Updates for Wednesday 10 February
They could not have been more different in their choice of music and the era they lived in.
But despite the 240-year gap both Handel and Jimi Hendrix decided to live in Brook Street in London's Mayfair.
Image source, Barrie WentzellThe two adjoining properties have become a combined Handel and Hendrix museum, with Hendrix's home at 23 Brook Street now opened to the public.
A teenager who says he was traumatised after being stopped and searched has made a video so other young people know what to do if it happens to them.
Teenager makes stop and search video
Seventeen-year-old Naman was stopped by police in Southall in west London last year.
He made the video with the young people's charity Fixers and is now hoping to take it into schools.
The Met Police says its aim is to use stop and search effectively to tackle crimes whilst keeping the public's confidence.
Met Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe has asked former High Court judge Sir Richard Henriques to review the handling of past cases involving allegations of child abuse by VIPs were handled by the force.
The key findings and recommendations of the independent review will be published later this year.
Sir Bernard said: "We are not afraid to learn how we can do these things better.
"The review will focus on police procedures and will not reach judgments on the evidence.
"That is for the Public Inquiry to do, should they wish to examine any of the investigations covered by Sir Richard. A full copy of the review will be given to the Public Inquiry."
Following the High Court decision to reject the case against east-west cycle superhighway London Mayor's cycling commissioner Andrew Gilligan said: "Once again, the courts have in the clearest terms upheld our right to improve London for cycling.
Image source, Reuters"It means we can now be confident of finishing the Embankment/ Upper Thames Street superhighway on schedule in April, finishing the whole superhighway in summer, and ending the temporary delays that have occurred as a result of the construction works."
West Ham's extra-time victory over Liverpool was "a classic FA Cup tie" and one of the club's best, according to the Hammers' manager Slaven Bilic.
Angelo Ogbonna's header made the score 2-1 seconds before the match headed towards a penalty shootout.
Image source, AFP"It will go into the history of West Ham's greatest games," said Bilic. "Against Liverpool, the last season at Upton Park, night kick-off, a goal in the last minute."
Dismissing the Licensed Taxi drivers Association case against the cycle superhighway, the judge ruled the Transport for London did not err in law, "and was not irrational in reaching its conclusion that there was no significant adverse environmental effect from the proposals as a whole".
The judge added: "On the evidence before the court, planning permission is not required for phase one of the superhighway as a whole.
"That is not to say that it may not be required for certain minor works within the scheme (that information is not before the court), or that it may not be required for other cycle superhighways or for parts of them in the future.
"Each scheme will need to be judged on its own facts."
The Licensed Taxi Drivers Association said plans for a £47m cycle superhighway linking Westbourne Grove and Tower Hill via the Victoria Embankment were rushed through and "constituted a breach of planning control".
But Mrs Justice Patterson rejected the application for a judicial review.
Image source, TfLTransport for London said the plan was "works of improvement" and did not need planning permission and would make the capital's roads safer for cyclists.
A dry and bright afternoon with some sunny spells developing.
But it will feel chilly despite the sunshine. Maximum temperature: 8C (46F).
Tom Edwards
Transport Correspondent, BBC London
Black cab drivers unions will hold a demonstration in Whitehall, external from 14:00.
The protest is over the perceived failures of Transport for London as regulator, illegal toutuing for fares and failure to protect black cab trade against rise of minicab apps.
Louisa Preston
Reporter & Presenter BBC London News
Coming up at 13:30 on BBC London News, Transport for London has admitted that Labour mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan's fares freeze policy will not cost £1.9bn over the next mayoral term.
The Transport Commissioner Mike Brown says that figure was for five rather than four years. The figure has become a cause of fierce debate in the race for City Hall.
A teenager who says he was traumatised after being stopped and searched in Southall has made a video so other young people know what to do if it happens to them.
And the Grade II listed historic chapel at St Thomas' Hospital has been officially reopened after eight months of restoration.
The way the government intends to pay for its plans to allow social tenants in England to buy their homes is "extremely questionable", MPs say.
The Commons Communities Committee criticised the funding model for the right-to-buy scheme, which will see housing associations reimbursed for selling homes to tenants at discounts.
Image source, PAMinisters say it will help create a million new homeowners by 2020.
The scheme, which is partly designed to reverse the steady decline in home ownership levels in recent years, is currently being piloted in Norfolk, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Merseyside and a number of London boroughs.
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The lorry stuck on Uxbridge Road earlier has moved on, external. However, congestion remains across West London.
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A signal failure at Aldgate is disrupting services on the Metropolitan line.
There is no service clockwise on the Circle line, external, no service on the Metropolitan line, external between Baker Street and Aldgate and no service between Edgware Road and Barking on the westbound Hammersmith and City line, external.
A campaign to restore a house designed and owned by the artist JMW Turner has turned to the public in a bid to source the remainder of money needed.
Sandycombe Lodge in Twickenham, south west London, was built by Turner in 1813, but it has fallen into a poor state of repair in recent years.
Image source, Turner's HouseTurner's House Trust is looking for £125,000 to reach its £2.4m target to allow restoration works to begin.
The house - currently closed to the public - could be open in 2017.
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A lorry with a crane on its very long trailer got stuck in the box junction outside Shepherd’s Bush Station at around 07:30 this morning.
Image source, @routemaster_fanIt hasn’t moved in three hours and doesn’t look likely to for a while.
There is severe congestion back through Shepherd’s Bush, Holland Park, Earl’s Court, Hammersmith & East Acton.
Image source, @routemaster_fanLondon Underground are accepting bus tickets in Zones 1 and 2 because of the severe disruption to bus services.
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Cabbies have lost a High Court challenge which, if successful, could have disrupted completion of London Mayor Boris Johnson's £47m flagship east-west cycle superhighway.
TfL Rail services leaving Liverpool Street are being delayed by up to 20 minutes, external because of an earlier broken down train.
The family of Milly Dowler have described the "torment and pain" they have gone through since Levi Bellfield confessed he had killed their daughter.
Image source, Surrey PoliceIn a statement, the family revealed they had been given the full details of the confession eight months ago but had to remain silent while police investigated whether Beffield had an accomplice.
They said this had put "unimaginable pressure" on the family but they now hoped the 13-year-old's "soul, at long last, can finally rest in peace".
A man was arrested by Surrey Police, external during the investigation but was released without charge.
