Summary

  • Updates on 22 September 2015

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

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

    Updates for London have finished for the day but we'll be back from 08:00 on Wednesday with the latest news, sport, travel and weather.

  2. Tonight's weather: Showers dying awaypublished at 17:58

    BBC Weather

    Any remaining showers will soon die away, leaving clear spells.

    Later in the night some patchy mist or fog may form, especially in well sheltered rural locations. Light northwesterly winds. 

    Lows of 9C (48F).

  3. Chelsea doctor Eva Carniero quits the clubpublished at 17:56
    Breaking

    BBC Sport

    Chelsea doctor Eva Carniero has decided to part company with the club. Despite requests from Chelsea she will not to return to work and is considering her legal position. More at BBC Sport

  4. Tower Hamlets' council magazine to be published fornightlypublished at 17:41

    The Mayor of Tower Hamlets has announced the council’s weekly publication East End Life , externalwill published fortnightly from the end of this year.

    John Biggs has also commissioned a full review of the local authority's communication with residents.

  5. No Northern line between Charing Cross and Camdenpublished at 17:36

    Services on the Northern line have been disrupted by a signal failure. 

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  6. Coming up on BBC London News at 18:30 on BBC Onepublished at 17:33

    BBC London News

    The widow of a man who died on a construction site in St Albans has spoken to BBC London News of the devastating impact of his death which a court has heard could have been avoided.

    performer at Amy Winehouse mentoring event

    Plus, the aspiring musicians following in the footsteps of Amy Winehouse. Our entertainment correspondent speaks to the artists being mentored through the foundation set up in the late singer's name. Tune in from 18:30 on BBC One.

  7. FGM clinic professor speaks to Drivetimepublished at 17:13

    BBC London 94.9

    BBC London 94.9 has learned more than half of girls referred to the country's first dedicated female genital mutilation (FGM) clinic - had not had the procedure. 

    Some had been referred mistakenly - many from communities which don't practice FGM.

    Reporter Anna O'Neill will be speaking to the professor who heads up the clinic.

  8. Latest headlines on BBC London Livepublished at 17:04

    Elaine Okyere
    BBC News, London

    Our top headlines on BBC London Live: 

     For more listen to BBC London 94.9

  9. RNLI: Guess the locationpublished at 16:50

    The RNLI's Tower Lifeboat station is out training.

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  10. Eight fire engines tackle school fire in Willesdenpublished at 16:34

    Eight fire engines and 58 firefighters and officers are tackling a fire at a school in north London. 

    Part of the roof of the building on Goodson Road in Willesden is alight.

    Fire in WillesdenImage source, Lost zombie

    London Fire Brigade, external said the cause of the fire is not known at this stage, but all children and staff were evacuated before the crews arrived.

  11. Brothers sought after acid attackpublished at 16:26

    Two brothers are being sought in connection with an acid attack which left a woman with severe injuries to her face, eyes, neck and arms.

    Hampshire police issued an appeal to trace brothers Billy and Geoffrey Midmore, who are from London, after a 37-year-old woman was attacked in outside the Turtle Bay restaurant in Guildhall Square, Southampton, on Friday.

    Billy (left) and Geoffrey MidmoreImage source, Hampshire Police

    Acting Det Insp Will Whale said the pair had contacts in Southampton, Basingstoke and London and were considered "dangerous individuals".

  12. Romford Recorder: 'Desperate need of CCTV in Rainham' says councillorpublished at 16:13

    Romford Recorder
    Newspaper

    Rainham is in “desperate need” of CCTV cameras warns a councillor, external, who admits he thought about resigning over the issue.

    Cllr Jeffrey Tucker told the council he believed the new policing model was not working for residents and that only “prevention protection and prosecution” would ensure the community’s safety.

  13. Anya Hindmarch unveils new collectionpublished at 15:57

    Anya Hindmarch has unveiled her Spring/Summer 2016 collection during London Fashion Week.

    Anya Hindmarch Spring/Summer 2016 collectionImage source, Reuters

    London Fashion Week, external ends tomorrow.

  14. How did transport services cope with the Rugby World Cup?published at 15:45

    Tom Edwards
    Transport Correspondent, BBC London

    So how did transport cope with the first weekend of the Rugby World Cup?

    There were some bad experiences for rugby fans getting to and from venues by train, but generally it feels like the service itself has been patchy.

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    While I'm told the trip to Brighton for South Africa vs Japan on Saturday was a breeze, the trains to Cardiff for Ireland vs Canada organised by First Great Western were rammed. 

  15. Fire at Willesden Schoolpublished at 15:38

    Fire crews are at the scene in north London. 

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  16. No police action over Lord Sewel drug claimspublished at 15:27

    Lord Sewel will not face charges over allegations of drug-related offences after the Met Police said there was "insufficient evidence to proceed" with its investigation.

    Lord Sewel

    The peer resigned from the House of Lords in June after being filmed by the Sun on Sunday allegedly taking drugs in the company of prostitutes.

  17. Search for rugby hero in Gloucester shirtpublished at 15:13

    Josephine McDermott
    BBC News, London

    The wife of a man who had a heart attack on the bus from the England game at Twickenham on Friday is trying to track down the man wearing a Gloucester rugby shirt who came to his aid giving him CPR. 

    Are you #herodoc?