Updates for London have now finished for the day but we'll be back on Monday at 08:00 with the latest news, sport, travel and weather.

BBC Weather

Tonight it will be a largely cloudy, but dry evening and night. Temperatures will be on the mild side, but with brisk or strong southwesterly winds. 

Minimum temperature: 10C (50F)

Saba Zaman, a documentary producer from London, says her experience tallies with the Met's reports that there has been an increase in anti-Muslim incidents since the terror attacks in Paris.

Three days after the 13 November shootings, a man allegedly spat at her and called her a "dog" as he got off a Tube train.

"I didn't realise until he got up and I saw his spit all over my paper," she said. "I was seething, I found it funny but in such an ironic way. I didn't know how to react to something like that," she said.

A few months before, she reported a more serious incident when a man grabbed her hijab.

"I was so shaken up, I got into work and burst straight into tears," she said. "It was the first time since 7/7 I've felt so unsafe in my own city."

Image source, Saba Zaman

Ms Zaman said she had noticed more people looking at her in the last month and has since become "territorial" towards other Muslim women on public transport. She said she had intervened in another incident where a Muslim woman on the Tube was pushed and insulted for "wearing a ninja outfit".

"If I see another Muslim woman on the Tube, now I get on the same carriage just in case something might happen," she added.

Alice Bhandhukravi

Tonight on BBC London we reveal the scale of overcrowding at one of the capital's busiest tube stations.

And following an attempted arson attack at Finsbury Park mosque, the capital's Muslim community comes together to combat Islamophobia.

Join us at 18:30 on BBC One.

A young man accused of stabbing a 17-year-old friend in the back and neck will face trial next year. 

Uchechukwu Ejimonye, 20, appeared before the Old Bailey accused of murdering Vasilaki Kakko in Yoke Close, Holloway, north London, on 23 November. 

Image source, Met Police

The defendant, who was arrested in Bognor Regis seven days after the stabbing, faces a further charge of possessing a bladed article. 

He will have a plea and case management hearing on in February and faces a two-week trial in May.

Mr Ejimonye, of Roth Walk, Holloway, was remanded in custody. 

London has had a ban on pavement parking for more than 40 years. Exceptions to the rule are marked with special blue parking signs and sometimes white bay lines to show how far onto the pavement a car can park.  

Image source, Alamy

Outside London the picture is more complicated.

A bill is currently in Parliament which would bring the rest of the country into line with London, allowing councils to ban pavement parking over wide areas and make it a civil offence to park a car on the pavement of an urban road. 

This Is Local London

A Croydon mural of Batman and Superman kissing, external has been damaged in what the artist described as an act of "homophobic vandalism".  

BBC Travel

There's one lane closed and heavy traffic due to barrier repairs on M25 clockwise between J21A (M1 South / A405) and J22 A1081 (St Albans), congestion to J20 A41 (Kings Langley).

Overnight repairs in lane one (of four), after a lorry jack-knifed early yesterday morning just before J22.

There's also queuing traffic on exit slip road to the A13 on M25 clockwise at J30 A13 (Lakeside/Tilbury) - not helped by roadworks on the A13.

A3 Clapham Road Northbound closed, queueing traffic due to resurfacing work at A203 (Stockwell Gyratory), and there's congestion on A203 South Lambeth Road to Old South Lambeth Road.

A3216 Lower Sloane Street is blocked in both directions, queuing traffic due to building fire at A3217 Symons Street (Sloane Square) and there's congestion to A3212 Grosvenor Road and on A3217 King's Road to A3213 Eccleston Street/B310 Eccleston Street.

David Friend
BBC Radio London

What does it take to make a radio presenter cry on air? Try a bit of pianist Lang Lang on BBC Radio London performing live for Jo Good.

Detectives investigating a care home blaze allegedly sparked by a firework that left a vulnerable woman in a critical condition have charged a man with arson. 

The residential centre was deliberately targeted by a gang firing rockets at homes in the Barking area of East London, according to the Metropolitan Police. 

Sabbir Ahmed, 22, of Doveton Street, Bethnal Green, was charged with arson with intent to endanger life and a second charge of recklessness with intent to endanger life. 

