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The number of police officers based in schools in London is going to be significantly increased in response to a wave of knife crime.

Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Simmons told MPs the number of full-time officers in schools would rise from 420 to 600.

Former Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw told MPs the threat of knife crime made young people "fearful of their lives".

He warned this had become a "generation of very frightened young people".

Sir Michael, giving evidence to the Education Select Committee's investigation into knife crime, said it was unacceptable that so many young people were afraid about getting home safely.

"We've always had youth crime. But this is different, this is vicious," he said.

Alice Evans
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A woman who was sexually assaulted on the London Underground is calling for CCTV cameras to be installed on all Tube trains.

The 23-year-old was grabbed around the waist by a man on a Central Line train on 19 March.

Almost one in four sex assaults on the Tube network happen on the Central Line. Unlike most other lines its trains do not have CCTV cameras.

Transport for London (TfL) accepted the lack of CCTV was "an issue".

Sarah - not her real name - was in a busy carriage on her way to work in Oxford Circus when she felt what she thought was a bag brushing against her.

"I then got grabbed on the waist. The guy behind me was evidently brushing an erection against me," she said.

"I was absolutely petrified. I couldn't move, I was frozen."

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Chelsea offer counselling to teenage winger Callum Hudson-Odoi after he was subjected to racist abuse twice in 11 days.

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Fairly cloudy at first, though western parts of London may start on a brighter note.

Through the day cloud will thin, leading to lengthy and warm sunny spells, though the cloud may be persist in the east.

It will be dry and partly cloudy tonight, with some lengthy clear spells developing by the early hours.

Towards dawn, a few patches of mist and fog may form it it will feel chilly.

Temperatures today could reach as high as 16°C (60.8F).

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There is no service on the London Trams between East Croydon and Beckenham Junction, East Croydon and New Addington and East Croydon and Elmers End due to strike action.

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The police promise a big increase in officers in school, after MPs are warned of teenagers' fear of knife crime.

Ravi Katharkamar was attacked while opening his newsagents in a "vicious and unwarranted attack".

One in four attacks happen on the Central Line, where trains do not have cameras installed.

The "audacious burglary" at a London jewellers appears to have been "planned with precision", police say.

Two men have been arrested after a man "in his late teens" was shot in West Norwood, police say.

A snap Ofsted inspection found social services in Newham has "deteriorated significantly".

Henley Homes now says it has "no objection" to communal access to play areas at a south London complex.

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Seven people have been arrested months after a man was shot dead outside a Tube station in north-west London.

Leon Maxwell, 38, was killed outside Queensbury station last May.

Six people were arrested after police warrants took place today, including:

• A 19-year-old woman, on suspicion of conspiracy to murder
• A 16-year-old boy on suspicion of conspiracy to murder
• A 24-year-old man, on suspicion of conspiracy to murder and possession with intent to supply cannabis
• A 17-year-old boy, on suspicion of conspiracy to murder and possession with intent to supply cannabis
• A 16-year-old boy, on suspicion of conspiracy to murder
• A 21-year-old man, on suspicion of possession with intent to supply cannabis

They are all in custody in police stations in north London, the Met said.

An 18-year-old man was arrested yesterday on suspicion of murder and has been released on bail until mid-April.

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Plans for five air domes over tennis courts at Wimbledon have been given the go ahead by Merton Council.

The world-famous tennis club in south-west London is made up of two sites on either side of Somerset Road.

The smaller site, used by members throughout the year and for warm-ups during the annual championships, is being replaced with a new building with six indoor courts, six outdoor clay courts and an underground car park.

Building work is set to start in August, so the club wants temporary air domes over five courts on the main site to allow members to still have the option to play indoors.

In an application, planners said: “The air domes are critical in ensuring the overall Wimbledon Master Plan is carried out without detriment to the Club’s facilities and so that Wimbledon continues to be regarded as the finest stage in world tennis.”

The application had a handful of objections from residents living in Somerset Road who said there would be noise from the generators running all night.

One said: “The existing background noise levels e.g. from the odd passing vehicle at night is very different from the constant noise emitted from five generators running 24 hours a day for three years.”

But members of Merton Council’s planning committee passed the plans unanimously without debate.

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Tonight will be dry with clear periods and some patchy cloud.

Risk of some mist and fog patches forming in the early hours.

Minimum Temperature: 3C to 6C (37F to 43F).

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A sculpture by Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger has been unveiled on a London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) campus.

Located outside LSE’s Saw Swee Hock Student Centre, The World Turned Upside Down is a large political globe, 4m in diameter, with nation states and borders outlined, but with the twist of being inverted.

Most of the landmasses now lie in the "bottom" hemisphere with the countries and cities re-labelled for this new orientation.

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Mr Wallinger said: "The UN is the authority as to the names and borders.

"This is the world as we know it from a different viewpoint. Familiar, strange, and subject to change."

The project was curated by Contemporary Art Society Consultancy, which has worked with LSE for 13 years to deliver art in the public realm for its campus in central London.

LSE director Minouche Shafik said: "This bold new work by Mark Wallinger encapsulates what LSE is all about."

"We are committed to tackling the biggest global challenges through our research and teaching, and this means seeing the world from different and unfamiliar points of view," she added.

A fan confronted Chris Smalling on the pitch during Arsenal's home game with Manchester United.