Ex-Conservative MP Harvey Proctor is considering legal action against the Metropolitan Police following a highly critical report on the Met's investigation of child sexual abuse allegations against him.

Mr Proctor has been given a face-to-face apology by the Met Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe after a former judge revealed failings in the police investigations into the ex-MP and others.

He was accused by a man, known by the pseudonym Nick, of child rape and murder in October 2014.

Mr Proctor told presenter Ritula Shah about the stress and strain he had suffered over an 18 month period.

(Photo: Harvey Proctor. Copyright: BBC)

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Black women in England are almost twice as likely to be diagnosed with advanced breast cancer as white women, according to a new analysis by Cancer Research UK and Public Health England.

Late-stage disease is found in about 25% of black African and 22% of black Caribbean breast cancer patients.

In white breast cancer patients, the figure is 13%.

Experts say there are many reasons for this. Vital ones to change are low awareness of symptoms and screening.

Speaking on Chelsea’s chances of winning the new 2015-16 Premier League season, Alan Shearer has claimed that Jose Mourinho could win the Premier League with any of England’s top four teams.

“I would go so far to say that if Mourinho was in charge of any of the top four, I would put them favourites to win the title.”

This clip was first broadcast on 5 live Sport on Friday 07 August 2015.

London transport chiefs offer to fund the funeral costs for the seven Croydon tram crash victims.

Hundreds of people attend a concert held in honour of the only Brit killed in the Bataclan terror attack a year ago.

A boy as young as five was enlisted by two men to steal from a charity shop in a distraction theft, police have said. 

Officers released CCTV footage of a man instructing the boy to take the mobile phone behind the till of a Cancer Research store in Wimbledon, south-west London, while an accomplice is said to have been distracting staff on 11 October.

Tom Edwards
Transport Correspondent, BBC London

I’ve been told the interim report from the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) is not going to be long so I don’t think we will get a lot of detail.

We already know the tram was going too fast on the bend, the crucial question we’re all trying to find out is why.

We might get the speed of the tram, we might get some urgent safety recommendations but the full investigation is going to take many, many months. 

Sonja Jessup brings you the latest

Jason Rosam
BBC Radio London

New Addington is in shock, you can sense it in the air here. The people are trying to go about their normal daily lives but there’s constant reminders of what happened seven days ago.

Here at the parade of shops where I’m standing there’s a makeshift memorial to the victims – it’s got flowers, cards, photos, candles and messages for those lost.

One message hung onto a tree really says what the mood is perfectly: “It’s so sad that you started your day from here only to lose your lives 20 minutes later. You will never be forgotten.”

Doing this job I stop people in the street who are rushing to work, a lot of people ignore me or brush me past, but every person I’ve spoken to has taken the time to stop and talk to me and that’s unusual.

Transport for London (TfL) has offered to pay for the funerals of the seven victims of the Croydon tram crash.

Six men and one woman died, and more than 50 people were injured, when a tram overturned on 9 November.

TfL has pledged to do "everything we can to support the families and all those affected".

An interim report into the crash is due to be published on Wednesday, but it could take "many months" to produce a final report, investigators warned.

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BBC London Travel
BBC Radio London Travel

The traffic lights are at Norwood Junction - A215 South Norwood Hill/Portland Road/ A213.High St/Selhurst Road. 

In Wandsworth, roadworks on the A3 Armoury Way on north side of One Way System are causing delays on all approaches to the high street.

BBC Weather

This morning will be dry at first, with bright or sunny spells. Outbreaks of rain will spread down from the north by midday though. 

There'll be gusty winds throughout the day too. 

Lows of 13C (55F)

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Substitute Matty Kosylo's wonderful 90th-minute goal puts sixth-tier FC Halifax Town into the FA Cup second round at the expense of 10-man Dagenham & Redbridge.

England midfielder Eric Dier says he was was elbowed in the face by Spain's Ander Herrera during the sides' 2-2 draw at Wembley.

Virgin Trains has reported a rise in the number of passengers using its cross-border east coast rail services over the last six months.

A schoolboy dies four days after he was taken ill during detention at an east London school.

Sadiq Khan has scrapped proposed plans to create a "cycle superhighway" on London's A40 Westway

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

BBC Weather

Cloudy with some light rain, mainly in the south. It'll turn rather breezy, especially in exposed areas such as Hampstead Heath. 

Some heavier rain is possible in the south towards the end of the night. 

Minimum temperature: 11C (52F).