He will appear in custody at Barkingside Magistrates' Court tomorrow. Mr Ahmed was one of three suspects arrested in connection with the fire that took hold at the care home in Beccles Drive on 13 November.

BBC Radio London

Join us for moreon the Maoist cult leader found guilty of a string of sexual assaults. Aravindan Balakrishnan, 75, was also convicted of cruelty to a child and false imprisonment. 

He sexually assaulted two followers - and kept his own daughter a virtual prisoner for three decades. It happened at a commune in south London. 

The Chief Crown Prosecutor for London is Baljit Ubhey. She says the cult's survivors had shown great courage in coming forward and giving evidence.

A choir performed Christmas carols in Soho Square earlier in aid of the homeless charity Centrepoint - singing familiar tunes, but with lyrics altered to reflect daily life for homeless people.

Image source, Centrepoint

The traditional carol "O Christmas Tree" has been rewritten by Centrepoint resident Felicia, and tells of the darker side of the festive season experienced by more than 15,000 young people every year.   

Sally Edwards was left lying in the road after she was knocked down by a 4x4.

Sally was cycling on Lee Green Lane near Epsom with her cycling group at the time and says the force of the collision threw her over the car.

She was taken to hospital with fractures to her pelvis, a punctured lung, six broken ribs and a broken shoulder blade. She spoke to BBC London about what happened:

The dark blue 4x4 drove away from the scene without stopping. The Met is asking for witnesses to come forward, external.  

From 22:00 tonight until 06:00 on Monday there will be delays to traffic in the Marylebone area while contractors carry out urgent water mains work.

During this time:

• Marylebone Road, at the junction with Baker Street, will be reduced to one lane westbound and to three lanes eastbound
• Baker Street, on the approach to Marylebone Road, will be reduced to one lane
• There will be no right turn from Marylebone Road into Baker Street

TfL is advising some roads in the area will be busier than usual and to avoid the area where possible. 

Loving Dalston
Community news website

Hackney Council has signed up to the government’s scheme to house 20,000 Syrian refugees. But a veil of secrecy has been thrown over it, external.

Yvonne Hall and Gerard Stocks, founders of Palm Cove Society, which supported Balakrishnan's three victims, said in a statement: "After more than two years supporting the women in the Aravindan Balakrishnan case we welcome today's verdict and are pleased that justice has been done.

Image source, Met Police

"We will continue to provide ongoing support to the women for as long as we can," they said.

They thanked the Met Police and added: "This is the end of the beginning and now starts the rest of the incredible journey for each of the women."

Daniel Sandford
Home Affairs Correspondent

The men behind the biggest burglary in English history were caught on tape bragging about pulling off the Hatton Garden raid after detectives placed recording devices in their cars, a court heard. 

Terry Perkins, 67, Daniel Jones, 58, and John "Kenny" Collins, 75, were recorded on police probes talking about the loot they stole. 

Image source, Met Police

Daniel Jones, talking about one of the victims targeted in the raid, said: "I'll tell you what he lost shall I? £1.6m worth of gold plus £70,000 in notes. He's lost a chunk."  

He went on: "I feel a bit sorry, don't you?" To which Terry Perkins responded: "Give it back to him [laughs]."   

Perkins later said: "That is the biggest robbery that could have ever been.... That will never ever happen again" .

The Londonist
Blog

Forget Titchmarsh: Lancelot 'Capability' Brown is the most revered English gardener of all time. 

Brown revolutionized the landscape of the aristocratic garden, transforming Syon Park, and becoming head gardener at Hampton Court Palace. Next year, to mark 300 years since his birth, a west London gallery is seeking artists, external to help celebrate Brown's legacy.   

Street photographer David Solomons' latest project centres on the West End of London. Entitled Up West, the work captures offbeat moments in the bustling capital city.

Image source, David Solomons

Image source, David Solomons

Image source, David Solomons

You can read an interview with him and see more of his work.

The Met Police has been asked to take over the investigation of a complaint made against Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson.

Its commissioner has received the request in a letter from the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).

The complaint was made to the PSNI by Belfast businessman Peter Curistan and relates to remarks made by Mr Robinson as an MP in the House of Commons in 2006.

The PSNI has told Mr Curistan's legal team the request was made to the Met because "the alleged offences took place in London".