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  • Updates on Wednesday 22 July 2015

  1. Goodnightpublished at 18:02 BST 22 July 2015

    Sitala Peek
    BBC News

    That's all for London Live today. To recap the top stories today: Four Chelsea fans have been issued with football banning orders after racist chanting on the Paris Metro in February. A fifth man was handed a football banning order in March.

    And an aspiring fashion and design student, 23-year-old Kleyo de Abreu, pictured here with her father, has died while bungee jumping on holiday in southern Spain.

    Bernard Atwell with his daughter Kleyo De AbreuImage source, PA

    We'll be back from 08:00 tomorrow with more news, sport, travel and weather updates for BBC London Live. Have a good night.

  2. Heroine's medals to go on display at IWMpublished at 17:58 BST 22 July 2015

    A collection of medals belonging to Violette Szabo have been sold at auction for £260,000.

    Violette SzaboImage source, DIX Noonan Webb

    She is one of only four women to have been awarded the George Cross for bravery.

    Ms Szabo twice parachuted into occupied France to help the resistance and was captured, tortured and executed by the Nazis. Her medals have been sold by her daughter and purchased by Lord Ashcroft to be displayed at the Imperial War Museum, external.

  3. Fine overnightpublished at 17:55 BST 22 July 2015

    BBC Weather

    Evening showers will clear away by around midnight, leaving a dry night with clear periods. Winds will be mainly light and variable and it should be a more comfortable night.

    Minimum temperature: 11C (52F). Check the forecast where you are, external.

  4. Wanted: Dinosaur seeks new homepublished at 17:48 BST 22 July 2015

    Jurassic dinosaur Diplodocus, known as Dippy for short, is looking for temporary accommodation.

    Dippy the DiplodocusImage source, Natural History Museum

    He is going travelling because his room at the Natural History Museum is being given to a blue whale skeleton from 2018.

    If you are based in the UK and you think you have space for hordes of visitors plus a 70-foot long dinosaur replica cast formed of 292 bones, the museum, external would like to hear from you.

  5. Rahman on the move to Chelsea?published at 17:40 BST 22 July 2015

    BBC Sport

    Baba Rahman's move to Chelsea seems to be edging closer, after a surge of bets in Germany that the deal will be completed.

    gImage source, Getty Images

    The 21-year-old, who plies his trade for Bundesliga outfit Augsburg, will be a replacement for Filipe Luis, who is set to depart Stamford Bridge.

    Glenn Woodage, of bookmakers Bwin, said: 'When we see a surge like this, we have to take notice. We saw similar movements for [Bastian] Schweinsteiger to Manchester United and with Filipe Luis seemingly on the way out, Baba at the Bridge would certainly make sense."

  6. NOTW phone hack plotter faces £75k costspublished at 17:29 BST 22 July 2015

    In the same judgment which saw former News of the World editor Andy Coulson told to pay £150,000 costs, ex-NOTW news editor Ian Edmondson was ordered to pay £75,000.

    Edmondson, 46, of Raynes Park, south-west London, pleaded guilty last autumn to conspiracy to hack phones. The Crown said he should pay £111,000 but his legal team said he should pay nothing at all due to recent ill health.

    Ian EdmondsonImage source, Reuters

    Edmondson owns a four-bedroom house in London worth £1m that is close to his children and estranged wife.

    Mr Justice Saunders said: "He is living in a very valuable property in which he has sufficient equity to pay a substantial sum to recompense the prosecution for some of the costs of prosecuting for the crime he ultimately admitted committing."

  7. 'Public should not fund private education'published at 17:13 BST 22 July 2015

    Andy Coulson is a "hardworking, talented and intelligent" man who could be expected to earn high wages again in spite of his conviction for phone hacking, a judge has told him.

    "As compared with most of the population, Mr Coulson is well off and most people are not in a financial position to exercise a choice to educate their children privately," he said.

    "I do not see why the school fees should be funded or contributed to by the taxpayer," the judge told him, following an application to reduce his court costs.

  8. Coulson ordered to pay £150k court costspublished at 17:05 BST 22 July 2015

    Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson has been ordered to pay £150,000 court costs following his 2014 conviction over phone hacking.

    Andy CoulsonImage source, Reuters

    Coulson, 47, who also worked as David Cameron's director of communications, previously contested an application ordering him to pay £750,000 towards costs, arguing that as a father-of-three no more than £375,000 would be a fair sum.

    Mr Justice Saunders ruled today that Coulson should pay £150,000 over three years.

  9. Bus stops become more wheelchair friendlypublished at 16:53 BST 22 July 2015

    The City of London and the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames are the first two boroughs in the capital to make all of their bus stops fully accessible.

    Wheelchair sign

    Stops now have a high enough kerb to use a wheelchair ramp safely, and for the step into the bus is at a reasonable height for older or disabled people to board.

    The bus stops also have a protected 'clearway' to keep it free from any street furniture or clutter potentially blocking access to the doors.

