That's all from BBC Local Live for today. Elaine Okyere will be back tomorrow from 08:00 with more news, sport, travel and weather updates from across London.
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- Updates for Thursday 19 February 2015
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Also on the programme, reporter Yvonne Hall will be live in Victoria where a cyclist was killed in in a collision with a lorry.
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On the roads, Southwark Park Road in Southwark closed and slow traffic in both directions between the B203 Dunton Road junction and the St James's Road junction, because of an accident.
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Cyclist Edward Pyne emailed firstname.lastname@example.org expressing his sadness at the death of a cyclist in Victoria this morning. He wrote: "I'd never usually take a picture of such a sad event but the reason I have is to highlight something for all to see.
"I've ridden down there a few times before and its an absolute death trap - crammed in with eight foot fences either side and nowhere to go - and construction vehicles arriving and leaving all day including rush hour. My question to Boris is this fair and safe for cyclists? Are you doing all you can do to ensure the safety of cyclists in London?"
Refitted District Line carriages are being offered as an affordable way to replace ageing Pacer trains.
The Rail Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) said it did not want second hand trains on the northern network.
They'll headline the British Summer Time festival on 20 June. Speaking at a news conference, frontman Damon Albarn joked: "I love it because I can cycle to work".
The London race of the all-electricFIA Formula E Championship has received planning approval to be held within the grounds of Battersea Park.
Wandsworth Council approved the London ePrix which will encompass two separate races on 27 and 28 June.
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"I was on my way into work on the Tube on Monday morning during rush hour. I stood to one side to let a lady get by, and ended up blocking a man momentarily. He shoved passed me, almost knocking me over, and shouted" said Matt Buckland.
He saw the man again though - when he turned up for job interview....
His tweet-by-tweet account of the scenario has now gone viral. He toldBBC Trending: "It was totally awkward."
To celebrate the start of Chinese New Year, the Duchess of Cornwall has been shown the art of Chinese calligraphy during an official visit to Chinatown in central London.
Police investigating the death of a six-week-old baby boy havereleased a photo of a woman they want to speak to. The woman in the photo was seen at Tooting Broadway station, in south London, on Thursday 27 November at 20:40.
She was believed to have seen the baby before he died last November. The child was found in Russell Road, in the borough of Enfield, unconscious and unresponsive and was pronounced dead at hospital.
A mayor accused of electoral fraud is due to start giving evidence at a special High Court hearing tomorrow.
Lawyers say Lutfur Rahman (pictured) - independent mayor of Tower Hamlets, east London, and leader of a party called Tower Hamlets First (THF) - is likely to spend two days answering questions at an Election Court trial in London.
Four voters have taken legal action against Mr Rahman. They want Election Commissioner Richard Mawrey, who is sitting as a judge at the trial, to declare the result of the May 2014 mayoral election, which saw Mr Rahman elected for a second term, void and order a re-run.
Mr Rahman denies wrongdoing.
Two of London's most prestigious fine art galleries have seenUK visitor numbers fall significantly over the last five years, official figures show. A few days ago, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport sent out a press release stating: "Latest statistics for Government-sponsored museums show two million more visits were made than previous year."
But look beneath the surface and a slightly different picture emerges. In the case of The National Gallery and The Tate Galleries, UK visits have actually dropped by a conspicuous 20% since 2008/09.
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On Drivetime with Eddie Nestor onBBC London 94.9, Leon Daniels, the managing director of surface transport at Transport for London, is now live on air talking about road safety after a cyclist was killed in a collision with a lorry in Victoria this morning.
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At 17:00 the top story onBBC London 94.9 is: A 19-year-old man from Camberwell has been found guilty of plotting to behead a British soldier.
Brusthom Ziamani had been inspired by the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby, in Woolwich, in 2013.
A convicted rapist - who is believed to have killed his parents in a double murder - died of multiple injuries, a post mortem has found. Ashraf Amraniwas found dead on the roof of a property on Westbourne Park Road, Paddington, on Friday.
When police went to inform his family, the bodies of his parents Hassan and Zohra Amrani were found at their home in Landor House on the same street. Post-mortem examinations found the cause of death for Mr Amrani were lacerations incised wounds to the abdomen and Mrs Amrani was killed by a blunt force trauma to the head and strangulation injuries.
