Updates on Friday 8 March
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Police forces have been asked how much money they need to tackle knife crime, a senior officer says.
Read MoreA lot of cloud this afternoon but some sunny spells possible, along with scattered showers. The showers could be heavy with the risk of hail and thunder. Rather windy.
Maximum temperature: 11 to 14°C (52 to 57°F).
Stoke City's Saido Berahino is to face a trial on one count of drink-driving after he pleaded not guilty to the offence this morning.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe 25-year-old, of Old Penkridge Road, Cannock, Staffordshire, was arrested in Bedford Square, central London, last month.
His lawyer told Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court that the footballer had been threatened by armed robbers and several items taken just before his arrest.
The judge granted him unconditional bail and set a trial date for 15 May.
Dominic Casciani
Home Affairs Correspondent
Image source, BSGA secret police document has revealed how the Metropolitan Police's Special Branch helped the illegal blacklisting of trade unionists - preventing them from getting jobs because of their political views.
In one case, detectives suggested one individual was a terrorist, despite the claim being wrong.
The illegal practice - exposed ten years ago - involved major construction firms accessing secret files on 3,000 workers and their union activities.
But until now, little has been known about the police's role, other than a Scotland Yard admission it had been involved.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe Home Office has been accused of "complacency" and shirking its responsibility in response to the Windrush scandal.
A report by the Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said the department had failed to "take ownership" of problems it had created.
The scandal involved wrongful detentions and deportations of some members of the Windrush generation.
The Home Office said it was determined to "right the wrongs" experienced.
A cloudy start with outbreaks of rain. The rain will then clear to leave some sunny spells, but also showers pushing east.
The showers could be heavy with the risk of hail and thunder. It will also be rather windy.
Maximum temperature: 10C to 13C (50F to 55F).
BBC Sport
Image source, Getty ImagesTottenham eased past Borussia Dortmund to reach the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time since 2011 as Harry Kane became the club's top scorer in European competition.
Leading 3-0 from the first leg, Spurs were forced to survive a first-half barrage from the Bundesliga leaders in the crackling atmosphere of the Westfalenstadion.
But Kane's intervention just after half-time ensured a comfortable second period in which the hosts failed to register a shot on target.
Latching on to Moussa Sissoko's pass, the England captain clinically lifted the ball past home goalkeeper Roman Burki into the right corner.
Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino is given a two-match touchline ban by the FA for confronting referee Mike Dean after his side's defeat at Burnley.
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BBC London News
Sonja Jessup has today's top stories from the BBC London newsroom.
Inside Croydon
Mr Webb was back in front of his science class of 30 or so boisterous teens at Harris Academy South Norwood yesterday morning, as if nothing had changed.
But it had. Jamie Webb was now a European athletics silver medallist.
Image source, Met PoliceA man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a 17-year-old girl who was stabbed to death in a park in east London.
Jodie Chesney was attacked while playing music in a park with friends in Harold Hill on Friday.
A Met Police spokesman said the man had been arrested in Leicester and remains in custody.
Officers previously said two men walked up to the group and one knifed Jodie once in the back.
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The Circle, District and Hammersmith & City Lines all have minor delays die to a signal failure at Tower Hill.
Thameslink services between London St Pancras International and London Blackfriars are being delayed following an earlier train fault between these stations.
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Three adrenaline-junkie friends are on a mission to encourage other women to try extreme sports.
Read MoreMauricio Pochettino expects Tottenham to play the home leg of their Champions League quarter-final in their new stadium.
Read MoreThe 17-year-old was stabbed to death while with friends in a park in Romford, east London.
Read MoreMet Police chief Cressida Dick's comments come after the PM insisted there was "no direct correlation".
Read MoreCounter-terror police probe devices found in postal bags at Heathrow, Waterloo and London City Airport.
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