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- Updates on Tuesday 29 March 2016
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Heavy showers will continue through the course of the evening with the risk of hail, thunder and sleet over the North Downs and other areas of high ground.
Through the night, it should turn drier with fewer showers and clearer skies, allowing temperatures to fall close to freezing in more rural spots.
Minimum temperature: 3C (37F)
There are severe delays on the Central Line between White City and Ealing Broadway/West Ruislip because of a signal failure.
The London Overground will remain closed between Shadwell and Highbury & Islington until 1 April due to engineering works.
BBC London presenter
Coming up on BBC London News this evening:
As a report reveals nearly 700 children were arrested in the capital for suspected gun crimes in the past three years, we'll be asking if the problem is getting worse.
And we'll be speaking to the explorer who survived cancer and is now hoping to become the first British person for 100 years to trek a new route to the South Pole.
Join me at 18:30 on BBC One.
A man has appeared at Croydon Magistrates' Court accused of trying to attack Crystal Palace's bald eagle mascot.
Daniel Boylett, 35, of Eltham, was arrested after the club’s Capital One Cup tie against south London rivals Charlton Athletic at Selhurst Park on 23 September last year.
He was charged with attempted criminal damage, but did not enter a plea.
Mr Boylett and two other men, Colin Kitto, 48, and Andy McConville, 47, also pleaded not guilty to violent disorder.
They were all released on bail and will next appear at court on 26 April.
Injuries are stacking up at Surrey ahead of the new county season, after the side confirmed bowler Stuart Meaker faces a spell on the sidelines.
The 27-year-old, who has played two one-day internationals for England, picked up a groin injury while batting in the nets.
Jade Dernbach, Freddie van den Bergh and all-rounder Zafar Ansari have also recently been sidelined.
Scotland Yard say there will be an "enhanced search policy" in place for England's match against Holland and warned fans to allow extra time to enter Wembley stadium.
Chris Eubank Sr tells a news conference he told his son to avoid punching Nick Blackwell in the head to protect the stricken boxer during last weekend's British middleweight title fight at Wembley Arena.
The Met has launched a murder investigation over the death of a pedestrian in a hit-and-run crash in Old Street this morning.
A spokesman for the force said the driver had "failed to stop at the scene" and "the car has not been recovered".
A 21-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene while another man in his 20s was taken to hospital with injuries.
A Met Police special constable has pleaded not guilty to making indecent images of children, as he appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court.
Linford Braithwaite, 27, based in Barking and Dagenham borough, was charged with six counts of making indecent category C images of children, totalling 105 images.
He will face a criminal trial at Southwark Crown Court on 26 April.
A research group has created a map of London showing what kinds of sounds dominate every street.
Reseachers from Good City Life say Chatty Maps uses an "urban sound dictionary" created by tracking what is being put up on social media.
The data is then used to show whether the noise of a street is predominately soothing, exhilarating, saddening, or surprising.
Find out more and see the sound of your street on their website here.
An Uber customer woke up after a night out to find that a journey which he thought had cost £15, had actually set him back £102.
Daniel Kaizen, 26, had been celebrating his final shift working at Loves Company cocktail bar in London and, after a day of drinking, ordered an Uber taxi home.
Mr Kaizen said he "passed out" in the back of the car and, when he looked at his phone the next morning, discovered his four-mile trip had turned into a 20-mile journey around the city.
Uber has apologised and refunded him.
Many railway lines in London were shut over the Easter weekend as engineering works were carried out by Network Rail.
Meanwhile, a survey released by Consumer group Which? also revealed rail fares have risen by 54% in the last decade.
Rail chief Mark Carne spoke to Emma North about why so many works took place over the weekend and why ticket costs had increased so much.
A jealous man beheaded the mother of his two children in an act of "pure hatred", the Old Bailey has heard.
Crane driver Dempsey Nibbs killed his partner of 30 years then disposed over her remains down the lavatory after he suspected her of having affairs, prosecutors said.
Jurors were told Judith Nibbs, 60 had predicted her own death, telling colleagues, "If I'm not in on Friday, I might be dead".
Mr Nibbs, 69, of the Charles Estate in Hoxton, denies murder.
Diplomatic immunity means officials from overseas, many of whom are based in London, are above the law of the country in which they live.
In theory, under the 1961 Vienna Convention diplomats are immune from prosecution in their host country for everything from parking tickets to murder.
However, some people argue that the system is being abused.
Preparations are in full swing for the Olivier Awards which will take place at the Royal Opera House on Sunday.
Markers with the faces of celebrities who will be attending are being placed on seats as organisers decide who will have the prime seats.
Meanwhile the statuettes, which are models of Laurence Olivier playing Henry V in 1937, are lined up to check all is in order.
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the awards, which celebrate London theatre.
Manchester City Women moved to the top of the WSL 1 table after they beat an Arsenal Ladies team who played for more than 75 minutes with 10 players.
