Tom Edwards
Transport Correspondent, BBC London

If you think the public criticism about this Heathrow decision are harsh - you should hear what is being said in private.

We have been here before. In fact, no full length runways have been built in the South East since the 1940s.

Commissions and enquiries have come and gone for decades and no decision is reached.

In 2009 the Labour government gave a third runway the go-ahead as long as it was done within environmental limits. But the political will melted away. Sound familiar?

Now this government wants to look again at the environmental impacts.

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The £20m independent Davies Commission which recommended Heathrow expansion has already looked at noise and Nitrogen dioxide levels using real time pollution data.

So it seems the government does not trust that report which judged it was achievable.

A Supreme Court ruling forcing the UK to comply with pollution levels may have something to do with it.

The more cynical will say it's pure politics to push this beyond the London mayoral election to boost the chances of the Tory candidate Zac Goldsmith.

But it makes you wonder about the political structure of the mayoralty and devolution. Straight away the political structure puts a hurdle in the way of a third runway.

Mayors of all parties are anti-third runway. Thousands of votes depend on it. And no mayor will get elected for the foreseeable future on a Heathrow expansion ticket.

So the circle of indecision wheels round again.

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Metropolitan Police said the Directorate of Professional Standards have been informed after a man was shot in Wood Green, north London, in an "intelligence led operation" this morning.

London's Air Ambulance and London Ambulance Service are at the scene.

Scotland Yard said the operation was not related to terrorism. 

A man was shot in the area of Bracknell Close in Wood Green at about 09:00, police have said.

The man received gunshot wounds and we are awaiting details of his condition. Armed police were in attendance.

There are no reports of any other injuries.

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A man has been shot during an "intelligence led" operation in north London, Scotland Yard said.

Iain Watson
Political correspondent

The Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin cast fresh doubt over whether Heathrow would get a third runway.

He told the Today programme: "Get off the fixation of a third runway (at Heathrow) - it could be a second runway at Gatwick". 

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Talking about the timeline for a decision he said it would be taken "hopefully in the summer of next year" to allow a new runway to operate from 2030.

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• AFC Wimbledon's Plough Lane return approved by planners
• Heathrow airport expansion delay gutless, says business group

AFC Wimbledon has been given permission to build a new stadium close to its spiritual home in Plough Lane, which it left in 1991.

The League Two club applied to build an 11,000-seater stadium - that could be expanded to hold 20,000 - on the site of Wimbledon greyhound stadium.

Merton Borough Council had recommended it for approval and councillors unanimously approved the plans, external.

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BBC Sport

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Erik Lamela scored a first-half hat-trick to ensure Tottenham topped Europa League Group J in style with a convincing victory over Monaco.  

The Knowledge - a test which all black cab drivers in London must pass to secure a licence should be scrapped in its current form, according to London's Conservatives.

The Greater London Authority Tories, external have dubbed the test, which requires drivers to learn 25,000 street names, "archaic".

Watch: George, a cabbie from Bounds Green, tells BBC London's Hannah Gelbart why The Knowledge should stay.

Vanessa Feltz
BBC Radio London presenter

Coming up on Vanessa Feltz show from 09:00 - the government's been called "gutless" for delaying a decision on airport expansion. 

Ministers said they wanted a further review of the environmental impacts of the schemes at Heathrow and Gatwick. 

But the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) said it was "gutless", while another group said it would have business leaders "tearing their hair out".

You can call us on 020 7224 2000 share your opinions.

Iain Watson
Political correspondent

London Mayor Boris Johnson has denounced suggestions that Heathrow had a new environmental plan to deal with airport expansion as "a load of cobblers". 

He told BBC 5 live that there was "an element of political fudgerama" to the decision to delay until summer 2016 but said a new runway would be "an environmental catastrophe" and "it was getting clearer to people in government that this is undeliverable".

The government has delayed making a decision on a third runway for Heathrow Airport in west London until the summer of 2016.

Businesses have reacted with anger, with the British Chambers of Commerce calling the move "gutless", and say the delay is bad for the UK economy.

But opponents welcomed the government's plan to wait for further environmental research before making a decision.

BBC Travel

One lane is blocked and there is queuing traffic on the M4 out of town at junction two to the A4 at Brentford due to an accident involving several cars. 

And on the overground, Southeastern trains are not stopping at Waterloo Eastdue to electrical supply issues. London Underground is accepting tickets. 

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BBC Weather

There will be a good deal of cloud at first today bringing outbreaks of mostly light rain at times. 

It will gradually become drier from the north towards the end of the day, with cloud thinning across Enfield and Epping around dusk.

  Maximum temperature: 9C (48F). 

Debabani Majumdar
BBC News Online, London

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