Scotland Yard said it is to "assess and identify what criminal offences - if any - may have been committed" following allegations involving MP Keith Vaz.

A gang of smugglers who brought £12m of cocaine and heroin into the UK in a helicopter from Belgium are jailed.

Tributes are paid in London and Dublin to mark the centenary of the death of East Tyrone MP Tom Kettle who died at the Somme in 1916.

A new BBC documentary goes behind the scenes at one of fashion's most famous institutions. British Vogue has, for the first time in its 100-year-old history, allowed cameras in for a two-part series. Watch the programme here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07v75n4

Middlesex maintain their Championship title bid and relegate Nottinghamshire with a five-wicket win at Trent Bridge.

A student died after he was placed on a faulty ventilator and starved of oxygen at a Leeds hospital following an attack by a boxer, an inquest concludes.

The National Gallery is sued by heirs of French painter Matisse's muse over a portrait they claim is stolen.

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A City trader has been found guilty of raping a young woman after a cocaine and champagne-fuelled office party. 

Daniel Green, 26, attacked the woman, in her 20s, after she had curled up to sleep under a desk in the early hours of 16 May, 2015. 

Green insisted the sex was consensual but an Old Bailey jury convicted him by a majority of 11 to one after deliberating for six hours He gave no reaction as the verdict was delivered.

He was jailed for six years.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says he hopes Jack Wilshere stays at the Gunners for the rest of his career.

BBC Weather

There'll be some sunny spells this afternoon, but also few showers are possible. It'll be rather breezy too, and as a result it'll feel less humid than recent days. 

Maximum temperature 22C (72F).

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A man has pleaded not guilty to killing Metropolitan Police officer Gordon Semple, whose dismembered body was found in a flat in south London.

PC Semple's body was discovered on the Peabody Estate in Southwark Street, a week after he went missing in April.

Stefano Brizzi, 50, has been charged with murder of the 59-year-old officer at Mr Brizzi's flat some time between 1 and 7 April.

A provisional trial date at the Old Bailey has been set for 18 October.

Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe explains why he is so proud to have 4,000 BAME (British Black, Asian, and minority ethnic) officers in the force.

Tom Edwards
Transport Correspondent, BBC London

Re-live the final day's play in the latest County Championship games as title rivals Middlesex and Yorkshire both win.

The first fully electric bus routes in the capital are unveiled today

Arsene Wenger says he hopes midfielder Jack Wilshere, who is on loan at Bournemouth, will spend the rest of his career at Arsenal.

Nearly 3.5m fines have been issued to drivers for not paying the Dart Charge since cashless payment came in, the BBC finds.

The cost of renting a home in England and Wales was 5.2% higher in July than a year earlier, a lettings agent says, with rents in South East England rising fastest, according to lettings agent Your Move.

The annual rise in this region of 14.9% was explained by a ripple effect from high rents in London.

London had the highest average monthly rents, at £1,273, the survey suggested.

Last year PC Carol Howard won a discrimination case against the Met Police.

A new report says making such complaints against the Met is risky for staff.

Two housing estates in Coleraine, County Londonderry, receive £100,000 from the world famous Kew Gardens to develop a waste ground into a garden.