It will be mostly cloudy this evening and tonight, with perhaps some showery outbreaks of rain at times, particularly over the Chilterns. Despite the cloud it will be a mild and muggy night in the capital. 

Minimum temperature: 17C (63F) 

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Jason Puncheon and Scott Dann are good enough to represent England, according to their Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew.

Dann, 28, was voted player of the year at Selhurst Park last season and the centre-back signed a new five-year deal with Palace in July.

Midfielder Puncheon, 29, scored six goals last season.

Image source, AFP

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Vandals have desecrated a Jewish-funded memorial statue with raw meat, external in an apparently anti-Semitic attack in east London.

Image source, Helen Maybanks

Former bosses of the National Theatre Sir Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr have revealed plans for a new theatre at Tower Bridge.

The 900-seat venue will be the home of their new London Theatre Company and is expected to open in spring 2017 as part of Berkeley's One Tower Bridge development.

Esther Webber
BBC News, London

A pedestrian hit by a bus earlier in central London is in a critical condition in hospital, according to the Met. 

The man, thought to be in his 30s, was airlifted from the scene of the collision at the junction of Farringdon Road and Clerkenwell Road.

The roads in the area have now reopened. 

Our top stories on BBC London Live:

-Call for inquiry into West Ham Olympic Stadium deal

-Rail signal problems on Oxford to London line 'every day'

-Buckingham Palace cycle highway plan unveiled

Polish people living in the UK have been donating blood to highlight their importance to British life.

The drive began as a counter-campaign to a call by the Polish Express, external newspaper for Poles in the UK to strike over discrimination, and was accompanied by a small protest in Westminster.

Network Rail has released images of St Thomas Street, which is being redeveloped as part of London Bridge's overhaul. 

Computer-generated pictures show the design of the new entrance, which will provide a pedestrian link between the areas to the north and south of the station, as well as a row of shops.

Image source, Network Rail

A project to support young people with "poor access to the arts" is planned for the hometown of ballet dancer Jonathan Ollivier who died hours ahead of the final showing of Matthew Bourne's The Car Man in London on 9 August.

Image source, Chris Mann

Bourne's New Adventures, external company is now proposing a project for youngsters in Northampton as a "positive legacy" for the dancer. 

Susana Mendoca
BBC London 94.9 political reporter

Tory mayoral hopeful Stephen Greenhalgh is unveiling his plan for London today. 

He is promising 50,000 starter homes, cuts to tube fares and a ban on diesel vehicles in central London.

Evening Standard

Forecasters have warned that London could be battered by tornadoe, externals this weekend as unsettled weather fronts meet.

Jo Good is speaking with Australia singer Natalie Imbruglia about her new album and her dog Mr Wilson.

You can listen live on BBC London 94.9 and contact the team on 0207 7224 2000. 

A man has been flown to hospital with a head injury after he became trapped under a bus at the junction of Clerkenwell Road and Farringdon Road.

London Ambulance Service, external said it was called to the scene at about 13:30 and treated the man before the air ambulance arrived. 

BBC Sport

Chelsea have signed Spain forward Pedrofrom Barcelona for £21m.

Image source, Getty Images

The 28-year-old has agreed a four-year deal and is the Blues' second signing in less than a week after the arrival of Ghana defender Baba Rahman, 

Image source, West Ham

A group of London football supporters have called for a public inquiry into the rental of the Olympic Stadium by West Ham United.

The group claims the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC), will in effect subsidise the rent, which the LLDC denies.

The group said there were "serious questions" about the amount taxpayers would be relied upon, but West Ham said it had won the deal though a fair and "robust process".

The lest headlines from BBC London Live are:

• Call for inquiry into West Ham Olympic Stadium deal
• Man hurt after being hit by bus in Farringdon
• Marine mammals thriving in Thames

Brent Council has staged a sudden climb down and apologised to a woman who was fined for parking in Queen’s Park after her youngest daughter suffered a stroke and her elderly mother displayed her disabled blue badge in the car., external

A man in his 30s is said to be critically injured after he was hit by a bus in central London. 

Officers and London Ambulance Service attended the scene and discovered a male pedestrian trapped under a bus.

The man has been taken to an east London hospital and local roads are closed.

Image source, Jon Fernandes

Simon May, the composer of the EastEnders theme tune, tells BBC Points West how he came up with the tune and discusses the importance of the "doof doof" playout.