The jury in the trial of a mother and her lesbian lover accused of killing her daughter has retired to consider its verdicts at the Old Bailey.
Polly Chowdhury, 35, and Kiki Muddar, 43,are accused of murdering eight-year-old Ayesha Ali at their home in Chadwell Heath in August 2013. They both deny the charges.
Police have said 19-year-old Brusthom Ziamani, who wasfound guilty of preparing a terrorist act at the Old Bailey, showed how people can quickly develop extremist views when radicalised.
Commander Richard Walton, from the Met Police's Counter Terrorism Command, said: "This case starkly illustrates one of the threats we currently face in the UK. Ziamani was an impressionable young man who became radicalised then rapidly developed an extremist, violent mindset. Over a series of months he ultimately developed a desire to carry out a terrorist attack on British soldiers."
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OnBBC London 94.9 the top headlines at 16:00 include:
- A 19-year-old from Camberwell has been found guilty of plotting to behead a British soldier.
- A woman in her 30s has become the fourth cyclist and at least the 30th person this year to die on London's roads.
After the verdict was delivered, Ziamani's lawyer Naeem Mian told Judge Timothy Pontius: "Of course the sentence will be one of considerable length but nevertheless he is a young man who has no previous convictions at all."
The court heard Ziamani had been inspired by the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby in 2013, researched Army cadet base sites and boasted of a plot to "kill soldiers".
Ziamani had fallen in with members of al-Muhajiroun - an extremist organisation - after he was "kicked out" of home for converting to Islam in early 2014, the court was told.
He attended the group's talks in the basement of a Halal sweet shop in Whitechapel, east London.
Brusthom Ziamani, 19, has been found guilty at the Old Bailey of plotting to behead a British soldier after being inspired by the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby.
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The Queen has reopened Canada House in Central London after the building underwent redevelopment costing £130m.
On arrival she was greeted by two Mounties sat on horses named George and Elizabeth - gifts to the monarch from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
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The Office for National Statistics has produceda regional breakdown of productivity and it makes for interesting reading.
The gap is huge, in Central London the average worker is producing 42% more every hour than the national average. In Cornwall they produce 28% less than the national average.
John Terry wantsto extend his Chelsea playing career by another 12 months.
The 34-year-old centre-back, whose contract expires at the end of the season, has made 656 appearances in 16 years for the Blues.
"The club know my position," said the former England captain. "I want to stay. Hopefully my performances are showing that and they can keep me."
Labour leader Ed Miliband has told theCamden New Journal it was "just one of those things" that HSBC bank had once been able to buy half his former school.
The newspaper said he was told the bank had acquired half of Haverstock School, in Chalk Farm, through its infrastructure investment company back in 2007.
The Queen arrived to officially reopen the newly refurbished Canada House near Trafalgar Square earlier greeted by some Mounties.
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The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall have been visiting London's Chinatown to mark the start of Chinese New Year. The couple arrived to a fanfare of colour, drums and dancing dragons.
But is it the year of the sheep, ram, or goat? Watchthis video to find out.
London Assembly Green member Darren Johnson pointed out the site, where a woman died today after a collision with a lorry, was near whereKatharine Giles was killed in a crash on her bike two years ago.
He said: "We appear to have had zero action to address problems with construction lorries around this area."
A couple dropped a High Court battle over a decision to withdraw life support from their one-year-old daughter afteraccepting nothing more could be done, their lawyer said.
Olivia, daughter of Maria and George Stanca, from Walthamstow, east London, died at Great Ormond Street Hospital overnight. She was born with cancer and developed complications from her treatment, said solicitor Anne-Marie Irwin.
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There is very heavy congestion in central London at the moment - some of the worst I have ever seen.
Breesenden Place is shut for accident investigation work after a fatality this morning and combined with ongoing roadworks around Parliament Square, Stamford Street, Southampton Row and Pall Mall it is causing major problems around Trafalgar Square, Hyde Park Corner and the West End.
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Thetop stories in the capital at 13:00:
- A woman in her 30s has become the fourth cyclist this year to die on London's roads.
- EastEnders will celebrate its 30th birthday tonight, after more than 5,000 episodes.