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Femi Nandap, 23, has admitted at the Old Bailey to killing renowned lecturer Jeroen Ensink who was stabbed to death in front of his home in Islington, north London, in December last year.

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Tottenham Court Road Tube station is currently shut due to a commuter being hit by a train which is causing delays both ways on the Central Line.

It also means crowds are building up on platforms along the route as these images from BBC reporter Matt West at Leytonstone show.

Two men, aged 19 and 20, are arrested in London on suspicion of terror offences.

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Tottenham Court Road Tube station is currently shut due to a commuter being hit by a train. Tickets are being accepted on local buses and there are delays both ways on the Central Line.

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A senior parliamentary committee is to recommend that all MPs and peers vacate both Houses of Parliament for six years to allow for urgent repairs.

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The report will suggest they relocate to nearby buildings, as early as 2020, to enable the £4bn restoration project.

It will recommend the Department of Health's headquarters for MPs, and the QEII conference centre for the Lords.

Both Houses of Parliament would need to approve the move which is seen as the quickest and cheapest solution.

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Lisa Day died last year after a battle with diabetes and trying to lose weight, which is now referred to as Diabulimia.

Her family has released some of her diary entries which show her obsessing over exercise, throwing up her food and wanting to fit into a particular red dress. 

They said they wanted to tell her story the day the UK's first ever diabetes and eating disorder service opens at King's College London.   

DNA testing has for the first time confirmed the identity of the bacteria behind London's Great Plague.

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The plague of 1665-1666 was the last major outbreak of bubonic plague in Britain, killing nearly a quarter of London's population.

It's taken a year to confirm initial findings from a suspected Great Plague burial pit during excavation work on the Crossrail site at Liverpool Street.

About 3,500 burials have been uncovered during excavation of the site.

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The 600-strong Shirley Oaks Survivors Association, external says it has lost faith in an independent inquiry into historical child sexual abuse in Lambeth amid claims it is not "truly independent".

Ex-inquiry chair Justice Lowell Goddard has said she was prevented from picking her own staff, and that civil servants were prioritised by the Home Office.

Home Secretary Amber Rudd denied this.

The treatment of children in care in Lambeth, south London, during the second half of the 20th Century is one of 13 areas that the inquiry is looking at.

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The UK's first ever diabetes and eating disorder service will launch at King's College in London later.

Diabulimia is not yet medically recognised but the term means diabetic people who deliberately take too little insulin in order to lose weight.

It's thought one in three young women with type 1 diabetes struggle with their weight or have eating concerns.

Read about Lisa Day who died last year after a battle with diabetes and her weight. 

Met Police officers "expect to be victimised and fear reprisals" if they complain about discrimination, a study by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, external has found.

The report comes after PC Carol Howard won a discrimination case.

A reluctance to admit mistakes, poor record-keeping and misplaced loyalty were among poor practices, but no laws were breached, the EHRC found.

The Met said it was working "to tackle the perceptions of victimisation".

Today will be mostly bright with some sunny spells, however the cloud is likely to thicken around lunchtime and this could give the odd spot of light rain for some. 

Top temperature: 22C (72F) 

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As a two-day strike begins on the Southern rail network, the RMT union "could stop this disruption immediately", the rail company says.

A Southern rail strike which is causing fresh travel chaos across London and the South East is being "solidly supported", the RMT says.

Follow live text and radio commentary as Lancashire face Middlesex in the County Championship.

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Tom Alsop hits a maiden first-class century as Hampshire reply well to Surrey's 329 all out at The Oval.