Stevenage sign Ilias Chair, Elijah Adebayo, Jordan Gibson and Calum Dyson on loan, while Oliver Byrne signs a permanent deal.

West Ham defender Reece Oxford joins Bundesliga outfit Augsburg on loan for the remainder of the season.

BBC London News

Updates for London have ended for the day but we'll be back on Friday morning with the latest news, sport, travel and weather - especially if the capital gets any significant snowfall.

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

BBC Weather

Outbreaks of snow will move in from the south-west. This will become persistent and perhaps locally heavy giving a risk of significant falls in places. The snow may become patchier towards dawn.

Minimum temperature: 0 to 3°C (32 to 37°F).

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A "night rider" fare for people enjoying late-night events could help save London's struggling high streets, a report has suggested.

A ticket allowing passengers to switch between Tubes, trains and buses at no extra cost could encourage people to enjoy the capital's 24-hour economy, the report by the London Night Time Commission said.

The idea is one of several recommendations made in the report, external, which says parks, museums and libraries could all be used better to offer more activities between 18:00 and 06:00.

Commission chairwoman Kate Nicholls said: "London at night is dynamic and diverse, with two-thirds of Londoners regularly active and 1.6m of us working.

"But we believe the capital can be so much more at night."

She said bringing underused spaces "to life at night" could help to tackle "the decline of our high streets".

"To do this we must improve planning for the night and that's why we want to see every borough, with the support of the mayor, set out a positive vision for their night-time economy, to drive forward improvements at all hours and retain the special character of each area," she added.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan set up the London Night Time Commission in 2017. He said he would "carefully consider" the report's recommendations.

Katrina Makunova fell on a knife which she had in her handbag during a row with her boyfriend.

Kevin Peachey
Personal finance reporter

As consumers, we are spending more of our money on what we do rather than on what we wear.

The beneficiary - an unlikely star bucking the downturn in retail - is the humble museum and gallery shop. Once stocked with little more than key rings and badges for visiting schoolchildren, they now offer designer homeware and exclusive gifts.

They attract shoppers looking for presents with a cultural touch, or something different to the wares of a homogeneous High Street. Some 52% of adults go to a museum each year, some are visiting these venues specifically for the shops.

Products may be original and quirky, but that is not the only reason for their success. Shops and cafés have become vital to museums that face central and local government funding cuts, and through the doors come people with money to spend - a luxury not always enjoyed by city and town centre stores.

David Fenton, head of retail at the Imperial War Museums, has run retail, publishing and brand licensing at the Imperial War Museums' five sites.

"We are very lucky in this sector that we have a different reason why people experience us - they are coming to learn about the subject," he says, admitting he does not miss the High Street. "The more we make of that, the better it is, and the more we will continue to grow."

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Armed police have arrested a man after reports a gunman was holding a woman hostage at a home in east London.

Police were called shortly after 13:30 to reports of a man believed to be in possession of a firearm holding a woman against her will at an address in Romford Road, Stratford.

Officers found the victim safe and well.

A man arrested on suspicion of false imprisonment has been taken to an east London police station.

No gun has been found yet but officers are continuing to search the address.

Police said the incident was not being treated as terror-related.

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Local Democracy Reporting Service

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A £1bn project to redevelop the Olympia Exhibition Centre in west London has been approved.

Owner YOO Capital said it would partially demolish and revamp the 130-year-old landmark in West Kensington, retaining its Grade-II listed facades.

Architects told Hammersmith & Fulham Council's planning committee last night that the project would establish the area as an "iconic" arts hub.

Principal architect Trevor Morris added: "It’s about embedding the heritage and repairing the damage that has been caused by a lack of investment."

Key features of the project include:

• A 1,500-seat theatre

• A 1,000-seat performing arts venue

• Two hotels

• A four-screen cinema

• 670,000 sq ft of creative office space, including new co-working space

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Mr Morris said the project would also bring more than 5,000 jobs to the area.

The meeting heard some misgivings from residents who fear the area could get more traffic, while some planning councillors expressed concerns over the ability of local infrastructure to cope with extra workers and visitors.

But two Conservative councillors were outvoted by four Labour counterparts to grant the application.

BBC Weather

This afternoon will remain dry, but sunshine will fade as the cloud thickens from the west. Turning breezy as the day progresses.

Maximum temperature: 2 to 5°C (36 to 41°F).

Ahmed Hassan's homemade bomb partially exploded on a London Underground train in 2017, injuring 51 people.

One woman says she was "devastated" when an NHS midwifery service ended with just a week's notice.

Figures increased in London, the Midlands, north-east and Yorkshire and the Humber but fell elsewhere.

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A teenage asylum seeker who planted the Parsons Green Tube bomb which injured 51 passengers has failed in a bid to challenge his conviction.

Iraqi Ahmed Hassan, now 19, watched proceedings via video link from prison as three judges in London dismissed his application for permission to appeal.

Hassan, who pretended to engage with the anti-terrorism Prevent scheme as he plotted mass murder in the capital, was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 34 years at the Old Bailey last year.

Sir Brian Leveson, Mr Justice Nicol and Sir Brian Keith, sitting at the Court of Appeal, allowed a sentence challenge by Hassan to a "limited extent", ruling that 182 days spent on remand should be taken off the 34-year minimum.

His conviction application centred on the admissibility of psychological evidence at his trial.

Sir Brian said the court had reviewed a "considerable body of material" before concluding that the conviction challenge should be refused.

Officers issued a harassment warning after being called to an address in west London.

Yannick Carrasco and Ivan Perisic will not be joining Arsenal, while hope of signing Christopher Nkunku is fading.

Fergus Walsh
Medical correspondent

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An 11-year-old has become the first NHS patient to receive a therapy that uses the body's own cells to fight cancer.

Yuvan Thakkar, who has a form of leukaemia, was given the personalised treatment at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), in London, after conventional cancer treatments failed.

CAR-T involves removing immune cells and modifying them in a laboratory so they can recognise cancer cells.

Previously, it was available only as part of a clinical research trial.

Imran Mostafa Kamel was arrested during the investigation into the murder of a security guard.

BBC London News

Sara Orchard has this morning's top stories from the BBC London newsroom.