Fire Brigade 'attending incident at Shard'published at 15:58 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2016
London Fire Brigade say they are attending to an incident at the Shard after an alarm was activated at 15.18, but can’t confirm there is an actual fire.
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Updates on Friday 5 February 2016
Fire Brigade 'attending incident at Shard'published at 15:58 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2016
Shard evacuated 'due to fire'published at 15:46 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2016
Pippa Stephens
BBC News Online, LondonWe're hearing reports the Shard at London Bridge has been evacuated due to a fire. We'll have more as we get it.
Mother and her three children missing from Enfield for eight dayspublished at 15:34 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2016
A mother and her three children have been missing from Enfield for eight days.
Image source, Met PolicePolice are appealing for help to find Venisha Charlemagne, 29, last seen with her three daughters at around 16:00 on 28 January at their home address.
Venisha is described as a black woman, 5ft 7ins tall, of slim build, with afro hair.
Her children are aged 9, 5 and 3.
Les Ferdinand: QPR tried to sign Skalak before Brighton movepublished at 15:19 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2016
BBC SportQPR director of football Les Ferdinand has revealed the club missed out on Czech Republic forward Jiri Skalak, who recently signed for Brighton.
The 23-year-old joined the Seagulls from FK Mlada Boleslav for an undisclosed fee.
"We watched him and made an offer, but it was turned down," said Ferdinand.
Maintenance staff strike still on despite station staff strike suspensionpublished at 15:07 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2016
Tom Edwards
Transport Correspondent, BBC LondonThe Tube strike planned for this weekend by station staff over ticket office closures and rotas has been suspended by the RMT.
But another separate dispute by engineering staff over safety is still on.
Maintenance workers are to stage a series of 12 and 24-hour strikes.
While it's unlikely to impact commuters initially, over the series of strikes it could mean delays to things like fault repairs and slippage in the tube upgrade programme.
Talks are planned at ACAS next week.
RMT claims 'significant progress' in talks led to strike suspensionpublished at 14:47 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2016
Tom Edwards
Transport Correspondent, BBC LondonAt 14:43 the RMT announced it was suspending its action.
The union said: "We have been able to make significant progress in the talks this week which has enabled us to now suspend all industrial action in the station staffing dispute".
Suspended Tube strike was starting tomorrow - the first of twopublished at 14:43 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2016
Staff who work at stations and are RMT union members were due to walk out from 21:00 tomorrow for 48 hours in a row about jobs, pay and rosters.
Planned Tube strike suspendedpublished at 14:35
BreakingThe strike planned by station staff on London Underground has been suspended.
Warnings over bogus waste collector in Mertonpublished at 14:32 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2016
Wimbledon SW19 NewsA bogus waste collector has been calling on local homes and asking for a fee to collect rubbish, external, warns Merton Council.
Astronaut Tim Peake's view of London from the International Space Stationpublished at 14:07 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2016
Image source, European Space AgencyWatch: Future of dramatic arts 'under threat' over funding cutpublished at 13:47 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2016
Principals of some of London's top drama schools have said that without grants, poorer students won't be able to afford to get an education there.
Principals from RADA, LAMDA and Rose Bruford are worried that if students from different backgrounds don't apply, it could affect the industry in the future, as Caroline Davies reports.
Media caption, Future of dramatic arts 'under threat' over funding cut
Friday afternoon's weather: Cloudy with outbreaks of light drizzly rainpublished at 13:32 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2016
This afternoon will be largely cloudy with a little light rain or drizzle, chiefly affecting hilly areas such as Hampstead Heath.
Any brighter spells will be brief. It will be mild, but with brisk or strong southwesterly winds.
Maximum Temperature: 11C (52F).
Julian Assange should be allowed to go free, UN panel findspublished at 13:12 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2016
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange should be allowed to walk free and be compensated for his "deprivation of liberty", a UN legal panel has found.
Image source, EPAThe deprivation started while he was held in isolation at London's Wandsworth Prison for 10 days in 2010, it said.
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond says the panel's opinion was "ridiculous" and Mr Assange was a "fugitive from justice".
Coming up on air: London's first shop to sell gold bars and coins opens in Mayfairpublished at 12:58 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2016
BBC London NewsComing up on air at 13:30, BBC London's Helen Drew will have more on the the capital's first shop to sell gold bars and coins, which has opened in Mayfair.
London has been trading in gold for hundreds of years - but handling physical bars has been largely hidden.
The shop offers investors the opportunity to buy and store the precious metal in their safety deposit boxes.
Crystal Palace's James McArthur and Jason Puncheon injuredpublished at 12:33 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2016
BBC SportCrystal Palace midfielder James McArthur will miss the rest of the season through injury, while Jason Puncheon is out for several weeks.
McArthur tore his ankle ligaments and winger Puncheon strained his hamstring in Tuesday's 2-1 defeat by Bournemouth.
Scotland international McArthur tweeted:, external "Looks like season over for me with ankle ligaments tore.
Date of Tube strike coincides with new rotaspublished at 12:23 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2016
Tom Edwards
Transport Correspondent, BBC LondonSunday, one of the days the strike is planned for, is the start of new rotas in the Kings Cross, Central Line east and Leytonstone areas of the Tube - which is no coincidence.
Staff still have concerns over lone working, over what happens to their pay if they don't take promotion to supervisor level and weekend working.
The dispute pre-dates pay and the Night Tube - but it ended up being combined with those by London Underground bosses.
Now it seems those issues have become uncoupled again.
There have been some positive noises from the last-minute talks. But these concerns are long held by tube staff. And even if the strikes are called off some will be unhappy at these changes.
How the way Tube staff work changed 'fundamentally'published at 12:13 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2016
Tom Edwards
Transport Correspondent, BBC LondonBob Crow's assurances some ticket offices would stay open did not materialise - nearly all shut by last December.
And what followed was a huge re-organisation.
Image source, Stefan HabelImage caption, A coffee shop plays on the Hunger Games and sees the lighter side of the Tube strike last August
Staff have been moved from behind ticket offices onto gate lines - driven by the use of Oyster & bankcards - and around 838 staff have been cut.
It saves about £40m a year.
This is called the Fit for the Future programme. And it has fundamentally changed the way staff work on the Underground.
What is the background to the planned 48hr Tube station staff strike?published at 11:58 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2016
Tom Edwards
Transport Correspondent, BBC LondonOn 5 February 2014 there was a strike on the Tube over ticket office closures.
At the time I described the changes as some of the most radical in the history of the Tube.
Image source, PAAlmost exactly two years on and we are on the brink of another strike over the same issue.
Back then, further strikes were called off when the late Bob Crow received assurances that: "LU had agreed a station-by-station review of the ticket office closures, which could mean that some will stay open."
Talks to avert Tube strikes are 'already planned', says London Undergroundpublished at 11:43 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2016
Steve Griffiths at London Underground (LU) says talks are "already planned" with RMT next week to try to resolve the issues behind the Tube maintenance workers' strikes, due to start on 12 February.
He says: "Safety is always our top priority and we have robust and comprehensive procedures in place to ensure that any staff working on the track are kept safe and are aware of any train movements."
LU will resume its talks about changes to track access for engineering work, he adds.
A look back at the fire caused by sunlight on a Nutella jarpublished at 11:31 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2016
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