Updates on Friday 13 November 2015
News, sport, travel and weather updates resume on Monday
The Croydon Guardian reports, external that a lack of Government funding for a Croydon army barracks is risking the base’s ability to hold on to recruits, a Conservative peer has claimed,
India and the UK have a long - and troubled - relationship, but it is also one that has evolved considerably over the years.
From whisky and Agatha Christie to curry and the Taj Mahal - what five things do Indians think fondly of about the UK, and vice versa?
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BBC Asian Network is broadcasting live from Wembley from 15:00 for three hours.
It will be a bright and blustery afternoon, perhaps with the odd sharp shower, and it will be a colder-feeling day than recently.
Maximum temperature: 11C (52F)
A Ukrainian nationalist has been cleared of plotting to blow up the Russian embassy in west London.
Vadim Bezkorovainiy, 35, filmed himself with home-made Molotov cocktails as he staked out the compound in Kensington Palace Gardens, last March, a court heard.
Image source, GoogleThe father-of-two claimed he had trawled the internet for explosives in preparation for going back to his home country to fight - not to target the embassy.
The jury at the Old Bailey found him not guilty of preparing for an act of terrorism.
Crowds are beginning to arrive at Wembley Stadium to hear Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speak during the second day ofan official three day visit.
Image source, Getty ImagesProtesters have also gathered outside Buckingham Palace where Mr Modi is having lunch with the Queen.
Supporters of the global civic campaign group Avaaz gathered to highlight the decisions Mr Modi can make on climate change policy and financing ahead of the upcoming G20 summit.
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Image source, PAThe Queen has met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Buckingham Palace on the second day of his visit to the UK.
Mr Modi will later address thousands of supporters at Wembley Stadium.
Image source, PAPeople have been arriving in good time ahead of a speech given at Wembley Stadium by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the second day of his official visit to the UK.
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Coming up on BBC London News at 13:30, MPs say vulnerable children across the UK are likely to have lost out amid ministers' "special treatment" for failed charity Kids Company.
Also on the programme, two east London schools are closed following an infestation by False Black Widow spiders.
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BBC News correspondent Justin Rowlatt spoke to the singer Jay Sean, who is performing at the event in honour of Narendra Modi at Wembley Stadium.
The performer spoke about why he thought the Indian prime minister's visit had attracted so much attention.
He said: "British Indians - we are fully assimilated in British society but our hearts are very much in India. We care about what is going on in India, that's why when someone new comes into power they want to see how it affects their motherland."
Two primary schools in Tower Hamlets have closed after they became infested with False Black Widow spiders.
Image source, Bruce McLellandThomas Buxton School, external, in Buxton Street, will be closed until 23 November due to an infestation in the school grounds and building.
A statement on the school's website said: "We are very sorry for the inconvenience and disruption to family life and also to the children’s learning."
Osmani School, external, in Vallance Road, is also closed until 16 November due to an infestation.
Mr Modi has been attending the UK-India CEO forum at number 10 Downing Street with prime minister David Cameron ahead of a lunch at Buckingham Palace and a speech at Wembley Stadium later.
Image source, Getty ImagesMr Modi's appearances have attracted protest over allegations of religious persecution and a reduction in civil liberties since he came to power.
BBC Hindi reporter Nitin Srivastava is at Wembley Stadium where preparations are underway for an event where the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is due to speak.
He said the football pitch had been covered to ensure there is no damage to the ground.
He said: "Looking at the crowd which has been assembling outside it appears the expectations of having more than 50,000 people might just turn out to be true. There's going to be a lot of dance, pomp and show for Mr Modi."
Hannah Gelbart
BBC London News
An unconscious woman has been rescued after afire tore through the ground floor of an east London care home.
Image source, GoogleFirefighters wearing breathing apparatus saved the 43-year-old woman from the home on Beccles Drive in Barking just after 01:00 GMT on Friday.
There are residual delays on the A501 Marylebone Road westbound in central London after a car overturned at the Old Marylebone Road junction earlier.
Image source, Swen LorenzAll lanes have been re-opened, but there is congestion on Euston Road to Kings Cross and on A5200 Gray's Inn Road to the Sidmouth Street junction.
Image source, Swen LorenzLegendary dancer Carlos Acosta saluted the crowd during his final curtain call for The Royal Ballet last night.
Image source, Getty ImagesHe performed Carmen , externalfor the last time at The Royal Opera House, in central London.
BBC Newsbeat
Mohammed Emwazi was born in Kuwait in 1988. He came to the UK when he was six years old.
Image source, OtherHe went to school in St John's Wood, north London. One teacher told the BBC he got into fights in his first year of secondary school, and needed anger management therapy.
Rail workers are to be balloted on industrial action over a dispute with the operator of the Caledonian Sleeper service.
The Rail, Maritime and Transport workers' union, external claims operator Serco has failed to address "potentially dangerous" defects in the rolling stock of the London to Scotland overnight service.
Aravindan Balakrishnan's daughter confided in her diaries about feeling like a "caged" bird whose "wings have been clipped", Southwark Crown court has heard.
The jury heard a diary entry she wrote: "I'm always caged up, I feel caged like a wild animal. I have nothing to look forward to, I feel so miserable, so neglected."
Mr Balakrishnan, 75, of Enfield, north London, denies charges including four counts of rape and seven of indecent assault.
Prime Minister David Cameron has welcomed the US air strike targeting Islamic State group militant "Jihadi John" but stressed it had not yet been confirmed he was dead.
Image source, ReutersIn a statement, the Prime Minister said: "This was an act of self defence. It was the right thing to do."
Initially dubbed "Jihadi John" by the media, he was subsequently named as Mohammed Emwazi, from west London, in February.
