That's all from BBC Local Live for today. We'll be back tomorrow from 08:00 with more news, sport, travel and weather updates from across London. Have a good evening.

BBC Newsbeat
Radio 1 and 1Xtra

"I was raised in south east London and hung around with a large group of friends who I grew up with," said Darcy Thomas.

"My friendship group outside of school grew and grew, until one day we were being called "a gang". At school I was constantly stereotyped and targeted for hanging around with "the wrong kind of people".

Darcy was expelled after bringing a bottle of vodka to school, but since then he managed to turn his life around and now works at Radio 1.

BBC Weather

It will remain dry throughout the evening and overnight, with clear skies, but combined with light winds it will lead to another chilly night, especially in rural areas.

Minimum temperature: 12C (53F)

BBC London News

On BBC London News from 18:30, the health regulator Monitor has stepped in at a London hospital after a "sudden deterioration" in its finances.

BBC London health correspondent Karl Mercer will have the latest on St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust after it emerged the teaching hospital is facing a deficit of more than £40 million.

The State Rooms at Buckingham Palace have opened to visitors.

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Last year the Royal Family welcomed more than 62,000 guests to Buckingham Palace, at State Visits, receptions, Garden Parties, Investitures and private audiences and visitors can see recreated settings for these occasions, including the Palace Ballroom, which is transformed for a State Banquet with glittering silver-gilt from George IV's Grand Service.

The summer opening of Buckingham Palace, external ends on 31 August.

London Evening Standard
Newspaper

The leader of a flagship London Tory council has warned David Cameron's right-to-buy scheme could strip the capital of "huge swathes of social housing"., external

Westminster leader Philippa Roe admitted the re-jigged initiative risks leaving boroughs unable to provide homes for people who need them. She said: "What we will see is a reduction in the number of social housing units in London and more units built outside. But the crisis in housing is inside London."

University College London (UCL) will be expanding its faculty of Built Environment and UCL Engineering into premises at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in early 2016.

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UCL will take over high studio space at Here East, external which will be used to undertake research in areas including architecture, infrastructure, transport, robotics, healthcare, manufacturing and environmental measurement.

The university will also develop new education programmes in creative design, using film and performance as well as robotic and networked screen technologies.

An exhibition featuring a sculptural sound installation based on the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder is on display at the Imperial War Museum.

Imogen Stidworthy 's sound installation The Work v5, external interviewed two former British soldiers who suffer from the condition, as well as the wife of one of the soldiers, and uses their voices as the sculptural material in order to represent the depth of their experiences.

BBC London 94.9

On Drivetime with Eddie Nestor on BBC London 94.9, Eddie will be speaking to Andrew Gilligan, the Mayor's Cycling Commissioner, as London's Cycle Hire Scheme celebrates its fifth birthday.

Plus, are men missing out on testosterone replacement therapy? New research from London's Centre for Men's Heath says the male version of the menopause is just as serious as the female menopause.

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The robbers received the following sentences:

• Reece Dunford, 31, of Waltham Abbey, Essex, was jailed for 12 years

• Yair Cohen, 71, of Hackney, East London, received six years for three counts of conspiracy to handle stolen goods, one of converting criminal property, money laundering and cheating the public revenue.

• Vincent Kamara, 28, of Endsleigh Street, Camden, was jailed for 12 years for conspiracy to commit robbery.

• Boz Burbridge, 31, of Calthorpe Street, Camden, and Danny St Luce, 29, of Islington, North London, were both jailed for seven years, for conspiracy to commit robbery.

• David Mays, 33, of Bexley, was jailed for eight years for for conspiracy to commit robbery.

• Patrick Spencer O'Brien, 23, of Arlington Square, Islington was jailed for 12 years for conspiracy to commit robbery at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel.

• Dunford's girlfriend Hollie Dowding, 25, of Waltham Abbey, Essex, and Rusudan Kritcheli, 49, of Hackney, East London, were previously convicted of taking part in the spree and will be sentenced at a later date.

