Updates on Friday 27 November 2015
News, sport, travel and weather updates resume at 08:00 on Monday
Police are looking to identify a man after a woman was sexually assaulted on a bus in Newham.
Image source, Met PoliceShe was travelling on the 257 bus along The Grove, E15, towards Stratford when she was sexually assaulted at around 03:00 on 1 August.
The suspect (pictured) is a "bald white man aged about 50-years-old", who was wearing a blue zip-up jacket with a white t-shirt underneath, police said.
A regretful thief who pinched vinyl albums and singles from one of Camden Town’s best-known music shops has handed back the records – 10 years after stealing them., external
The anonymous shoplifter returned the records by post to Out On The Floor Records shop with a note of apology.
Prof Sir Mike Richards, chief inspector of hospitals, has recommended that London Ambulance Service is put into special measures after concerns over slow response times, bullying and recruitment.
Here, he explains what special measures means:
Prof Sir Mike Richards, chief inspector of hospitals
Former London Mayor Ken Livingstone has been criticised for suggesting Tony Blair was to blame for the deaths of 52 people in the 7/7 London bombings.
Mr Livingstone said on Question Time the then-prime minister ignored a security service warning that invading Iraq would make the UK a terror target.
Labour MP Mike Gapes called the comment "despicable", while Labour backbencher Ian Austin dubbed it a "disgrace".
Four suicide bombers targeted London's Underground and a bus on 7 July 2005.
Karl Mercer
Political reporter, BBC London
It was not the news they had hoped for, but it is perhaps no surprise that London's ambulance service has become the first to be put into special measures.
For more than a year it has struggled to meet response times and to find enough paramedics to work on the frontline.
Image source, London Ambulance ServiceIts well publicised search for staff has seen it recruit in Australia and New Zealand as it competes against an ever rising tide of calls.
This year will be its busiest ever with 1.9 million calls. That is more than 5,000 a day. But it knows it has to do better.
It is filling more of those vacancies and there is a new chief executive in place, but being put in special measures means they will get more help.
A new improvement director, and experts from the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives will help. But here is the thing. Does being in Special Measures mean it will be harder to recruit new staff?
Being labelled as "inadequate" is hardly a great sales pitch to would-be paramedics. The LAS is not alone in London though.
It now sits with BartsHealth and Barking Havering and Redbridge hospitals as trusts wearing the unwanted tag of being in special measures.
Image source, Met PoliceDetectives investigating the assault of a young man on Hare Street in Woolwich, south east London, have released CCTV images of four youths they wish to trace.
The attack happened on 28 October at 15:00 in Morgramit Square.
A 23-year-old man was found next to a garage forecourt with cuts to his head and legs. He needed nine stitches above his right eye and eight to the two cuts on his left leg.
Shoppers have started early hunting for bargains in London on Black Friday.
Image source, ReutersConsultants Experian and online retail group IMRG are forecasting online purchases will hit £1.07bn, the first time they have passed £1bn in one day.
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Hannah Gelbart
BBC London News
Vanessa Feltz
BBC Radio London presenter
This morning on BBC Radio London, the London Ambulance service NHS Trust has been placed in special measures after the Care Quality Commission says it found dirty equipment being used, as well as a lack of staff training and major problems in leadership, bullying and harassment.
What are your experiences of London's ambulances?
Get in touch with me now by emailing vanessa@bbc.co.uk or calling 020 7224 2000.
More on the Chief Inspector of Hospital's report into London Ambulance Service.
The report identified the following problems at the trust:
The LAS NHS Trust chief executive Dr Fionna Moore, said: "We would like to apologise to Londoners and say how sorry we are that we haven't come up to the standards they should expect of us and we are working really hard to address those issues."
She said problems in recruiting staff were partly due to the high cost of living in London and a shortage of housing.
Image source, PALondon's ambulance service has been rated as inadequate, external and should be placed in special measures,England's chief inspector of hospitals has said.
The NHS trust serves an estimated 8.6m people in the capital and has been performing "poorly" since March 2014.
Slow response times were highlighted as a major concern, along with a high number of unfilled vacancies.
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust (LAS) said it had taken action to address failings.
BBC Travel
There are long delays around West Dulwich on the A205 Thurlow Park Road westbound from Forest Hill due to water main works.
The Terrace in Barnes is closed both ways due to a building collapse yesterday.
And the M1 has reopened northbound after a four hour closure between J6 with the A405 and J6A with the M25 for accident investigation works.
Keep up to date with the latest via @BBCTravelAlert, external and the BBC Travel News site.
It will be a largely cloudy day with limited brightness and fog other higher ground.
Although it will be mostly dry, there will be light rain or drizzle in places.
Whilst it will be mild, winds will be strong, especially across the Downs and other areas of high ground, and it will turn wet across all parts by the end of the day. Highs of 12C (54F)
Kate Kinsella has the outlook for the weekend:
Friday's weather with Kate Kinsella
Hannah Gelbart
BBC London News
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