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A campaign by a Croydon mother, given a platform by Inside Croydon, has managed to get the Croydon NHS Clinical Commissioning Group to U-turn over its proposed cuts to prescribing formula milk for babies with food allergies.   , external

Novelist Jane Austen created fake entries in a marriage register linking herself with two separate men , it has emerged.

The Pride & Prejudice author is thought to have made the handwritten entries in the record book while a teenager in the late 18th Century.

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Hampshire Archives, which holds the Steventon marriage register for 1755-1812, says Austen had access to the book because her father, George Austen, was the rector of the parish.

The little-known document includes a fictitious entry for the publication of banns between Henry Frederic Howard Fitzwilliam of London and Jane Austen of Steventon.

Another fake entry details the marriage of Edmund Arthur William Mortimer of Liverpool and Jane Austen of Steventon.

It is not known whether either Fitzwilliam or Mortimer actually existed.

Plain-clothed officers showed Dean Murphy their warrant cards before they were attacked.

A 28-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a man in east London.

Emergency services were called at about noon on Sunday to reports of an unresponsive man at a block of flats on the Cranston Estate in Shoreditch. 

The man who is in his 20s, was pronounced dead at the scene. His next of kin have been informed.

The Poor School in King's Cross is closing after helping hundreds of people get into the entertainment industry who would otherwise not have access to acting school. 

The school operates by offering classes in the evening so students who are often older can keep working to help fund it.  

Ex-EastEnder, Jessie Wallace, who played Kat Slater in the long-running BBC drama says its closure would leave a ''gaping hole''. 

Click here for more on her life. 

BBC Nottingham Sport

Notts County will not be appealing against the red card given to Mark Yeates in yesterday's game against Barnet.

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Since 2010 there have been more than 1,800 reports of attacks involving corrosive fluids in London.

Evening Standard

Rail bosses are considering operating three London Overground stations without staff in a breach of earlier pledges, it was claimed today. , external

Historic England picks 10 areas to share £6m restoring listed buildings and boosting conservation areas.

Plans to allow alleged rape victims to avoid cross-examination in front of the accused are being brought forward, the justice secretary said.

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Liz Truss said victims of sexual assault would be able to pre-record their testimony from September.

Speaking to the Sunday Times, external , she said schemes in three cities showed the system led to a higher level of "early guilty pleas".

The scheme was piloted for child victims of sexual offences in Liverpool, Leeds and Kingston-upon-Thames.  

Listen to live BBC local radio commentary from Tuesday's action in the National League and National League North.

A Cardiff man who used a James Bond-style USB cufflink to store extremist data admits five charges of terrorism.

A second dedicated police officer will be assigned to each of the 629 local neighbourhood wards.

BBC Weather

We'll see rain spread across London this afternoon, turning heavy at times. 

However, the wet weather will clear away later to leave a mostly dry and bright end to the day. 

Maximum Temperature: 13C (55F).

Leyton Orient owner Francesco Becchetti is given until 12 June to pay off remaining debts or sell the club.

The London Fire Brigade has now given the all-clear in Greek Street. A spokesman said they attended a suspected gas leak.

There has been a suspected chemical spillage in Soho. Greek Street is closed and emergency services vehicles are lined up on Shaftesbury Avenue.

With the 2017 county season here, keep up to date with the latest signings, departures and rumours ahead of next season.

A man is being held over the murder of a boy aged one, thought to be his son, in north London.