A new BBC One drama looks at the death of Damilola Taylor and the impact it had on his family.

Nearly all conductors have signed up for a new on-board supervisor role on Southern trains, the rail company says.

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The Archbishop of Aleppo has told a London audience that people leaving the war-torn city upsets him more than its destruction.

Bishop Jean-Clement Jeanbart is calling for those still living in the city to remain.

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As Southern railway passengers brace for a very unhappy Christmas, and a lousy New Year from strikes targeted at the festive season, what, you may wonder is life like on the rest of the rail network?  

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Harry Kane marked his return from injury with the equaliser that kept Tottenham as the only unbeaten team in the Premier League after a north London derby draw at Arsenal.  

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Sixteen years after 10-year-old Damilola Taylor was fatally stabbed in south London, the story of his killing and the impact it had on the Taylor family has been made into a BBC One drama.  

The UK's biggest rail union has suspended a strike ballot among its members who work for Southern railway, because of "technical difficulties".

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Aslef had begun asking its members if they wanted to take industrial action in the dispute over driver-only trains.

The result of the ballot was due to be announced within two weeks, but the union confirmed it would now reissue ballot papers to almost 1,000 drivers.

Southern said it hoped to sit down with union officials to resolve the dispute.

BBC Weather

It will be another cold day with sunshine and showers, showers mainly this morning in the east. 

There will be a brisk northerly wind which will ease a little during the afternoon.

Maximum temperature: 9C (48F).

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