Summary

  • Updates from Monday 13 July 2015

  • More news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 on Tuesday

  1. Latest updatespublished at 13:40

    Our top stories on BBC London Live:

    · Protesters disrupted flights at Heathrow Airport earlier by cutting through a fence and chaining themselves together on a runway.

    · Londoner James Ward has broken into the world's top 100 for the first time after reaching the third round of this year's Wimbledon.

    · Heavy rain is forecast this afternoon.

  2. Hammersmith firepublished at 13:32

    London Fire Brigade are dealing with a large fire in Hammersmith, west London.

  3. Motorists urged to prepare for RideLondonpublished at 13:15

    Extensive road closures are likely to affect travelling around London at the start of August during the Prudential RideLondon cycling event. 

    Transport for London (TfL) has advised people to use Tube and rail services were possible to avoid a number of road and river crossing closures in east, central and southwest London and Surrey over the weekend of 1 and 2 August.

    RideLondon leafletImage source, Transport for London

    Full details, including event information and road closures, external, are available on the TfL website.

  4. On airpublished at 13:02

    Asad Ahmad
    Presenter, BBC London

    On BBC London News after 13:30, the rise in phone-scams targeting the elderly and vulnerable. Could they be funding extremists in Syria? 

    And, the campaign to match London's diverse young workforce with the right jobs in the right businesses. All that and the latest weather.

  5. Heavy rainpublished at 12:49

    BBC Weather

    Rain will be heavy in places this afternoon although it will tend to become lighter and more patchy later. 

    There will be extensive low cloud and hill fog across Hampstead Heath and other areas of high ground. 

    Maximum Temperature: 20C (68F)

  6. Foo Fighters announce new UK dates for cancelled gigspublished at 12:36

    Foo Fighters have announced new dates for their cancelled Wembley stadium shows.

    The band were forced to pull the gigs after frontman Dave Grohl broke his leg falling off the stage in Gothenburg.

    The new dates are 5 and 6 September at Milton Keynes Bowl and 8 September at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh.

    Any fans who had a ticket for the Wembley Stadium shows will be able to buy tickets for these concerts for 48 hours before anyone else.

    Dave GrohlImage source, Nick Wass
  7. Chelsea sign new keeperpublished at 12:26

  8. Latest updatespublished at 12:14 BST 13 July 2015

    Annie Flury
    BBC News

    Our top stories on BBC London Live: 

    • Protesters disrupted flights at Heathrow Airport by cutting through a fence and chaining themselves together on a runway• Victoria Station has been closed and part of the Victoria Tube line suspended due to a passenger on a train line• Rain will spread across the region throughout the day today although it will become more patchy later

  9. Formula One champ fails tennis testpublished at 11:58

    The Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton was refused entry to the Royal Box to watch Novak Djokovic win at Wimbledon because he wasn't wearing a jacket and tie.

    Lewis HamiltonImage source, Reuters

    Djokovic has overtaken the likes of Jimmy Connors, Andre Agassi and Ivan Lendl in the all-time list of major winners after he saw off Roger Federer in four sets to win his third Wimbledon and ninth Grand Slam title.

  10. Mum takes DNA test to prove baby is herspublished at 11:48

    A woman from Stratford, east London, who gave birth in Spain, has said she has spent weeks trying to convince medics the baby girl was hers. 

    Stacie Thompson, 27, and her daughter Anzelika, had to take DNA tests after doctors expressed doubts that she was the real mother. 

    The dental nurse told TV show Good Morning Britain, external , she was staying with her mother in Costa del Sol and did not go to hospital until the day after Anzelika was born.

  11. Higher crime on the Central Linepublished at 11:35

    Passengers travelling on the Central line are more likely to fall prey to pickpockets than any other London Underground line, according to new figures published in the Evening Standard, external.

    Underground commutersImage source, EPA

    The statistics also show thieves are most active at Oxford Circus station, followed by King's Cross and Victoria. The total number of thefts on the Tube is falling, a total of 3,332 offences were reported last year, compared with 4,763 the previous year.

  12. Diane Abbott joins Harman criticismpublished at 11:25

    London mayoral hopeful and Hackney North MP Diane Abbott is among those unhappy with Labour's acting leader Harriet Harman for telling the BBC she supports some of the government's benefit cuts.

    Ms Harman is facing a backlash from within her own party, including from three of the four candidates for the role of party leader, after she said she wouldn't oppose cuts to tax credits for parents with three or more children.

    Diane Abbott

    Ms Abbott said she believes the party needs time to consider the plans.

  13. Man in court over attempted murder of police officerpublished at 11:14

    A man will appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court today charged with the attempted murder of a police officer in Enfield.

    Femi Gbadamosi, 25, of Leda Avenue, Enfield, is also charged with possession of an offensive weapon.

    Both offences are alleged to have happened at a residential address on Leda Avenue, on Friday.

  14. Victoria station closed and Tube suspendedpublished at 11:04

    Victoria Station is currently closed and the Victoria line suspended between Brixton and Warren Street because of a person on the track.

    A Transport for London, external spokeswoman said there was a person under a train and the emergency services are attending. 

    Victoria Station

    The spokeswoman said reports of a fire were "incorrect".

  15. Heathrow has busiest June everpublished at 10.53

    A record 6.6 million passengers travelled through Heathrow, external last month, the airport has reported. 

    Heathrow AirportImage source, PA

    There were more than 40,600 flights, making it the busiest June ever for passengers and aircraft movements. 

    Heathrow chief executive John Holland-Kaye said the government should now "get on" with approving the Airports Commission, external's recommendation to build a third runway at the west London site.