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Computer and phone company Apple was interested in sponsoring the Garden Bridge if it could open a retail store on the river crossing, according to Boris Johnson's former deputy mayor., external

Southwark News

After months of waiting to hear back from London Mayor Sadiq Khan, campaigners for a train station in Camberwell say trying to find a commitment in his response was ‘like reading tea leaves’., external

Police in Brazil say they don't know if the kayaker was alive when she was thrown into the water.

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A man has been charged with the rape of a 14-year-old girl in London.

The teenager was attacked in broad daylight in a secluded area of Avery Hill Park in Greenwich on 4 September.

The Met believes it took place between 09.00 BST and 13.00. The victim was taken to a haven and is being supported by specialist officers.

Robert Rukwira, 40, of Restons Crescent, Greenwich, has been charged with rape. He is due to appear at Bromley Magistrates' Court later.

Evening Standard

Campaigners who have fought for 17 years to build a statue of suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst have finally secured council support for the proposal., external

A design flaw on the Docklands Light Railway allowed a commuter to be stripped of her coat after it got caught in a train door, an investigation has found.

Part of a coat worn by a female passenger became trapped in the closing train doors at Bank Station at about 21:30 GMT on 6 February, according to a report by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch, external (RAIB).

The passenger was unable to release their coat because the trapped fabric was too small to be detected and the door sensors on the Docklands Light Railway required a "relatively high pull force" to extract the coat, the report found.

She managed to partially take off her coat before it was dragged from her as the train departed.

Defects in the station's CCTV system meant staff were unable to see the problem.

RAIB have called for a review of the door sensors on all Docklands Light Railway trains and improvements to be made in platform observation equipment.

Islington Gazette

Angel Central bosses want to remove the famous wings sculpture – and replace it with a bridge., external

Swindon Town winger James Brophy joins National League side Leyton Orient on a three-month loan deal.

The victim, 75, was attacked after two people on mopeds had stolen his luxury watch in north London.

Diego Costa scores an equaliser for Chelsea, despite his side going down to 10 men against Arsenal in the FA Cup final.

Cladding at the residential home is combustible and there is no sprinkler system, inspectors say.

Steven Finn inspires Middlesex to victory over Lancashire, which boosts the survival hopes of the 2016 county champions.

A leaking dry shampoo caused a subsonic explosion which blew out a bathroom window in a house in Notting Hill.

The can ignited when a overhead heater was switched on by person in the bathroom, causing the explosion and a small fire at the home in Ladbroke Square on Tuesday evening.

London Fire Brigade said the occupant was not injured but warned that "cans which contain a compressed gas should be kept clear from any heat sources".

Inside Croydon

Auditors discover £1.6m missing from council revenues, external.

Manager Arsene Wenger says there is "no hierarchy" among Arsenal's forwards.

BBC London News

We used this wonderful photo of the Gherkin and the city's skyline as our banner, but we want a new picture every day to show off the capital.

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Have you taken a photo of your part of London which you think would be suitable? If so, email it in high resolution (2048 x 1152 or 1680 x 945) to london.locallive@bbc.co.uk.

We were sent this image of Mill Hill by Del Fitzsimons.

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Mary Russell, a black woman with dwarfism, set off on a 21-day, 900-mile trip down the Ho Chi Minh trail with five other disabled people.

The Londoner imagined it would be a unifying experience, but in fact she felt isolated among people she thought would be more like her.

"What made it for me was the beautiful scenic views," she says. "How can you be miserable when you're looking at mountains?"

For the journey through Vietnam, Russell, 48, travelled in a vehicle with Vicky Balch, who lost her leg in the Alton Towers rollercoaster accident and Steve Brown, a Paralympic wheelchair rugby player who's paralysed from the chest down.

But in fact, for some of the time at least, Russell would feel more isolated and different than she had done before.

Mary Russell's roadtrip story is told on Without Limits: Vietnam. The second episode will be broadcast Thursday 21 September at 20:00 on BBC One, and will be available to watch via BBC iPlayer for 30 days afterwards.

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Arsene Wenger says Alexis Sanchez is close to full fitness but the striker will have to earn his place because there is "no hierarchy" at Arsenal.

Everton's winless start to their Europa League campaign continues as they are held to a 2-2 draw by Cypriot side Apollon Limassol.