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- Updates on Tuesday 12 July 2016
The majority of today's showers will gradually die away overnight, leaving a few persisting across parts of London by tomorrow morning, allowing some clearer spells to develop.
Minimum temperature 11C (52F).
How Theresa May cut her teeth in politics in South London
BBC London News
The I Am London exhibition has opened at Kings Cross, showing photos of Londoners and their city. What do you love about London?
The new Tooting MP Dr Rosena Allin-Khan told Parliament in her maiden speech that she "could not be prouder" of her NHS colleagues at St George's Hospital and throughout the country.
"I will work to protect them from the attacks they are under. Our NHS staff see work as a vocation, not as a job," she said.
"This is why they have been so damaged by the recent mishandling of the junior doctors' contract, and why nurses are so distraught when they see their bursaries axed."
"It is morally reprehensible that student nurses are forced to seek food banks or that women in medicine are penalised for having children."
David Cameron told London school children that history is in the making as a female Prime Minister gets ready to over at Number 10.
His last visit as PM was to the Reach Academy in Feltham - a free school set up in 2012 during his time in Government.
He told pupils he'd rather be a teacher than a farmer, and then tucked into a school lunch for the last time - a baked potato with beans.
Lyle Zimmerman waived his anonymity after Muhiddin Mire was convicted last month of a horrific knife attack on him. In his first in-depth interview, he explains why the murder of Jo Cox and the attack in Orlando have prompted him to speak out
A floating garden created using thousands of plants salvaged from this year's Chelsea Flower Show is to open on the jetty at Greenwich Peninsula.
Entry to Farmopolis will be free to visitors, who will be able to walk around a new "green oasis", according to the organisers.
Live music, literary salons and immersive theatre will take place at the site over the summer and the people behind the garden also hope to develop the space into an urban farm.
The project is being created through a partnership between festival organisers Secret Production, landscape and art practice Wayward, and Greenwich Penninsula.
It will open to the public on 30 July.
Olympic & World Boxing Champion Anthony Joshua has been at an event which aims to find the next generation of athletes for Tokyo 2020 and beyond.
Hundreds of young people have been tested for their Olympic sporting potential in Stratford this morning. BBC London's Sara Orchard was there.
New Tooting MP Dr Rosena Allin-Khan has made her maiden speech in the House of Commons.
Dr Allin-Khan was elected after Sadiq Khan stepped down when he was elected Mayor of London.
She told Parliament: "Just two months ago I was working day and night on our NHS frontline as an emergency doctor.
"I will endeavour to build upon Sadiq's fine legacy, standing tall for all of Tooting."
"There has always been a rich tapestry of communities living harmoniously alongside one another, and that unity should be celebrated, and I will defend it with every fibre of my being."
The 29-year-old, reported to be worth £26m, joined Milan from Sevilla for £21m last summer and scored 21 goals in his first season with the Italian side.
Southern rail have a new timetable which they say will improve reliability. But at Birkbeck station in zone 4, there are no trains.
BBC London Transport Correspondent Tom Edwards says some passengers are still turning up.
Many of us will see further showers this afternoon and these could then turn heavy and thundery in places, with some slow moving torrential downpours possible.
Highs of 20C (68F).
Sadiq Khan says he's appalled at the 'unceasing misery' inflicted on passengers of Southern rail services.
It comes after months of delays, cancellations and overcrowding. The rail operator, Govia Thameslink Railway, claims a reduced timetable will help improve reliability - but Mr Khan says TfL should take over the service.
The Daily Politics
The people of Croydon are asking if they want a general election now that Theresa May is set to move into Downing Street.
Some political opponents have said this warrants a fresh election, although the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act means the date will be May 2020, unless MPs vote for one before.
The Daily Politics moodbox - an unscientific test with a plastic box and balls - was used to gauge the mood on the streets of the south London borough by reporter Adam Fleming.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and her young daughter were stopped at Tehran airport as they tried to return home to north London.
Her husband Richard Ratcliffe told BBC London he suspects his wife is being held as an international bargaining chip.
The Foreign Office said it had raised the case "at the highest levels".
Read more here: UK-Iranian charity worker faces trial in Iran
Emergency service crews are negotiating with a man who scaled a crane after he broke into the site of Tottenham Hotspur's new stadium last night.
The Met said officers were called to the construction site on High Road, N17, at 18:40 after receiving reports a man had climbed the 65m (210ft) crane.
Crews from the London Fire Brigade and London Ambulance service are also at the site.
