The woman was discovered by chance when bailiffs raided a house in east London in November 2016.

Sam Robson scores his first century for 15 months as Middlesex make a good start to their Division Two match at home to Derbyshire.

Four-year-old Toby was born with severe disabilities as a result of CMV, or cytomegalovirus.

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BBC Weather

It will be dry for much of tonight with long clear spells for a time, but cloud will thicken from the north-west during the early hours with the risk of some patchy rain.

It will remain windy.

Minimum Temperature: 14 to 17°C (57 to 63°F)

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Children are being exposed to "toxic" air pollution on the school run and while they are out in the playground, experts have warned.

Queen Mary University of London found while children spend 40% of their time on the school run and at school, they receive 60% of their exposure to tiny particles of black carbon.

Exposure to the pollutant, which can penetrate deep in the lungs, bloodstream and potentially the brain, and can stunt lung and brain growth and cause long term breathing conditions, is generally higher at school than when children are at home.

Prof Jonathan Grigg, who led the study, said the findings underlined the need to clean up of the nation’s air.

Prof Grigg said: "We know that black carbon has long-term health implications for young people and this shows that they are absorbing a disproportionate amount of these toxic particles during the school day, whether that be walking along a busy road or sitting in a car breathing in diesel fumes or even in the playground or classroom.”

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It was one of the most destructive events in UK history, but what was it like to be on the front line of the Blitz during World War Two?

Millions of homes and buildings were destroyed by incendiary bombs dropped by the Luftwaffe on London in 1940 and 1941.

Stan White, who's now 107, says he was one of the first firefighters on the scene to try to battle the inferno and save lives.

Video Journalist: Ben Moore

Photos of tens of thousands of Year 3 pupils will be used in an installation at Tate Britain.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

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Police in south London are struggling to deal with problems caused by street drinkers, a local officer has said.

People meet below the clock tower in Mitcham town centre and drink alcohol, urinate in the street and verbally abuse passers by, PC Russ Stevens told a Merton Council licensing committee last night.

He said the area has been “completely taken over by street drinkers” and that various measures taken by police to deal with the issues have not been successful.

“Despite the amount of money spent [on Mitcham town centre] by the council it still has a feeling of poverty and a feeling of crime because of the street drinkers hanging around there," he said.

“Unfortunately the police officers approach them and they hide their drink or accept their drink is to be confiscated and go and buy more – it is a situation we can’t get on top of."

He made the comments as part of a bid to reject an application from Mitcham News, in Upper Green East, to start serving alcohol from 9:00 to 23:00.

Kaluwa Handi's application was turned down on the basis of the "collective impact" another shop selling alcohol in the area would have.

PC Stevens said there are still 12 other shops serving alcohol within 300m of Mitcham News.

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London academics are calling on people to sign up to what they claim would be the largest ever single study of depression and anxiety.

It is hoped that 40,000 volunteers aged 16 and over will agree to be part of the Genetic Links to Anxiety and Depression (GLAD) study by the National Institute for Health Research BioResource and King's College London.

The project will involve people with anxiety or depression enrolling online and sending a saliva sample by post.

"The GLAD Study will take us further than ever before," said study lead Dr Gerome Breen, a geneticist at King's.

"It will allow researchers to solve the big unanswered questions, address how genes and environment act together and help develop new treatment options."

The scientists want data from people from a variety of cultural and ethnic backgrounds but say they are "especially keen to hear from young adults".

Mental health charities have voiced support for the study and encouraged people to enrol.

Dr Sophie Dix, research director at MQ, said: "Only through further research into the root causes of anxiety and depression can we hope to achieve the same breakthroughs that have been seen with other physical conditions."

Anyone interested in enrolling can register on the study website, external and complete a 30-minute online questionnaire.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

All new Hackney Council staff are to attend workshops to train them up as “dementia friends”.

The sessions are part of a wide-ranging council initiative in partnership with the Hackney Dementia Action Alliance (HDAA) and the Alzheimer’s Society.

Every new staff member at the Town Hall will now attend the workshops, which are designed to educate participants on how dementia affects someone and what they can do to help.

The Town Hall committed to making Hackney a dementia-friendly community in January, in a combination of building awareness around the disease, outreach to local business, and events for people living with dementia and their carers.

BBC Weather

This afternoon will be dry with sunny periods. It will be warm, but quite windy with fresh south or south-westerly winds.

Maximum temperature: 20 to 23°C (68 to 73°F).

Year 3 pupils from London's 2,410 primary schools will be specially photographed for the Tate Britain project.

Eight local authorities downgrade the rating for the documentary A Northern Soul from a 15 to a 12A.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

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A proposal to move a statue of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst off Parliament grounds to a new location has been withdrawn following a public backlash.

Westminster City Council has confirmed the application to move the statue to Regent’s University’s grounds had been withdrawn.

Women’s groups had criticised former Conversative MP Sir Neil Thorne’s trust’s proposal to move the effigy from Victoria Tower Gardens near the House of Lords to the new site at Regent’s Park.

The Grade II-listed tribute to Pankhurst was unveiled in the gardens in 1930 and later moved to a different site on the land.

The planning application from the Pankhurst Trust to move it again attracted hundreds of comments, with most decrying the proposal to move it off site.

Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis, who helped appoint Unai Emery as manager, leaves the club after 10 years to join AC Milan.

Residents in an east London neighbourhood, near Shoreditch, want to highlight drug crime in the area.

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London-born actress Thandie Newton was among the British winners at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards.

The star of Westworld accepted the Emmy for Outstanding Support Actress in a Drama Series, while fellow Brit Claire Foy won the best actress in a drama series for her role as Queen Elizabeth II in Netflix's royal epic The Crown.

Welsh actor Matthew Rhys also took home one of the night's big prizes - best leading actor in a drama series.

Game of Thrones won two prizes - best drama series and supporting actor for Peter Dinklage - while The Marvelous Mrs Maisel scooped five comedy awards.

Charlie Brooker, the British creator of Black Mirror and his co-writer William Bridges won best writing for a limited series.

Read the full list here.

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Sick babies admitted to a neonatal unit after a difficult birth could benefit from a new bedside tool to detect brain damage, researchers at a London University have found.

The team at University College London has developed a device which shines light into the brain to monitor oxygen and energy levels.

Broadband near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) could help doctors assess brain damage earlier and tailor treatment.

A clinical trial of the technology is now planned.

BBC London News

Charlotte Franks has this morning's top stories from the BBC London newsroom.