins in Thamesmead, Scotland Yard, external has said.

The 17-year-old was walking along Binsey Walk at about 19:30 on Tuesday when she was approached from behind by a man who dragged her under a walkway before raping her and running off towards Harrow Manor Way.

The victim described her attacker as about 25 and wearing dark blue jeans, black Addidas trainers, a dark bulky coat and black scarf which may have had grey stripes. He spoke with a London accent and was possibly of African descent due to a number of phrases he used.

A Christie's, external employee wears an "Uncle Sam" hat owned by Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead which has been valued at £15,000 ahead of the London auction house's 20/21 Pop Culture Sale, external on 16 December.

Image source, PA

In Chingford the A112 Sewardstone Road in both directions is closed and there is very slow traffic in the area due to a police incident between Boardman Avenue and A110 Kings Head Hill. It's causing congestion on A110 Lea Valley Road to A1055 Meridian Way.

Sonja Jessup
Presenter, BBC London News

At 13:30 on BBC One: The Civil Aviation Authority tells drone pilots to obey the rules after a radio-controlled model helicopter came within 20ft of a plane landing at Heathrow.

And we'll be live from Surrey's new woodland that's being planted in Epsom to commemorate 100 years since World War One.

BBC London 94.9
Radio

The lead story at 13:00 on BBC London 94.9: The water industry regulator Ofwat has told Thames Water it will have to wait before it can put up bills to help pay for its £4bn super sewer under London.

The redevelopment of the former BBC Television Centre in west London has moved closer after planning permission was granted by Hammersmith and Fulham Council, external to include a new club in the Soho House chain, 950 homes, office accommodation and a hotel.

Image source, other

Stanhope Plc, external, Mitsui Fudosan, external and the Alberta Investment Management Corporation, external bought the site in July 2012 for £200m and hopes to begin construction in April next year.

A school in London's East End has been shortlisted in a nationwide competition to kick cyber bullying out of children's education, according to the Docklands & East London Advertiser, external.

But Whitechapel's Canon Barnett Primary needs another 100 online voters by tonight to beat its nearest rival in Herefordshire to take the top prize.

The school submitted a two-and-a-half minute musical video, external to the competition run by the Anti Bullying Alliance and internetmatters.org.

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino bemoaned two "laughable" stoppages due to floodlight failure as his side slipped to a 1-0 defeat against Besiktas.

Image source, EPA

The loss relegated Spurs to second place in their Europa League group and means they face a tougher draw in the next round.

Household water bills in England and Wales will fall by an average of 5% - not including inflation - by 2020, the regulator Ofwat, external has ruled.

Thames Water, external has been told it will have to cut charges by 5% in real terms, United Utilities, external must cut by 3%, and Bristol Water, external - a water only company- must cut charges by 21%.

In the football gossip columns Borussia Dortmund are apparently preparing to sell 25-year-old Germany midfielder Marco Reus, with Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool ready to swoop, while the Gunners are also ready to take on Manchester City and Chelsea in order to sign £40m-rated Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba.

Image source, PA

BBC London 94.9
Radio

The lead story at noon on BBC London 94.9: The water industry regulator Ofwat has told Thames Water it will have to wait before it can put up bills to help pay for its £4bn super sewer under London.

The moment a device believed to have been a drone came within 20ft (6m) of a plane landing at Heathrow Airport has been described in a report, external by an air safety body.

Image source, PA

The Airbus A320 was at 700ft (213m) when its pilot saw a small black object near the aircraft, the UK Airprox (aircraft proximity) Board (UKAB) said.

Beth Rose
BBC News Online

If you've still got Christmas presents to buy and are planning a visit to central London you could end up walking about five miles, according to mine and mapometer.com's, external estimations,

Image source, PA

It you started at Oxford Circus, walked towards Tottenham Court Court, back towards Marble Arch before turning back on yourself to walk under the lights down Regent's Street to Piccadilly Circus to see Eros and through Leicester Square to Trafalgar Square to see the Christmas Tree before returning to Oxford Circus you would cover 4.56 miles.

That's before you've walked around the thousands of other shoppers getting in your way and sauntered/rushed through any stores!

An estimated 500 bargain hunters queued outside Next this morning as it became the latest big fashion chain to open in Hounslow, Get West London reports, external.

Shoppers waited in line to get their hands on goody bags promised to the first 200 customers to make a purchase in the store, at the Treaty Centre, in Hounslow High Street.

A British ex-pat, who was once named the prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann investigation, has returned to Faro police station on the Algarve to be questioned as a witness.

Image source, PA

Robert Murat is being questioned by Portuguese detectives as well as a team from Scotland Yard, external as a witness after he was cleared of all involvement in Madeleine's disappearance in 2007.