Spurs hope to move into their new £400m home before the 2018-19 season.
Managers on Southern rail have had to work as conductors on a reduced timetable brought in to cope with disruption, the RMT union has claimed.
The union, which is in dispute with parent firm Govia Thameslink (GTR) over guards' roles, said managers with the correct safety certification had been "press-ganged" into working on trains.
It comes ass London Mayor Sadiq Khan called on the government to strip GTR of its franchise.
He said: "Passengers are paying thousands of pounds for a service that, rather than being 'turn up and go', has become 'turn up and hope'."
The mayor wants the government to take temporary responsibility for Southern services and a speedier timetable for transferring suburban services to Transport for London.
The shirt worn by Sir Geoff Hurst in England's 1966 World Cup victory, which was expected to fetch up to £500,000, has failed to sell at auction.
The striker was wearing the number 10 shirt as he scored his famous hat-trick against West Germany.
The auctioneers Sotheby's said the bidding failed to meet the reserve price despite the shirt generating "a great deal of interest".
Tottenham are set to complete a £17m deal for Netherlands striker Vincent Janssen from AZ Alkmaar this week.
The 22-year-old arrived in London on Sunday for a medical.
Janssen got 27 league goals in his first campaign in the Dutch top flight last season and scored a penalty on his international debut in March - a 2-1 win over England.
Janssen will be the Premier League club's second summer signing after Southampton midfielder Victor Wanyama.
BBC Home Affairs Correspondent
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is expanding its inquiry into claims police covered-up, suppressed allegations or halted sexual abuse investigations involving famous people.
The IPCC is now managing 44 investigations regarding alleged corruption in the Met Police regarding child sex offences dating from the 1970s to 2000s, up 16 in 10 months.
Sam Allardyce "would make a very good England manager", according to his former boss at West Ham, David Gold.
The Sunderland manager is favourite to succeed Roy Hodgson, who resigned after England's Euro 2016 exit.
It was reported this week that Allardyce would be interviewed for the role, but he has yet to be contacted by the Football Association.
"I wouldn't hesitate to recommend him [for the England job]," Hammers co-chairman Gold told BBC Radio 5 live.
Barking and Dagenham Post
London mayor Sadiq Khan has called on the Government to strip Govia Thameslink Railway of its franchise as he is appalled at the “unceasing misery” being inflicted on tens of thousands of passengers by the operator of Southern Rail.
He has urged the Department for Transport to take temporary responsibility for operation of the Southern rail services, and asked it to work with his team on putting in place a speedier timetable for the transfer of suburban rail services to Transport for London.
Mr Khan said: "Passengers are paying thousands of pounds for a service that rather than being 'turn up and go' has become 'turn up and hope'. Their frustration at such a disgraceful level of service is obvious and it is justified."
On the M25 heading clockwise a broken down lorry is causing congestion and five miles of queues on QE2 Bridge back to J30 at Thurrock Lakeside.
Elsewhere there’s a broken down horsebox clockwise between J6 for Godstone and J17 for the M23 – all lanes have reopened but it could take a while to clear.
On the M11 southbound all lanes have re-opened following an incident from junction for the M25 to J4 at the North Circular, traffic is still queuing though.
The North Circular is blocked eastbound, there’s stationary traffic due to an incident and a car fire at Charlie Brown's Interchange with congestion back to the Crooked Billet underpass.
Services are suspended on London Midland between Watford Junction and St Albans Abbey due to electrical supply problems.
And an emergency timetable is sill in place on Southern Rail due to ongoing industrial disputes.
On the Tube there is no Bakerloo line service between Queen's Park and Harrow & Wealdstone due to a faulty train.
There is no service on the District Line between Earls Court to Wimbledon because of a signal failure at Fulham Broadway,
There are also severe delays between affecting Wimbledon and Edgware road in the eastbound direction as a knock on effect.
On the London overground there are minor delays due to a passenger illness at Acton central affecting services between Willsden Junction and Richmond.
The shirt worn by Sir Geoff Hurst in England's 1966 World Cup victory is expected to fetch up to £500,000 at auction later.
The striker was wearing the number 10 shirt as he scored his famous hat-trick against West Germany.
The victory 50 years ago is England's only World Cup win.
Hurst's third goal, scored in extra time, prompted Kenneth Wolstenhome's BBC commentary: "They think it's all over… it is now!"
A mainly dry start with sunny spells. However showers will soon develop during the morning. These could then turn heavy and thundery in places, with some slow moving torrential downpours likely.
Maximum temperature: 20C (68F).