Susana Mendonca
BBC Radio London Political Reporter

With more people being trained in how to prepare for a potential terror attack and the recent attacks in other European capitals, security has become an increasingly important issue in the London Mayoral race. 

All of the main candidates have been talking about what they would do. This morning on the Vanessa Feltz Breakfast Show on BBC Radio London I went to the College of Haringey, Enfield & North East London to ask students training for careers in the police and armed forces, what they think about some of the policies being suggested.

All the mayoral candidates standing on May 5 are listed

A woman was "viciously" attacked and had her wrists and ankles bound during a burglary in west London, Hounslow detectives said.

The incident happened at the home of a woman in her 40s in Fruen Road, Feltham, yesterday lunchtime.

The woman answered a knock at her door by two males with a parcel. They knocked her to the ground before binding her wrists and ankles with tape. 

They also struck her over the head and threatened her with what was believed to be a firearm.

The suspects searched the house and left with a large quantity of cash.

Suspect one is described as a male, and of medium build. He was wearing a light-grey hooded top, with the hood up and a high visibility vest. 

Suspect two is described as a male, approximately 5ft 11 ins tall and of medium build. He was wearing a brown hooded jacket, with a brown cap.  

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The police officer responsible for keeping London safe during the 2012 Olympics says a terrorist attack on the capital is "inevitable." 

Bob Broadhurst - a Met Police commander - said the public should be reassured London's emergency services has the skills and resources to respond effectively. 

Scotland Yard says there is no intelligence to suggest a specific attack here, but is urging the public not to be complacent.

Watch Home Affairs Correspondent Nick Beake's exclusive report at 13:30 on BBC One.

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A tattooed man has tried to snatch a four-year-old girl from a playground. 

The girl was playing in Victoria Park, east London, at around 13:20 on Sunday when the man grabbed her arm and tried to drag her away.

One of her relatives stopped the suspect in the playground near Grove Road, and the girl was not harmed.

Detectives are appealing for help to find the suspect, who has a tattoo of a hand print on the right side of his neck, with "only God can judge me" written in Old English font in between his thumb and forefinger. 

He is white, aged 20 to 30, 5ft 6in and slim, with scruffy brown hair. He was wearing a blue hooded jacket with two black patches on the back, baggy light blue jeans and black trainers. 

The suspect ran off towards Lauriston Road. 

Loving Dalston
Community news website

Hackney Creatives, the borough’s reputation for innovation is at stake. One, or several, of you is here requested to come up with a design to improve hotel facilities for disabled people, external, to make visits more pleasant. Or should that be “not awful”?  

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Charlton head coach Jose Riga will hold talks with owner Roland Duchatelet about his future after the club were relegated from the Championship.

The Addicks were consigned to the drop by Tuesday's 0-0 draw at Bolton.

Asked if he would remain at The Valley, Riga told BBC Radio London: "It will be the content of the next meeting.

"It depends on the context, how they react to things and how they want to do things in the future. That is the most important thing for me."

A six-year-old girl whose father is accused of her murder probably died from being thrown against a wall or struck by a heavy blunt weapon, the Old Bailey has heard.

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Ellie Butler died at her home in Sutton, south London, in October 2013 while her father Ben Butler was at home. Mr Butler denies murder and child cruelty charges.

Ed Brown QC, for the prosecution, said she suffered "catastrophic" head injuries.

He said the doctor who carried out the post mortem examination on Ellie and another expert, a neurological pathologist, agreed that her injuries were unlikely to have been caused by an accidental fall.

A third expert, a forensic pathologist, believed Ellie's major head injury was "the result of one or more very forceful blunt impacts, arising through being thrown against a wall or the ground, or struck with a heavy blunt weapon," said Mr Brown.

A cyclist who saw a teenager die in a canal thought he must be violent because police were not going in to save him, an inquest has heard.

Ailish Tynan arrived at the canal at Walthamstow Marshes, east London, as Jack Susianta, 17, was "treading water".

An onlooker told Ms Tynan "the police have chased that fella into the water", she told St Pancras Coroner's Court.

The Met Police deny claims they refused to save the teenager in July 2015.

 An elderly woman has died after being hit by a lorry in south London.

The pedestrian, reported to be 85, was knocked down in Brighton Road, near the junction with Mulgrave Road this morning.

Chirag Trivedi
BBC News

Here are the latest headlines from London live:

• Mayor Boris Johnson wins London riot compensation case
• London Underground trips 'take four times longer for disabled'
• Rare double blue plaque award for home of Nobel Prize winners

Two 14-year-old boys and a man aged 20 have been arrested in connection with the stabbing of an elderly shopkeeper in east London.  

The 70-year-old man was attacked at a shop in Carr Road, Walthamstow, at about 21:10 BST on Sunday, as he tried to defend himself with a shop sign. 

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He was stabbed several times and is in a serious but stable condition, Met Police said.

The trio were arrested on Tuesday and remain in custody.

