Daniel Wainwright
Data unit - English regions

The gap in pay between men and women will take 100 years to close, a campaign group has warned.

Campaigners highlight 10 November as the point in 2017 when a woman on an average wage stops being paid relative to their male counterparts.

But in some parts of the UK, the gender pay gap is so wide, it is as though women work unpaid from September.

Vivienne Hayes, of the Women's Resource Centre, said progress had moved at a "snail's pace".

Campaign group the Fawcett Society said that progress has in closing the pay gap has "stalled".

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Taxi firm Uber has lost an appeal against a ruling that its drivers should be classed as workers rather than self-employed.

Last year, a tribunal ruled drivers, James Farrar and Yaseen Aslam, were Uber staff and entitled to holiday pay, paid rest breaks and the minimum wage.

Uber appealed, arguing its drivers were self employed and were under no obligation to use its booking app.

Uber claimed 80% of its drivers would rather be classed as self employed.

Two species of seahorses are among the unexpected creatures found living in London.

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The Victoria & Albert Museum is to display a three-storey section of an east London council estate as an example of Brutalist architecture.

The section, which includes two flats, exterior facades and two interior staircases, has been acquired from Robin Hood Gardens in Poplar.

Designed by renowned British architects Alison and Peter Smithson, the block is due to be demolished and redeveloped.

The V&A has called it a "significant example of the Brutalist movement".

Taxi firm Uber has lost an appeal against a ruling on the employment rights of drivers, the GMB union said.

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A multi-agency clampdown against fly-tipping and other offences has this week seen police and council officials make their 31st seizure of a vehicle suspected of being used to illegally store or dump rubbish. , external

Families of victims say they have been forgotten a year on from the tragedy which claimed seven lives.

A woman, aged in her 70s, has died following a house fire in Enfield last night.

Four crews of firefighters were called to Amberley Road at 21:34 and brought the fire under control by 22:36.

The woman, who was rescued by firefighters, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The London Fire Brigade say the cause of the fire is under investigation, and the Metropolitan Police say the woman's next of kin have been informed.

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Teenage criminals should face "harsher and more effective" prison sentences to break the cycle of crime, London's top police office has said.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick warned attempts to keep young offenders out of jail had created an "increasing number of young people in London who are simply not fearful" of the courts.

Ms Dick suggested prison should be used as a "real deterrent" for the worst young offenders - and to protect communities.

One 16-year-old from south London had not served any jail time, despite committing 42 offences, involving violence, weapons and drugs, in less than three years.

In a speech to the Howard League for Penal Reform she she said: "They don't see imprisonment as particularly likely or a serious threat and it does not in any sense deter them from criminal activity.

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BBC Weather

A chilly start to the day with brisk northwesterly winds and spells of sunshine.

Most parts will remain dry through the afternoon.

Top temperatures: 11C (52F).

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There are delays reported on the Victoria Line between Victoria and Brixton due to a faulty train.

On the south London tram service there are minor delays between Wimbledon, New Addington and Elmers End due to a signal failure between.

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Brentford head of recruitment Andy Scott is leaving the Championship club to join the staff at Watford.

Scotty Kouebitra was attacked by a group armed with baseball bats, knives and a screwdriver.

Reker Ahmed was left with a bleed on the brain after a late-night assault in Croydon.

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It will be dry across London this evening, but it will turn cloudy through the early hours with outbreaks of rain.

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Choices for shoppers in English town centres are shrinking, according to research for the BBC.

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A survey of 12 government-funded "Portas Pilot" towns found nearly 1,000 shops had disappeared in five years.

The towns, which included Croydon, were awarded a share of a £1.2m fund, government support and access to retail guru Mary Portas.

But Ms Portas was critical of the scheme, saying it was a "weighted PR campaign" that hadn't kick-started growth.

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