Summary

  • Updates from London on Friday 6 November 2015

  • News, sport, travel and weather updates resume at 08:00 on Monday

  1. Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00

    Updates for London have ended for this week but we'll be back at 08:00 on Monday with all the latest news, sport, travel and weather.

  2. Tonight's weather: Mainly dry with patchy cloudpublished at 17:56

    BBC Weather

    This evening any rain will soon clear leaving a largely dry night with patchy cloud and clear spells. The odd mist or fog patch may form in the Lea Valley and other sheltered spots. 

    Minimum temperature: 12C (54F) 

  3. Coming up on BBC London News at 18:30published at 17:50

    Asad Ahmad
    Presenter, BBC London

    Tonight at 18:30, we hear about the aftermath of last night's Million Mask March: the police officers and horses injured, and the group behind the protest. 

    And find out about the anti-malaria drug which could be used in the fight against cancer.

  4. Firefighters called to 72 fires on Bonfire Nightpublished at 17:47

    The London Fire Brigade has revealed that firefighters attended 72 fires across the capital last night, and reported no serious blazes for the second year in a row. 

    London Fire Commissioner Ron Dobson, said it was "pleasing" but warned: "It’s no time to rest on our laurels.

    FireworksImage source, Tom Smith

    Yesterday we reported Bonfire Night incidents are at an all-time low in London.

  5. London workforce 'should leave' city to solve housing crisispublished at 17:43

    Broadcaster Victoria Coren has suggested London's workforce should leave the capital in response to the housing crisis, arguing that it would scupper the lives of the "super-wealthy".

    Victoria Coren

    Appearing on BBC One's Question Time, she said "a proper revolution" was needed and called on the government to incentivise people to live and work elsewhere in order to "regenerate" other parts of the UK.

  6. Winston McKenzie accuses UKIP of 'racism'published at 17:38

    The Daily Politics

    Former UKIP candidate Winston McKenzie has told the Daily Politics he quit the party because he suffered racial discrimination.

    Winston McKenzie

    UKIP declined an interview to respond to Mr Mackenzie's claims but issued a statement in which the party said it was "saddened by the manner of his leaving", would miss him and wished him well.

  7. Watch: Fireworks thrown at riot horses during Million Masks Marchpublished at 17:34

    Four officers were taken to hospital and six police horses were injured during an anti-establishment march in central London last night. 

    Media caption,

    Fireworks thrown at London riot police horses

    Thousands took part in the Million Mask March, but after a peaceful start, sections of the crowd turned violent, with one officer saying a firework was thrown at her horse.

    Scotland Yard, external has said it will bring justice to the people responsible for the disturbances.    

  8. Homeless charity earns agency £5.5mpublished at 17:28

    A letting agency has been paid more than £5.5m in housing benefit after its owner set up a charity to help the homeless, the BBC has learned.

    Investing Solutions received those benefit payments over the past two years by finding properties for single homeless men. The charity, Fresh Start Housing, finds clients from London homeless charities.

    HousesImage source, Getty Images

    Neither the charity nor the company acted illegally, but a homeless group says the relationship is "a new low".

  9. Corbyn adviser suspended from the Labour Partypublished at 17:21

    Jeremy Corbyn's head of policy Andrew Fisher has been suspended from the LabourParty pending a report by its ruling National Executive Committee, the party has announced. 

    He was recently forced to apologise for suggesting people should back a non-Labour candidate in the Croydon South constituency.

  10. Home Office admits flaw in police funding formulapublished at 17:17

    Danny Shaw
    BBC Home Affairs Correspondent

    The Home Office has admitted the way it calculated a proposed new funding formula for police forces in England and Wales was flawed.  

    A letter from senior official Mary Calam says Home Office used the wrong indicator for way it estimated changes in central government grant  

    Met PoliceImage source, Thinkstock

    Boris Johnson and the Met commissioner have been among those to criticise the plans.

  11. Top marks: Failing school leaps to 'outstanding' within monthspublished at 17:15

    A London primary school rated as "inadequate" by Ofsted inspectors in the last academic year has improved so much it has been re-classed as "outstanding".

    Media caption,

    Failing Woolwich school leaps to 'outstanding' within months

    Foxfield Primary in Woolwich is only the fifth school in the country to have made the leap.

  12. Football fans to join living wage protest at Arsenalpublished at 17:08

    Football fans will join a protest before this weekend's north London derby game to call on Arsenal Football Club to pay all its staff and contractors the living wage. 

    Campaign groups have been targeting top clubs for years in a bid to persuade them to pay the voluntary rate, which increased this week by 25p to £9.40 in London

    EmiratesImage source, Getty Images

    The protest will be held before Arsenal's game with local rivals Spurs on Sunday. Chelsea is currently the only Premier League club accredited to the Living Wage Foundation, although Norwich has said it intends to accredit.

  13. Mixed reviews for 'overpriced' musicalpublished at 17:03

    Critics have given a lukewarm reaction to Elf the Musical, the West End version of the hit 2003 comedy film.

    Ben Forster and Kimberley WalshImage source, AP

    The production made headlines earlier this year when it was revealed to be the most expensive West End show, with top tickets at £240 each.

  14. Central London road closures this Sundaypublished at 16:51

    The Met has tweeted a map showing which roads will be closed in central London for Remembrance Sunday and when:

  15. Mourinho will not appeal stadium banpublished at 16:29

    John Southall
    BBC Radio Five Live football reporter

    Mourinho admitted a misconduct charge over his language and behaviour in the defeat by West Ham on 24 October.

    It means that he won't be at the Brittania Stadium for Saturday's game against Stoke.

    MourinhoImage source, PA

    Speaking about his lack of appeal over the one-match stadium ban,Jose Mourinho has told reporters “I know the result of the appeal already. I decided to give up.”

  16. Wedding guest who took pictures up women's skirts spared jailpublished at 16:20

    A PhD student who took pictures up young women's skirts at a wedding in London has been spared jail so he can learn how to control his "urges". 

    Californian Collin Lieberg, 34, was spotted by guests and caught on CCTV leaning in towards girls in short summer dresses and angling his mobile phone under the hemlines. 

    The University of Warwick student denied it, but a jury found him guilty of a "lewd act" and he's now been order to undergo therapy.

  17. Green Party Assembly Member apologises after Syria commentspublished at 16:10

    Last night on Question Time, London Assembly Member Baroness Jones said about Syria: "It was a good place to live and believe me, our bombing has made it one of the worst places on earth to live."

    She's now apologised for the comments, saying she "misspoke". 

  18. Uber drivers consider legal actionpublished at 15:59

    More than 100 drivers for app-based taxi company Uber are looking to take action over their rights, lawyers have told the Victoria Derbyshire programme.

    UberImage source, Getty Images

    The legal action is aiming to establish the drivers with worker status, rather than as self-employed customers or partners - which is how Uber sees them.

    The first four cases were lodged last week, arguing the company is breaching its duty on basic rights.