A London house which was home to writer Samuel Beckett and eminent physicistPatrick Blackett is to become one of the few buildings to bear two official blueplaques.

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A rare "double blue" unveiling at 48 Paultons Square, Chelsea, will see Downton Abbey actress Penelope Wilton and astronomer royal Arnold Wolfendale unveil the English Heritage plaques to the two Nobel Prize winners. 

Poet, playwright and novelist Beckett, author of Waiting for Godot, lived at the property for seven months in 1934 while undergoing psychoanalysis paid for by his mother after his father's death, as he was looking for literary work. 

Blackett, described on his blue plaque as a physicist and scientific adviser, lived in the house from 1953 until 1969.  

But five Supreme Court justices have overturned that appeal court decision inthe wake of Mr Johnson's challenge. 

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They have concluded that the Riot Damages Act does not "extend to cover consequential losses". 

Mr Justice Flaux had said insurers claimed that losses added up to more than £60m - and their claims included a £9.8m claim for lost profit and a £1.6m claim for lost rent.

The warehouse was destroyed late on 8 August 2011 during rioting in London and other parts of Britain after a man was shot and killed by police in Tottenham, north London, judges had heard. 

Mr Johnson had asked for a Supreme Court ruling following hearings in the High Court and Court Of Appeal. 

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Judges had been told that the 1886 legislation said compensation for

A number of insurance companies had argued that the destruction and looting of the Sony warehouse fell into that category.

Mr Johnson - whose office funds the Metropolitan Police - disagreed. A High Court judge had ruled that the Sony warehouse was damaged during "widespread civil disorder" and compensation should be paid for out of police funds. 

But he decided that there was a limit to liability - and said "consequential losses", including loss of profit and rent, were not "in principle recoverable". Insurers challenged his decision on the "extent of liability" - and the Court of Appeal had ruled in their favour. 

London Mayor Boris Johnson has won a Supreme Court compensation fight withinsurance companies following rioting in the capital in 2011.

The dispute centred on damage caused to a Sony warehouse in Enfield, north London and the provisions of a piece of Victorian legislation - the 1886 Riot Damages Act. 

Supreme Court justices analysed legal argument at a hearing in London in January and published their ruling on Wednesday. 

They concluded that the mayor's office should not have to pay compensation for loss of profit and rent.

There has been a problem with the selling of tickets for the London Transport Museum's Hidden London tours of disused stations and tunnels., external

They were due to go on general sale this morning but due to huge demand, a technical failure with the website meant newsletter subscribers were unable to take advantage of their priority booking offer. 

The museum has therefore decided to extend their offer for a further 24 hours.

If tickets for Hidden London remain after this period they will be released on general sale at 10:00 BST on the 21 April and not 20 April as previously stated.

London Mayor Boris Johnson is waiting for a Supreme Court ruling on a multimillion-pound compensation fight with insurance companies following rioting in the capital nearly five years ago. 

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Supreme Court justices analysed the dispute at a hearing in London in January and are scheduled to publish their ruling later. 

The row centres on damage caused to a Sony warehouse in Enfield, north London, during "widespread civil disorder" in August 2011 - and the provisions of a piece of Victorian legislation, the 1886 Riot Damages Act.

Justices have been asked to make rulings on what compensation is available for damage done to buildings and consequential loss of profit. 

The warehouse was destroyed late on August 8 2011 during "the widespread civil disorder and rioting which took place in London and elsewhere" after a man was shot and killed by police in Tottenham, north London, judges have been told. 

Charlton Athletic were relegated from the Championship after they played out a goalless draw away at bottom club Bolton Wanderers.

Jose Riga's side needed to win to avoid the drop after four years in the second tier, but they failed to score in a tepid encounter at the Macron Stadium.

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The result means Charlton will return to League One for the first time since 2012, when they set a then-record points total of 101 points on the way to the third-tier title.  

London Underground journeys take on average more than four times longer for disabled people, a report by Muscular Dystrophy UK has found.

Certain journeys take far longer, such as the two-minutes from Baker Street to Bond Street taking a wheelchair user 33 minutes, the report found.

In addition, out of 67 stations in Zone One only seven are fully accessible, the research indicates.

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Transport for London said it was investing millions of pounds to improve disabled access.  

Sulaiman Khan, 30, from London, who has congenital muscular dystrophy, took park in the charity's nine-month investigation and says there are "no-go zones" in London he cannot reach in his wheelchair.

BBC Radio London

Nikki Bedi is in for Vanessa Feltz this week on BBC Radio London. 

This morning she's looking at how commuters and people who work in crowded places will be given special training by police in how to deal with a terror attack. 

Also, supermarket items are getting smaller but prices remain the same. Consumer group WHICH has listed toilet roll, chocolate biscuits, orange juice and antibacterial wipes in its latest list of shrinking products. 

And singer Lily Allen has criticised the Met Police over the way they dealt with her stalking case, accusing them of ''victim shaming''.