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

BBC Weather

It will stay dry through the evening and night with any cloud tending to break up leaving clear skies. 

This will allow temperatures to fall quite sharply with a light frost possible, especially for open areas such as Hampstead Heath. 

Minimum temperature: 3C (37F). 

Three activists showed a "spectacular lack of consideration" after blockading the main tunnel leading to Heathrow airport, a court hears. They were each fined £200.

Photo credit: Plane Stupid

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The trial of a father accused of murdering his young daughter has heard details of how he attempted to cover up Ellie's death. 

Jurors were told that following the death, he tried to cover up the evidence and also took the dog for a walk - all before calling the emergency services. 

BBC London News

Coming up on air at 18:30: The sister of a 17-year-old who was killed after a fight in New Cross says she constantly worried he might become the victim of knife crime. 

Myron Isaac-Yarde was an up-and-coming musician. His sister Chantelle was his legal guardian after their mother died of cancer. 

This will be her first public interview since her brother's death.

BBC Sport

QPR forward Jamie Mackie must have surgery to repair a damaged hamstring.

Mackie, who will miss the rest of the campaign, suffered a second long-term hamstring injury this season during the draw at Leeds earlier this month.

BBC Travel

There is congestion on the A3212 westbound from Claverton Street Pimlico to the A3216 Chelsea Embankment in the roadworks area. 

In Cheshunt, the A10 Great Cambridge Road is partly blocked northbound at Church Lane after an accident. Traffic is slow each way.    

On the Jubilee Line, there is no service between North Greenwich and Stratford due to a signal failure at Stratford. Good service on the rest of the line.  

On the trains, there are cancellations on Southern services between East Croydon and Redhill due to a points failure at Purley. Tickets are accepted on Thameslink services. 

And there are delays of 20 minutes on Southern services between East Croydon and Oxted due to a line-side fire at Oxted. 

Tom Edwards
Transport Correspondent, BBC London

Here are the details of the airspace restrictions for President Obama's visit. CAA says it is "routine" and includes all manned and unmanned aircraft.   

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Following the sentence of three Plane Stupid protesters who were fined £200 for a tunnel blockade at Heathrow, the airport has issued this statement:

“Heathrow supports the right to peaceful protest, but we will always prioritise the safe and smooth running of our airport. When individuals engage in illegal protest action, they disrupt thousands of passengers going about their business and pose a safety risk to themselves and others.

"Anyone who breaks the law, puts safety at risk and disrupts our passengers and colleagues will face prosecution.”

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England rugby star Danny Cipriani was "tearful and upset" after he was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving, a court has heard.

Police Sgt Nicholas Peacock told Mr Cipriani's trial he "appeared to be drunk" when he was brought into Hammersmith police station last June.

He was breathalysed and found to be nearly twice the drink-drive limit in June last year, his trial heard.

The 28-year-old's defence have argued the case should be thrown out.

Danny Shaw
BBC Home Affairs Correspondent

The jury was told Ben Butler was convicted of assaulting Ellie when she was six weeks old - she had serious head injuries. Mr Butler was cleared on appeal.  

Ellie had been fostered by the time her father's conviction for assaulting her was quashed in 2010, the jury heard.

In November 2012, the girl was returned to the care of Mr Butler and Jennie Gray after proceedings in High Court. She died in October 2013. 

Fitzrovia News

The work of Camden Council’s private renting scrutiny work, and housing and inequality, are the topics for discussion at next week’s public meeting organised by the campaign group Camden Federation of Private Tenants.  , external

Susana Mendonca
BBC Radio London Political Reporter

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Labour's Sadiq Khan has been in Hammersmith this morning where he's promised to "stand up for the NHS" but the problem he has with that promise is the Mayor of London has no real power over the NHS. 

He told me he'd overcome that by getting the government to give him the kinds of powers over health services that it's given to Manchester.

Mr Khan also offered his sympathies to the family of a man stabbed to death in his constituency of Tooting yesterday.

And with regards a Zac Goldsmith poster released today claiming that he will raise council tax by £1300 over four years he called it "lies, lies and more lies." 

But repeated his line from last week that if police numbers were threatened by central government cuts he would have to raise council tax - but said he would keep it as low as possible. The maximum a mayor of London can raise council tax is by 2%.

Zac Goldsmith's team have told me the Conservative candidate has promised to freeze council tax for four years.

Conductors on Southern Rail are to stage three 24-hour strikes on 26 April, 10 and 12 May in a row over their roles and driver-only trains, the RMT union announced.

BBC Sport

Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas says Jose Mourinho failed at Stamford Bridge this season because he put "too much trust" in his squad.

Mourinho, 53, was sacked in December, with the club one point above the relegation zone, seven months after he led them to the Premier League title.

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Fabregas, 28, says the players "let him down" after being given extra holiday as reward for winning the league.

Ellie Butler, aged six, was found to have "very significant fractures to her skull" as the result of "really significant force", jurors were told.

There were also underlying brain and eye injuries as well as bruises consistent with fingers gripping under her jaw.

Prosecuting lawyer Edward Brown said they were inflicted in brief but "devastating moments".

Her father, Ben Butler, denies murder.

BBC Travel

There is no service between Wimbledon and Earl's Court due to a signal failure at Parsons Green. There's a good service on the rest of the line.  

London 24

A heroic dog came barking to the rescue of an abandoned cat she found hidden in a pet carrier in park bushes in Wormwood Scrubs Park. , external

Drones will be banned from flying in large parts of London during the visit of US President Barack Obama, aviation officials have announced.

The restrictions, external, brought in by Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin, apply between 09:00 on Thursday and 22:30 on Sunday.

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The ban also extends between London and Windsor, where Mr Obama will have lunch with the Queen on Friday.

It comes as a UK-bound flight is believed to have hit a drone on Sunday.

In the case of Ben Butler, on trial for the murder of his six-year-old daughter, prosecutor Edward Brown QC said the defendant was an "angry and violent man with a short fuse".

"The make-up of the man dominated his and his family's domestic life," he adds. 

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Ellie Butler died at home in Westover Close in Sutton, south-west London, in October 2013.

Mr Butler denies murder and he and his partner, Jennie Gray, both deny child cruelty charges.