Hundreds of London Underground workers are to be balloted for strikes in a row over safety. 

Members of the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) will vote in the coming weeks on whether to launch a campaign of industrial action. 

The result is due at the end of the month, threatening walkouts in the run up to Christmas. 

The union said its members had been subjected to increased threats and abuse since a programme of ticket office closures started. 

Steve Griffiths, Transport for London's chief operating officer for London Underground, said: "Our staff work hard to serve the millions of customers that pass through the Tube and rail network every day.

"Everyone has the right to go about their work without fear or intimidation and we do not tolerate any form of verbal or physical assault on our staff. 

"Our campaign against workplace violence sends a clear message that any assault on staff will be fully investigated and we work closely with the British Transport Police to bring perpetrators to justice."

The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT)  is currently balloting its Tube station members for strikes over cuts, with the result due later today.

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Calls for permanent memorials to be built in memory of the seven victims of last week's horrific tram crash have been met with a positive response, external by the leader of Croydon Council who says the authority "absolutely" will make them happen.   

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Prison officers at Pentonville and Wandsworth take part in a day of action as thousands  in England have stopped work amid health and safety concerns.

BBC Travel

London Overground has no service between Stratford and Canonbury because of a broken down freight train at Hackney Central. 

There are also minor delays between Canonbury to Richmond and Clapham Junction.

Greater Anglia services and the Stansted Express are delayed because a car has stopped on the level crossing at Brimsdown.

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BBC Weather

Starting overcast and very mild, with hill fog over the highest ground.

A few bright intervals may develop, with areas east of high ground favoured, before outbreaks of mostly light rain spread southeastwards this afternoon.

Maximum temperature: 14C (57F).

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Sussex Police, external want to speak to 29-year-old Cedric Abubaker in connection with the rape of a 14-year-old girl.

The incident reportedly happened on 16 October, when the teenager was by herself at The Level in Brighton when she was approached by a man, who engaged her in conversation and then led her to a nearby hut where she was attacked.

Abubaker is also known as Cedric Tehe and Max Browne. 

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He is currently of no fixed address but has links to the Hollingdean area of Brighton as well as the Mitcham and Streatham areas of South London.  

Anyone with information is asked to email 101@sussex.pnn.police.uk quoting serial 1469 of 16/10.  

After her son Dwayne was stabbed to death, Pastor Lorraine Jones took over a boxing club he had set up to keep kids out of gangs.

Transport bosses were warned a tram had "tipped on one side" a week before another tram derailed at the same corner killing seven, it emerges.

The fiancée of one of the Croydon tram crash victims says he was an "amazing father".

Why has Wikileaks founder Julian Assange been questioned at the Ecuadorean embassy in London?

Charlton Athletic part company with boss Russell Slade after less than six months in the job.

A man who killed his wife after searching online for the "most painful place to stab someone" is found guilty of murder.

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

Keep checking back here or any breaking news throughout the evening.

BBC Weather

Cloudy and mild with outbreaks of light rain, mainly on higher ground.

It will turn drier during the early hours of Tuesday, though remaining cloudy with the westerly breeze continuing. 

Lows of 10C (50F)

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The chairman of West Ham United has come under fire for comments he made on social media about the Croydon tram crash in which seven people tragically lost their lives., external

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A grieving mum is living in fear after her gentle son was fatally stabbed outside a takeaway.