Teacher captures 40-year career in photospublished at 14:31
Metro
Andrew Sydlo, 66, a teacher at Highgate School, has compiled a photo book to celebrate the school’s 450th anniversary.
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Updates on Friday 27 November 2015
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Teacher captures 40-year career in photospublished at 14:31
Video: A day in the life of a London paramedicpublished at 14:17
BBC London has been following a London Ambulance Service paramedic for a few hours to get an insight into a typical day.
Media caption, Day in the life of a London Ambulance paramedic
Two men guilty of terror act breach after illegally leaving the UKpublished at 14:04
Two Islamist militants havepleaded guilty to breaching elements of the Terrorism Act after leaving the UK illegally.
Image source, PATrevor Brooks, from Clapton, and Simon Keeler, from Shadwell, east London, were deported from Hungary after being found on a train headed for Bucharest, Romania, on 14 November.
At Westminster Magistrates' Court both men admitted failing to inform the police of their intention to leave the UK.
They will be sentenced at a later date.
Smash and grab raiders make off with £40,000 in watchespublished at 13:47
Image source, GoogleThieves made off with £40,000 of watches after a smash and grab raid at Watches of Switzerland in Brompton Road in Chelsea this morning.
The two suspects, riding on one motorbike, fled the scene before police arrived and headed towards Kensington.
Details of the latest Night Tube pay deal being offeredpublished at 13:37
The new offer for the Night Tube includes a four-year pay deal including a £500 payment for those on lines affected - and the hiring of part-time drivers.
Other unions have indicated they won't accept the offer.
New offer in Night Tube to be considered by unionspublished at 13:27
Tom Edwards
Transport Correspondent, BBC LondonRMT union reps and its executive are to consider a new London Underground Night Tube offer next week. We'll keep you updated.
Coming up on BBC London this lunchtimepublished at 13:11
BBC London NewsOn BBC One at 13:30, a Polish man, who beat his girlfriend before dumping her unconscious body in a suitcase in the Grand Union canal, has been jailed for life.
And the London Ambulance Service is to become the first ambulance trust in England to be put into special measures.
Our Political Correspondent Karl Mercer has the latest report.
Abuse inquiry: Churches and 'prominent people' to be investigatedpublished at 13:02
The Anglican and Catholic churches and "people of public prominence" are to be investigated by the inquiry into child sexual abuse, its chair has said.
Twelve investigations taking five years will look at child protection and allegations of abuse including children in the care of Lambeth Council and allegations of child sexual abuse linked to Westminster.
Justice Lowell Goddard, who is leading the inquiry, has described the task ahead of her as daunting.
Union anger over hologram Tube staffpublished at 12:43
Tom Edwards
Transport Correspondent, BBC LondonThe RMT union has called a new hologram staff member at King's Cross an "insulting gimmick" at a time when posts are being cut.
Media caption, Union anger over Tube hologram
Man injured after lorry falls in 25ft ditchpublished at 12:36
A man has been taken to hospital with back injuries after the lorry he was working on fell into a 25ft ditch in south London.
The man managed to jump off before the lorry fell into the ditch on St John’s Hill in Clapham.
The collapsed lorry has also caused a gas leak and a precautionary 25m exclusion zone has been set up while the fire brigade deal with the leak.
Medics charged with manslaughter for woman who had an abortionpublished at 12:24
Image source, PAImage caption, Dr Adedayo Adedeji
Three medics appeared at the Old Bailey today accused of manslaughter after the death of a woman, who travelled from Ireland to have an abortion in England.
Aisha Chithira, 32, died after having a termination at a Marie Stopes clinic in Ealing on 21 January 2012.
Dr Adedayo Adedeji, 63, of Hornchurch, Essex, and two nurses - Margaret Miller, 55, from Camberley, Surrey, and Gemma Pullen, 32, from Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire - all denied her manslaughter by gross negligence.
Image source, PAImage caption, Margaret Miller
All three have been bailed until the trial, which is due to start on 7 March.