The gang's ringleader Reece Dunford, 31, sold the stolen watches to Hatton Garden jeweller Yair Cohen, 71. Dunford was arrested after organising his final raid on Mappin and Webb in the City of London.

Vincent Kamara, 28, Boz Burbridge, 31, David Mays, 33, and Danny St Luce, 29, drove up to the store on two motorcycles and used one to burst through the doors.

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The raiders used sledgehammers and an axe to threaten terrified members of staff, smashing through the shop's glass display cabinets before making off with £300,000 of Rolex watches.

The watches were then dropped off at a house in Islington, but less than three hours later Dunford and Cohen were caught by officers surrounded by the stolen watches with price tags still attached, the court heard. , external

A gang of armed robbers have been jailed for a total of 64 years for a series of smash-and-grab raids on luxury stores.

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Kingston Crown Court, external heard the thieves targeted designer shops, including Selfridges, Jimmy Choo and Prada in Old Bond Street.

In one raid the gang armed themselves with axes and sledgehammers, smashed into display cabinets and escaped with around £300,000 worth of Rolex watches.

ITV News

A five-year-old from London who launched his birthday balloon into the air was ecstatic to find it had been discovered more than 200 miles away in the Netherlands., external

The balloon was let loose in Plumstead, south east London with a note written by Archie Brookman and his mum Nichola Doyle, on Monday evening, two weeks after his birthday.

Thousands of cycling enthusiasts and professionals will be taking part in the Prudential RideLondon festival, external this weekend in London and Surrey.

More than 25,000 riders will descend on the capital to take part in a host of cycling of events, from a 100-mile sportive to a handcycle race. A professional road race will take place on Sunday.

There will be be road and bridge closures including:

• A number of roads in the City of London and the City of Westminster, as well as the southern part of Camden borough, will be closed from 06:00 to 18:00 on Saturday. Waterloo Bridge will also be closed.

• On Sunday road closures will be in place from 04:00 in parts of east, central and south west London. From 10:30 roads along the 100-mile route from London to Surrey will be opened in phases once the event has passed, and all roads are expected to be open by 20:00.

• Bridges including London Bridge, Tower Bridge and Waterloo Bridge will be closed until the evening.

For all the travel advice visit the Transport for London website. , external

Danny Shaw
Home affairs correspondent

Ministry of Justice officials say the performance of three of Britain's largest prisons is of "serious concern".

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Pentonville, in north London, Wormwood Scrubs, in west London, and Nottingham Prison were all given the lowest possible ratings by the National Offender Management Service, external.

Each prison is graded according to how they're performing in four categories: Public Protection; Reducing Reoffending; Decency and Resource Management; and Operational Effectiveness.

About 60 business leaders have written an open letter to the Prime Minister urging him to fast-track proposals for a third runway at Heathrow with a vote in Parliament within the next 12 months.

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The letter, with signatories including BT chairman Sir Mike Rake and WPP CEO Sir Martin Sorrell, backed the Airports Commission's conclusion that Heathrow is the best location for a new runway.

It warned Britain risks falling behind global rivals if it fails to expand air capacity, telling David Cameron: "Our competitors will not wait while we catch up."

Thousands of ceramic poppies used in the Tower of London installation are to go on display across the north of England, it has been announced.

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The cascade - or weeping window - section will be shown at St George's Hall in Liverpool and Woodhorn Museum, Northumberland. The installation, which marked 100 years since the start of World War One, drew more than five million visitors.

Elaine Okyere
BBC London News

The top stories on BBC London Live:

• A 17-year-old boy has drowned in a canal in Hackney

• The Russian state wanted former spy Alexander Litvinenko dead, an inquiry into his poisoning is told

• Paddington Station £20m revamp to include more food outlets

Chelsea "will still be the team to beat" this season, says ex-England captain Alan Shearer who previews the new Premier League season.

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The Communication Workers Union and the The Transport Salaried Staffs Association say they are backing left-wing London MP Jeremy Corbyn in the Labour Party leadership contest.

Their endorsement for Islington North MP follows that of the UK's two largest unions, Unite and Unison.