Summary

  • Updates on 4 September 2015

  • News, sport, travel and weather updates resume at 08:00 on Monday

  1. Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00

    Live updates for London have finished for the day but we'll be back from 08:00 on Monday for all the latest news, sport, travel and weather.

  2. Tonight's weather: Cloudy night and drizzle in placespublished at 17:58

    BBC Weather

    After a largely dry evening with some brightness, cloud will tend to thicken from the north overnight. Towards the end of the night, the cloud will be thick enough to give some light rain or drizzle in places. 

    Lows of 11C (52F).

  3. Labour deputy leadership candidate Stella Creasy trolled, againpublished at 17:55

    Stella Creasy, Walthamstow's Labour MP who is standing to be the party's deputy leader, has been "trolled" again.

    This time by Labour party members and supporters who were apparently sick of receiving campaign material from her. One such expletive-laden email sent to her said she looked like "an alien egg."

    Stella CreasyImage source, PA

    Ms Creasy, who was trolled in 2014 for supporting a campaign to feature Jane Austen on a £10 note, said: "I get it, nobody wants volumes of unwanted spam." She vows to stop Labour spamming its members in future, if she becomes the party's number two in charge.

  4. How the Syrian refugee crisis will affect London - coming up on BBC London's 18:30 newspublished at 17:50

    BBC London News

    We now know Britain's response to the deepening migration crisis in Europe is likely to see thousands of Syrian refugees coming to the UK.

    But what will that mean for London? One council leader has warned his borough would not be able cope with any new settlers without significant Government cash and support. 

    Croydon says it has already seen a cut to the funding it receives to accommodate asylum seekers, and wants more concrete assurances about the future. That report is coming up on BBC London news on BBC One at 18:30.

  5. Are you a dedicated follower of fashion? Catch London Fashion Week on iPlayerpublished at 17:43

    You can see behind the scenes of London Fashion Week on IPlayer with three exclusive programmes featuring model and presenter Abbey Clancy, singer Lianne La Havas and fashion blogger Grace Victory.

    Abbey Clancy said London had one of the best fashion weeks in the world and is presenting her Top Picks from #LFW from a car park in Soho this year, available to watch on iPlayer from 21:00 on Sunday 27 September.

    Abbey ClancyImage source, PA

    Victory said: "I'm a total fashionista and a self-declared savvy shopper." Her programme will be broadcast on iPlayer from 21:00 on Tuesday 29 September

    La Havas will be investigating the history of shoes and says shoes are the perfect way of expressing a "shifting identity." Her programme will be available on iPlayer from 07:00 on Sunday 27 September.

  6. Serious accident closes Peckham Roadpublished at 17:36

    BBC Travel

    The A202 Peckham Road is closed and there is queuing traffic in both directions between Lyndhurst Way junction and the B215 Peckham Hill Street junction after a serious accident.

    Buses 12, 36, 171, 343, 345 and 436 are on diversion.

  7. Camden New Journal: Private landlords chase 300% profit boost on AirBNBpublished at 17:33

    Camden New Journal

    Private tenants are being dumped by landlords searching for profit boosts of up to 300 per cent by targeting the short-stay tourist market instead., external

    A new investigation ordered by Camden Council has revealed how booming holiday booking websites such as AirBNB have helped property owners make the switch, with officials now worried that the trend will exacerbate London’s housing crisis.

  8. Girl dies after being shot in head by father as she returned home from schoolpublished at 17:24

    Seven-year-old Mary Shipstone was returning home from school with her new violin and was shot by her estranged father while standing next to her mother on her doorstep, an inquest has heard.

    Yasser Alromisse, 46, was in the back of a car when he fired at his daughter near Rye, East Sussex, on 11 September last year. 

    Mary ShipstoneImage source, Lyndsey Shipstone

    She was taken to Kings College Hospital in London but died the next day of her injuries, Hastings Crown Court heard earlier.

