Updates on Tuesday 8 December
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A double decker bus collided with two cars and two trees at the junction of Church Hill Road and Hayes Crescent in Sutton this morning.
Image source, Mary BurstowThe route 93 bus was operated by Go Ahead.
Transport for London said there would be a full investigation into the accident.
Inside Croydon
Two well-paid local councillors have been pictured engrossed in the Crystal Palace match on their iPad, external, rather than engaging in a debate about the crisis facing the borough’s council services through Tory cuts and the impending closure of the Fairfield Halls for refurbishment.
The Conservative candidate for London Mayor has confirmed he will resign as an MP if the Goverment gives the go ahead to a third runway at Heathrow.
Image source, PAZac Goldsmith said it would be "an act of betrayal" for Mr Cameron to allow Heathrow to expand.
The move means David Cameron could face an awkward by-election if the Goverment gives the go ahead to Heathrow.
Mr Goldsmith also said he regretted his promise to resign as an MP if Heathrow gets the go ahead.
He said - if elected - he would not resign as London Mayor.
One of the men accused of being involved in the £14 million Hatton Garden raid tried to rip up a note that contained information about the transfer of stolen goods during his arrest, a court has heard.
Image source, Metropolitan PoliceWilliam "Bill" Lincoln, 60, is accused of being part of the conspiracy to burgle Hatton Garden Safe Deposit company in central London over the Easter weekend.
He was arrested on May 19 after allegedly leaving the car park of the Old Wheatsheaf pub where the stolen goods from the raid are said to have been transferred from Jon Harbinson's car to John Collins's car.
Police told the court there was a "pile of torn up paper" on the floor of the car.
Mr Lincoln denies involvement in the raid.
BBC Radio London
Tom Jones looking for a cup of tea with Jo Good ahead of his interview this afternoon. Listen to Jo's show from 15:00 on BBC Radio London.
FA Cup holders Arsenal will begin the defence of their trophy at home to Sunderland in the third round.
Image source, Getty ImagesArsenal have won the FA Cup a record 12 times and will be aiming for a third straight victory after they beat Hull in the 2014 final and Aston Villa in 2015.
Leicester are leading the way in the Premier League but the four-time FA Cup finalists have never won the competition.
They face a Tottenham side aiming for a first FA Cup victory since 1991.
An advent calendar addressed to a Kentish Town cat nearly didn't end up in the right paws when Royal Mail asked for proof of ID.
Image source, Brittany Maher-KirkDepot staff handed the parcel over in the end and were very amused, says Brittany Maher-Kirk, 27.
Royal Mail says it delivers "many items to animals at households and businesses around the UK", adding that it's recommended to put the owner's address on the mail too.
Nick Beake
Home affairs correspondent, BBC London
A boy brought from Nigeria with the promise of an education only to be kept as a slave in west London for 24 years has described his ordeal.
Ofonime Sunday Inuk was forced to keep this house in Perivale spotless
Trained doctor Emmanuel Edet and his wife Antan, a nurse at Ealing Hospital, were sentenced to six years each yesterday.
BBC London News
Twenty years since the headteacher Philip Lawrence was stabbed to death outside his school in west London, his widow Frances says she wants him to be remembered as an inspirational figure who believed ''every child is capable of greatness''.
Marc Ashdown examines what his legacy has meant to school security, on BBC One at 13:30.
It will be a bright and breezy for most this afternoon with just a few showers being blown through on the breeze.
It will feel colder than late this afternoon despite the sunshine. Maximum temperature: 13C (55F).
Isle of Dogs Life
Image source, Isle of Dogs LifeSince the 2012 Olympics, the Canary Wharf skyline has become famous nationally and around the world. However in the next few years the skyline on the Canary Wharf estate and at the top of the island will change dramatically, external.
Two years on from the murder of a 20-year-old man in Harlesden, his family continue to appeal for information and witnesses in the hope the killer will be caught.
Image source, Metropolitan PoliceRuth Thomas has made a second plea for the public's help following the murder of her son Rowan Thomas-Williams, 20 who was shot dead on Friday, 6 December 2013.
Rowan was celebrating his birthday the evening he was killed.
Police, external were called at around 01:30 to reports of gunshots heard near Mulberry Court, Elgar Avenue, NW10.
Officers attended but found no one with injuries.
Shortly before 02:00, police were made aware Rowan had attended a hospital suffering gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead later that morning.
The circumstances leading to Rowan's death are still unclear but police believe he was involved in an altercation near Mulberry Court, during which he was shot.
Battersea SW11
Mayor Boris Johnson has given his backing to a proposed foot and cycle bridge linking Fulham and Battersea, external.
CCTV images of a man have been released by the Metropolitan Police , externalfollowing a sexual assault on a bus in Bromley.
Image source, Metropolitan PoliceOn Monday 23 March, at around 08:30, a 21-year-old woman was sexually assaulted by a man as she travelled on a route 320 bus travelling along Bromley Road.
Officers have released two CCTV images of the man they would like to speak to in connection with this incident.
Police have released CCTV footage of the moment a teenager was assaulted by six people in Barking.
The 16-year-old was on his way home from Barking station at 19:00 on 16 October when he was approached by the group.
One of the men stabbed him twice in the hand. He also suffered two fractures to his lower jaw.
Image source, Metropolitan PoliceCCTV from a nearby shop captured the six suspects chasing the victim across Station Parade and then walk down the road following the assault.
Dominic Casciani
Home Affairs Correspondent
Police in England and Wales are not adequately prepared to combat so-called honour-based crimes, inspectors say.
Image source, Getty ImagesIn the first review of police responses, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary, external said three forces out of 43 were completely unprepared and only three were fully prepared.
Well-trained officers capable of spotting victims were spread thinly across England and Wales, HMIC said.
Police chiefs said they were doing all they could to end honour-based abuse.
Judith Burns
BBC News
Image source, Clive RoseYoung people are being squeezed out of sport because a third live in poverty and the cost of taking part is too high, according to a study.
London School of Economics researchers studied sports provision in five poor areas in England and Wales, including East Ham.
Emma Midgley
BBC News
Inside Croydon
One of south London’s biggest hospitals had to close its doors to admissions in its Accident and Emergency department last Friday, causing a knock-on effect to other NHS hospitals elsewhere in the capital, including Croydon’s Mayday, external.
Image source, GoogleThe RMT union, external has called again for the railways to be re-nationalised after delays at London Bridge earlier.
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It says public transport in London is under "intolerable pressure" following a signal failure first thing this morning.