  10. 'Not because of the colour of his skin'published at 16:42 BST 22 July 2015

    Chelsea supporter Richard Barklie has challenged a judge's decision serving him with a five-year football banning order over an alleged racist incident on the Paris Metro in February.

    Speaking after the judgement at Stratford Magistrates' Court he said: " [Mr Sylla - pictured] was pushed off the train because there was no room and not because of the colour of his skin.

    Souleymane SyllaImage source, AFP

    "I am surprised that the judge has disregarded the evidence of the person best placed to see what happened on that train - Mr Sylla."

  11. 'Music was part of Alice's soul'published at 16:30 BST 22 July 2015

    The mother of murdered teenager Alice Gross has spoken of her daughter's passion for music at a tribute concert, external held in her memory.

    Ros Hodgkiss said: "Music was part of Alice's soul and with it she charmed and gave gaiety to life and to everything."

    Britain's Got Talent's electro string quartet EscalaImage source, Darren Bell

    The 14-year-old went missing from her home in Hanwell, west London, last August and her body was found in the River Brent on 30 September.

  12. She wanted to 'follow her passion'published at 16:06 BST 22 July 2015

    Kleyo de Abreu, who died in a bungee jumping accident in the Alpujarras region of southern Spain on Tuesday, had been visiting her cousins and aunt there after going travelling in Morocco, her father said.

    Kleyo de AbreuImage source, Kleyo de Abreu

    "She was originally from London and had returned recently from living in Cape Town in South Africa to follow her passion and study fashion," Bernard Atwell said.

    The family is desperate to prevent anyone else dying while participating in an organised activity. An early statement from the Spanish police suggested a miscalculation in the bungee rope may have led to her death.

  13. Tap in and out for faster route to the rugbypublished at 16:00 BST 22 July 2015

    Oyster and contactless payment cards will be in operation for single fares on Southeastern between St Pancras and Stratford International for the rugby World Cup.

    Rugby World Cup celebrations

    The faster payment system will be extended from Friday 31 July for the start of the competition in September.

    It should cut down queuing time for passengers attending major events at Stratford like the World Cup as they will be able to pre-pay rather than use ticket machines, a spokesman said.

  14. Hammers sign Argentine midfielder Lanzinipublished at 15:52 BST 22 July 2015

    BBC Sport

    West Ham United have signed Argentine midfielder Manuel Lanzini on a season-long loan deal from United Arab Emirates club Al Jazira.

    Manuel LanziniImage source, Www.whufc.com

    The 22-year-old, who is nicknamed 'The Jewel' is the east London club's seventh signing of the summer.

  15. Do lorries have a basic problem turning left?published at 15:47 BST 22 July 2015

    Seven of the eight cyclists killed in London this year were involved in collisions with lorries. Is that just co-incidence or is there more to it?

    A graphic shows the blind spot created by the wide turn of an HGVImage source, Loughborough Design School
    Image caption,

    The white beam shows the lorry driver's blind spot created when an HGV turns left

    Researchers at Loughborough University say some trucks may have a fundamental problem viewing riders when making a left turn.

  16. Football banning orders more common than you might think?published at 15:34 BST 22 July 2015

    "In the Met area alone there are 224 people who are subject to football banning orders," Ch Supt Colin Morgan, from the Met's Public Order Branch, said.

    L-R Chelsea fans Jordan Munday, William Simpson, Richard Barklie, Joshua Parsons,Image source, PA
    Image caption,

    L-R Jordan Munday, William Simpson, Richard Barklie and Joshua Parsons have been given football banning orders over the Paris Metro incident in which a black man was pushed of a train carriage amid racist chanting

    The orders prevent specific people from attending designated football matches in the UK or abroad.

    Dean CallisImage source, PA
    Image caption,

    Dean Callis received a five year banning order in March based on a number of incidents including the Paris Metro one

    "Violence and racism have no place in football and we will continue to put offenders before the courts as part of our efforts to make football a safer environment for everyone," he continued.

  17. Chelsea banning order defendant 'wholeheartedly' disagrees with judgepublished at 15:22 BST 22 July 2015

    One of four Chelsea supporters served with a football banning order earlier says he "wholeheartedly" disagrees with the judge's decision.

    Former Royal Ulster Constabulary Officer Richard Barklie, 50, said he was now considering an appeal.

    Richard BarklieImage source, PA

    "I have always accepted that I pushed Mr Sylla off the Metro. The reason was because the Metro was crowded and there was no room for him to get onto that carriage. I was standing at the only doors that were open on the train.

    The CCTV shows the carriage was crowded; those on the train said it was crowded; and Mr Sylla said it was crowded. The mobile phone footage shows Mr Sylla tried to force his way into a space that did not exist," he said.

  18. Gudmundsson signs new Charlton dealpublished at 15:09 BST 22 July 2015

    BBC Sport

    Charlton Athletic midfielder Johann Berg Gudmundsson has signed a new four-year contract with the Championship club.

    Johann Berg GudmundssonImage source, Empics

    The Iceland international, 24, scored 11 goals in 44 appearances for the Addicks last season after joining from Dutch side AZ Alkmaar.