Updates on Tuesday 24 November 2015
News, sport, travel and weather updates resume on Wednesday
It will be mainly cloudy and dry overnight, with a risk of some localised hill fog on areas of high ground. Temperatures will be very mild for the time of year, but strong southwesterly winds will give a fresher feel.
Minimum temperature: 9C (48F)
The new headquarters of the Metropolitan Police has been officially 'topped out' by the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, and the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime, Stephen Greenhalgh.
Image source, Met PoliceIn the heart of Westminster and close to the Met's founding location, the Curtis Green building is undergoing a refit and security upgrade and will become the new HQ at the end of next year.
Inside Croydon
Lutfur Rahman - who was the directly-elected mayor of Tower Hamlets - was convicted of wrongdoing by Election Commissioner Richard Mawrey in April after an Election Court trial in London.
He was ordered pay the legal costs of four voters who started the legal action against him but they say nothing has been paid.
Now, they are trying to get their hands on a property they say Rahman owns - in the hope of forcing a sale to generate cash.
A judge is analysing their claims at a trial in the High Court in London. Lawyers for the four voters claimed Rahman had declared himself bankrupt two weeks ago in an "attack" on the voters' position.
Rahman was not in court.
Riz Lateef
BBC London presenter
BBC London has discovered a dozen 'unregulated' orthodox Jewish schools operating in the capital - we'll have an exclusive report.
And we'll speak to our political editor after an inquiry by MPs concludes that Heathrow Airport should only be allowed to add a third if it can show it won't make noise and air pollution worse.
Fitzrovia News
Fitzrovia has a lively art scene that has grown from only eight commercial galleries in 2008 to over 50 in 2015, with an additional 30 establishments that have opened and closed during this period.
Around 10% of all London galleries are now located in Fitzrovia, external
Susana Mendoca
BBC Radio London Political Reporter
MPs will vote tomorrow on whether to carry out airstrikes on so-called Islamic State targets in Syria.
It’s been a controversial issue that’s divided politicians on all sides - not least in the Labour Party where the Labour leader and Islington North MP Jeremy Corbyn has been at odds with many of his own MPs.
I've been gauging opinion outside Union Chapel in Islington - which played host to Corbynmania ahead of Mr Corbyn’s selection as the Labour leader.
What people think in Islington
He opposes airstrikes but has conceded to give his MPs a free vote – in other words they can vote as they choose.
That’s been seen by some as handing victory to the government - which was unwilling to go to a vote on the issue without the support of enough Labour MPs, as they have Tory rebels on their own side.
BBC Travel
The A4 West Cromwell Road in Earls Court entry slip road from Northbound A3220 is closed, causing queuing taffic and long delays westbound after an earlier accident.
There's a revised service on Heathrow Connect between Paddington and Heathrow Airport due to overhead line problems, and minor delays on the London Overground between Stratford and Richmond due to signal failure at Kensal Green.
Keep up to date @BBCTravelAlert, external
Plans for an all night Tube service in London have suffered a fresh setback after workers criticised the latest pay and conditions offer.
A meeting of reps from the Rail, Maritime and Transport union, external (RMT) met to consider a revised deal tabled by the company to try to break the deadlock over starting the night Tube.
The service was due to start in September but there is no agreement on pay and conditions such as how many night shifts staff will work.
The family of a man who died in custody after stealing a gingerbread man from a bakery during the London riots has launched a liable claim over his death.
James Best, 37, of Croydon, was awaiting sentence in September 2011 when he suffered a heart attack.
His family claim there were delays in requesting treatment and dispatching an ambulance, breaching his right to life.
Mr Best's foster mother, Dolly Daniel, said she just wanted an apology for the "shortcomings".
Artworks by leading artists and architects - including British sculptorAntony Gormley - will be auctioned tonight at the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Image source, Mike Stiff
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Image source, Rafael VinolyThe event is themed "Drawing the River" has been organised by Article 25, external, a charity which designs, builds, and manages projects to provide buildings for vulnerable communities.
Hospitals across England are facing major disruption with the cancellation of thousands of operations, despite a 24-hour strike by junior doctors being called off.
At the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust in London, around 35 operations have been cancelled and rearranged (around 30% of the total), alongside around 50 outpatient appointments.
Image source, PASt George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in London has cancelled and rescheduled 40 non-urgent operations.
A pilot who died when his helicopter crashed said: "All's fine" just before hitting a crane, an inquest has heard.
Peter Barnes died when the helicopter struck St George Wharf Tower, Vauxhall, in January 2013. Pedestrian Matthew Wood, 39, from Sutton, was also killed and 12 people on the ground were injured.
Mr Barnes had been flying from Redhill Aerodrome in Surrey to Elstree in Hertfordshire but was diverted to Battersea heliport.
The court heard from an air traffic controller known only as "Witness C" there was nothing unusual about the request to divert Mr Barnes to Battersea.
A jeweller who worked in the London building targeted in a £14m jewel heist has told a court he thought a caretaker had left the door open.
Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Ltd was raided over the Easter weekend.
Image source, Met PoliceTerry Perkins, John Collins, Daniel Jones and Brian Reader pleaded guilty to conspiracy to burgle
Lionel Wiffen told Woolwich Crown Court he found the fire escape open twice and "crept around" but found nothing unusual, blaming the caretaker.
Three men deny conspiracy to commit burglary. A fourth denies conspiracy to conceal or transfer criminal property.
BBC Radio 5 Live
Students at University College have been awarded £400,000 in compensation following a dispute with University College London over living conditions.
Students who lived in rodent infested accommodation get £400,000 in compensation.
Freddy Mackee, one of the students living in the accommodation, said: "We were receiving pictures all the time [of rats] from people living in our building. One day I saw two really scared women outside the flat asking for help, when I went inside I just saw this dead rat and I had to pick him up and move it."
Angus O'Brien, who was part of the University College London Union helped mobilise the campaign for compensation, said: "The students led this, they were the ones living in a construction site for months."
Esther Webber
BBC News, London
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PutneySW15.com
Local blog
Regular travellers along the Upper Richmond Road between Putney and East Sheen, external will have noticed a dramatic change to with the addition of large advertising signs at the home of Rosslyn Park Football Club (RPFC).
Marc Ashdown
BBC London has discovered a dozen 'unregulated' orthodox Jewish schools operating in the capital.
They're known as 'Yeshivas' and aren't monitored, regulated or registered.
They teach boys strict religious studies for up to 12 hours a day and two former pupils have told us they weren't even taught basic English and Maths.
There's now a call to shut the schools down.
Concern over 'unregulated' Jewish orthodox schools in London
Heroin worth thousands of pounds has been found hidden inside the covers of children's books at Heathrow Airport.
Image source, Border ForceBorder Force, external officers seized the drugs in a freight consignment from Nairobi which was on its way to Ontario in Canada.
It was found to contain 400 grams of heroin, with a potential UK street value of more than £40,000.
The books used in the smuggling attempt were titles for young children called My First 100 Machines and My First 100 Numbers.