Kocik 'deliberately left false trail' after murdering girlfriendpublished at 12:14
Kocik's actions were "carefully considered and designed at all times to help you to get away with murder if you could", Judge Nicholas Hilliard QC told the court.
After murdering his girlfriend, Kocik set about a "determined" course of action to mislead her family, friends and police by using her Facebook account to "leave a false trail", the judge said.
Kocik blamed girlfriend's death on 'drug-fuelled bondage sessions'published at 12:02
In his defence, Kocik, who has been jailed for life for murdering his girlfriend, claimed he found Miss Ligman dead at their flat after days of amphetamine-fuelled bondage sex sessions.
Image source, PAThe jury rejected his evidence and convicted him after deliberating for just over a day.
Miss Ligman, a delicatessen worker, may have been alive with minutes of air left in the suitcase at the time Kocik was caught on CCTV dragging her from their flat to the canal in north west London.
Her body was found 10 days later when the occupants of a houseboat spotted her dyed red hair streaming from the case after it collided with the hull.
Suitcase killing was "grotesque and demeaning"published at 11:41
Breaking
Image source, Met PoliceThe body of Tomasz Kocik's girlfriend Marta Ligman (pictured), which was disposed of in a suitcase in the Grand Union Canal, was treated in the most "grotesque and demeaning" way, a judge said.
Kocik has been jailed for a minimum of 18 years and six months.
Judge Nicholas Hilliard QC told the court: "Some time before 06:00 on 1 May you folded her up in a suitcase. She must have at least been unconscious.
"Dead or dying you then treated her body in a grotesque and demeaning way hauling her in a suitcase down to the canal and carrying a stick to try to submerge the case when you got there."
Suitcase murderer Tomasz Kocik jailed for lifepublished at 11:30
BreakingA man has been jailed for life for beating his girlfriend and then throwing her body into the Grand Union Canal inside a suitcase.
Forklift truck driver Tomasz Kocik, of Buckingham Road, Harlesden, was found guilty at the Old Bailey of murdering 23-year-old Marta Ligman between 28 Apri and 10 May.
Image source, Met PoliceSaracens fly-half Charlie Hodgson to retire after seasonpublished at 11:14
BBC SportSaracens and former England fly-half Charlie Hodgson will retire at the end of the season to become the club's head of recruitment, it was announced yesterday.
Arsene Wenger says the only Black Friday-style bargains he wants are top quality playerspublished at 10:49
BBC SportArsenal manager Arsene Wenger says the only Black Friday-style bargains at the club will be players of high quality.
Image source, PAWenger is without Francis Coquelin for about 12 weeks, with fellow midfielders Jack Wilshere, Tomas Rosicky and Mikel Arteta also sidelined.
"We are in a position where we want to do something," Wenger insisted.
"I love a bargain. Who doesn't love a bargain? A bargain for us is to buy players of top quality, because only top quality strengthens our squad."
Two men charged with Counter Terrorism Act breachespublished at 10:38
Two men will appear in court later charged with breaching the Counter Terrorism Act.
The men were arrested at Heathrow airport and charged yesterday following their extradition back to the UK from Hungary.
Trevor Brooks, 40, of Clapton, E5 and Simon Keeler, 44, of Shadwell, E1 were both charged with breaches of notification requirements under Part 4 of the Counter Terrorism Act 2008.
Watch: Dog walker witnesses house collapsepublished at 10:29
A dog walker in south-west London describes his amazement at seeing a house once owned by Duffy collapsing before his eyes.
Michelin-starred restaurant Dabbous was 'infested with mice'published at 10:23
Image source, GoogleA Michelin-starred restaurant, which was closed due to a mouse infestation, is one of 300 London food outlets to receive a zero food hygiene rating.
Dabbous shut for a week in August to allow pest controllers to block up mouse holes in the building.
The Food Standards Agency released a breakdown of its most recent ratings, external to mark the fifth anniversary of the scheme.
It "doesn't reflect the hygiene levels we practise," said owner Ollie Dabbous.