Live updates for London have finished for the day but we'll be back from 08:00 on Wednesday with the latest news, sport, travel and weather.  

BBC London News

On BBC One at 18:30: 

-An 18-year-old is fatally stabbed in Ruislip - the 13th teenager to die from knife crime this year. 

- And the bogus landlord exposed by a tenant who caught him by setting up a fake date.  

Any heavy bursts of showery rain will soon die out this evening to give a mild but rather breezy night, with just the odd spot of light rain or drizzle  

Minimum temperature: 12C (54F).

The impressive display at the Shree Swaminarayan Temple in Willesden, heads up a collection of Diwali celebration pictures. 

Image source, Sanjay Khetani

Sanjay Khetani said he was expecting more than 1,000 devotees to "sing and dance the night away" tonight.

You can email your pictures to haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk, external.

Transport for London says it is investigating after an engine fire on the number 109 in Streatham High Road, south London, before midday today.

Image source, Sabinus Chinedom

London Fire Brigade said half the bus was damaged and no-one was injured.

Transport for London said that 15-20 people were evacuated.

"Engine fires aren't exactly common but they do happen," a spokesman said.

Tom Edwards
Transport Correspondent, BBC London

Not many were listening or watching, but in City Hall Transport for London (TfL) officials piled into the Aviation Commission's report on Heathrow on Tuesday. 

Image source, Heathrow

 This was an unusual departure for TfL; it doesn't normally operate like this. 

This was a methodical mugging.

London Fire Brigade, external is launching a special fire fighting course aimed at teenage girls. 

Fourteen girls from Tottenham aged between 14 and 17 will be able to take part in the Local Intervention Fire Education, or LIFE, external course.

Image source, London Fire Brigade

The scheme will aim to boost young people’s confidence and build aspirations, through firefighting training techniques.

Camden New Journal

Parents are preparing a petition against a “repressive” new school rule which demands that children walk with their hands clasped behind their backs at all times, Camden New Journal reports., external

Pupils at St George the Martyr Primary School in Holborn have been told they must adopt the pose – known as the “University Walk” – when walking down corridors, the newspaper reported.

Got a wardrobe full of old coats? 

The annual Wrap Up London, external campaign is accepting old coats to help those in need during the winter months.

Image source, Ali Wade

People can donate coats until 13 November at a number of London stations.

The charity is also looking for volunteers to help with the campaign.

Brixton Blog

An old, beaten Chevrolet Impala will be renovated, decorated and hired out to raise funds for Solace Women’s Aid.

The UK’s first charity 'art car' will be unveiled on Wednesday 18 November at Brixton East as part of a fundraising event to help victims of domestic abuse, Brixton Blog reports., external

Hannah Gelbart
BBC London News

A snake is on the loose in a student union building at King's College London (KCL), the university believes.

Image source, Getty Images

It confirmed a non-venomous milk snake (like the one pictured) escaped on Friday after its owner visited Boland House, part of the campus near London Bridge.

The building is five storeys and staff members "scoured" the property over the weekend, said Karen Hoy, KCL spokeswoman.

The student newspaper broke the news, external today.  

"It's likely that the snake will head off to somewhere warm to enjoy its freedom," Ms Hoy added. 

BBC Radio London

Pudsey is at the sound check for Tony Blackburn's Soul Night Out for Children in Need at Koko in Camden.

You can hear Harriet Scott and Jason Rosam broadcasting from behind the scenes from 19:00. 

There will be live performances from Shaun Escoffery, Lemar, Diane Shaw, Jaki Graham, Kenny Thomas, Odyssey and The Three Degrees.  

Find out more about this year's fundraising here, external.

Danny Shaw
BBC Home Affairs Correspondent

Met Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe has been at the Home Affairs Select Committee, external.

He says there have been 15 teenage murders in London so far this year, the highest number since 2010. 

"Often gang warfare" is the reason, he says.  

Ultrafast WiFi connectivity has been expanded to 100 more Tube stations - which brings the total number of stations with the service to 250. 

Transport for London, external and Virgin Media joined forces to expand service which can reach speeds of more than 100Mbps.

Three robbers have admitted carrying out a series of raids on jewellers and money transfer shops in London and Manchester.

One of the robbers was caught when City workers and a plain-clothes police officer blocked his escape after a robbery which was captured in mobile phone footage by a passer-by.  

Image source, City of London police

Over the course of a year the gang struck at seven stores in London and Manchester.

It is estimated they stole cash, watches and jewellery worth £500,000 in total.

The Guardian

Southwark Council has rejected plans that would have transformed a multi-storey car park in Peckham, south London, into 800 affordable artists’ studio, reports the Guardian.   , external

About 70 firefighters and officers tackled a fire in south-west London last night. 

The basement and the third floor of the building on Clapham Common South side were completely damaged by the blaze.

Image source, Dee Savjani

London Fire Brigade was called at 20:05 and the fire was under control at 03:16.

Station Manager Terry Gooding said: “The alarm was raised by a neighbour who saw smoke and thankfully there was nobody in the house at the time and there were no reports of any injuries."  

Richmond & Twickenham Times

A grand Regency-inspired ampitheatre is at the centre of the Twickenham Riverside proposals, which could include as many as 40 flats, reports the Richmond and Twickenham Times. , external

Josephine McDermott
BBC News, London

The thief who stole a laptop used in the funeral of a six-year-old boy"masqueraded as a genuine mourner", the Reverend Desmond Hall of Pentecostal City Mission Church tells me. 

Image source, Metropolitan Police

The suspect, described as having a distinctive limp, "came in the building bold as brass acting as if he was part of everything".

Norris Tashan-Javan Martin, known as TJ, had been ill since he was a baby with a rare disease.  

London Underground, buses and trams are accepting some Southern Rail tickets due to poor rail conditions due to leaves on the track.