    Mr Alromisse's body was later found in the back of the car where he had shot himself. The coroner returned a verdict of unlawful killing for Mary and ruled the father's death was suicide.

  9. London author raises over £250,000 for Syrian refugeespublished at 17:00

    David Friend
    BBC London 94.9

    Later on Drivetime we’ll be speaking to the London-based author Patrick Ness. 

    Yesterday, he set up a fundraising page for the Syrian refugee crisis. He pledged to match the first £10,000 of donations and now the page has raised more than a quarter of a million!

    Patrick will be speaking to Eddie Nestor after 17:30.

  10. Jeremy Corbyn 'endorses' Labour London mayoral contender Diane Abbott housing planpublished at 16:51

    Susana Mendoca
    BBC London 94.9 political reporter

    Labour leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn has endorsed plans for rent controls laid out by Labour London mayoral hopeful Diane Abbott.

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    The Islington North MP, who is favourite to win the leadership of his party next week, didn't go as far as to tell his supporters to back a specific candidate for the London race.

    But as the last few days of voting approaches, this endorsement by Mr Corbyn of her housing policy will be a boost to Diane Abbott who told me last week that she was hoping to attract Corbyn voters as she was the "closest politically to him".

  11. London pupils twice as likely to be privately tutored, study suggestspublished at 16:35

    Sutton Trust
    Educational charity

    Pupils in London are twice as likely to be privately tutored than those living outside the capital, new figures show, external.

    mathsImage source, PA

    But with an average hourly rate of almost £30, there are concerns pupils from wealthier homes are getting an unfair advantage.

    The Sutton Trust educational charity says means-tested vouchers could help low income families re-dress the balance, external.

  12. Cut the theatrics in Parliament - Corbynpublished at 16:19

    Victoria Derbyshire

    Islington North MP and Labour leader contender Jeremy Corbyn is taking issue with MPs in the House of Commons being "as abusive as you can think of about the person opposite you".

    Jeremy CorbynImage source, Getty Images

     "I was brought up to be polite," he told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme earlier.

  13. Woman hit by lorry dies at scene in Peckhampublished at 16:07

    A woman who was hit by a lorry in Peckham High Street at about 14:00 has been pronounced dead at the scene.

    She was walking close to the library when she was hit and her next of kin have yet to be told.

    Peckham High StreetImage source, Google Maps

    A Metropolitan Police, external spokesman said the lorry driver stopped and no arrests have been made.

  14. Happy Birthday, Sherlock FI (fire investigator)published at 15:37

  15. Rugby World Cup: Councillor volunteer ban 'disgraceful'published at 15:11

    Josephine McDermott
    BBC News, London

    A ban on Richmond Council members from volunteering during the Rugby World Cup has been branded "disgraceful".

    Twickenham StadiumImage source, Getty Images

    The home of English rugby, Twickenham, is inside the council's boundaries, but Liberal Democrat councillors who applied for a volunteer scheme were told it was "inappropriate".

    They say it "erodes the reputation of politicians" when Conservative councillors have accepted free tickets.

    The council's chief executive told members they could help in other ways.

  16. Murder file opened after man's body found in Stepneypublished at 14:29

    A 29-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with a body found in Stepney, east London.

    Police discovered the body of a 36-year-old man at an address in Timor House, Duckett Street, at about 19:15 last night.

    Timor HouseImage source, Google Maps

    Following a tip-off police arrested the 29-year-old at a hospital in east London where he was being treated for a hand injury.

  17. Tube overcrowding 'making the case' for Crossrail 2, says London Undergroundpublished at 14:29

    Delays caused by overcrowding account for about 1% of all Tube delays, London Underground's chief operating officer Steve Griffiths said.

    There were 237 delays recorded due to overcrowding in 2014 which represents a five-year high., external

    Tube trainImage source, PA

    Mr Griffiths said the total number of delays had fallen though by 43% since 2008/09, but the problem "demonstrates quite clearly the case for further investment into London's transport network and for major improvement projects such as Crossrail 2."