Arsenal hit the bar from Fara Williams' early free-kick, but Jemma Rose was sent off for a poor challenge after just 13 minutes and City scored two goals after the break.
Manchester City move above Chelsea Ladies who had their match against Liverpool postponed because of a waterlogged pitch.
Lorraine Hansberry is famous for writing the classic piece of modern American drama, A Raisin in the Sun, but she wrote more radical plays too.
The National Theatre has revived, Les Blancs (The Whites), which examines racial tensions in Africa just as the underpinnings of colonialism were starting to shift.
According to the play's director, Hansberry called the piece "her most important work".
Play-off hopefuls Millwall scored two goals in six first-half minutes to beat League One leaders Burton Albion.
Albion would have regained a four-point lead over second-placed Wigan Athletic with a victory but, despite a bright start, they trailed when Aiden O'Brien crashed the ball into the top corner.
Lee Gregory made it 2-0 for The Lions when he scored after rounding keeper Jon McLaughlin.
The results moves Neil Harris's side up to fifth in the league.
A former MP who was cleared of being part of a VIP Westminster ring has said the Met's investigation was "profoundly un-British and unfair".
Harvey Proctor had his home raided as part of the Operation Midland inquiry, which closed last week with no charges brought.
He said the force enabled him to be "wrongly depicted as a paedophile" and called on four Met chiefs to resign.
One man died after a hit-and-run crash in Old Street which also left another person injured.
Scotland Yard said a car hit the two pedestrians at about 04:25 this morning, then drove off.
A 21-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene, while another man in his 20s was taken to hospital with injuries that police believe are "not serious".
The Met have not released any details of the car involved but have appealed for any witnesses.
A David Bowie memorial concert will be streamed live internationally in exchange for charitable donations, organisers have announced.
Fans will be able to watch the event in exchange for a minimum donation of £15 after promoters teamed up with Skype.
The Music of David Bowie, which is expected to feature Mumford & Sons, Blondie and The Pixies, will be held at Radio City Music Hall in New York on Friday.
It will be a fairly blustery afternoon with sunny spells and isolated showers.
However later in the day, a band of more persistent rain will arrive from the west, bringing the risk of hail and thunder.
Maximum Temperature: 12C (54F)
BBC London presenter
Coming up on BBC London this lunchtime:
We'll have the latest on the search for a kayaker who went missing in Guildford after he capsized on the River Way.
And we'll hear from a man who survived cancer and is now planning to become the first British person in 100 years to trek a new route to the South Pole.
Join me at 13:30 on BBC One.
London's craving for craft beer appears to be growing as a new study has shown 36 new breweries opened in the capital in the last year.
Accountancy group UHY Hacker Young, which conducted the stufdy, said the 24% increase in microbreweries reflected the growing popularity of "boutique" food and drink products.
James Simmonds of UHY Hacker Young said the capital was the "centre of the UK's craft beer industry".
In the rest of England, there was a slight fall in new breweries, but increases in other parts of the UK.
Before there were alarm clocks, many workers paid for people to knock on their windows to wake them up in the morning.
The family of a boxer who remains in an induced coma following a fight at Wembley Arena on Saturday say he is "not deteriorating".
Nick Blackwell was found to have a small bleed on the brain after the bout against Chris Eubank Jr was stopped in round 10.
A family spokesman told BBC Sport the 25-year-old is "heavily sedated" but could be brought round on Tuesday.
Hollywood actor Brad Pitt took advantage of the Easter Bank Holiday to catch up on some DIY.
Pitt, 52, shocked shoppers when he was pictured buying DIY essentials in a London branch of B&Q on Easter Monday.
The Met Police arrested 679 children for suspected gun crimes over the last three years, the force has revealed.
Across the country, there were more than 1,500 arrests with children as young as 10-years-old held.
Forces brought a total of 506 charges against youngsters for crimes involving firearms.
Labour's shadow policing minister Jack Dromey called the figures "chilling" and has called for tougher penalties for supplying guns to youths.
Hannah Partos was given a stem cell transplant from an anonymous donor after she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukaemia.
Three years later the 25-year-old from Twickenham finally got to meet Chris Lunn, the man who saved her life.
BBC London was there when the pair were met up on Southbank.
The state of library services has differed significantly across the capital since 2010, figures have revealed.
Brent has lost more than half of its libraries with six being shut, while Harrow had the largest percentage drop in paid library workers in the whole of England.
Meanwhile, in areas like Lewisham and Hackney, there have been no closures.
Find out what has happened to libraries in your borough by using the tool here.
Almost 8,000 jobs in UK libraries have disappeared in six years, about a quarter of the overall total, an investigation by the BBC reveals.
There are four areas - Sefton in Merseyside; Brent in north London, Stoke-on-Trent and Sunderland - where more than half the libraries have closed since 2010, either buildings, mobile or both.