Our coverage across the daypublished at 18:00
News 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.
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Updates from London on Tuesday 6 October 2015
News, travel, sport and weather updates resume at 08:00 on Wednesday
Our coverage across the daypublished at 18:00
Rough sleepers set up camp under a flyover in Edmonton - coming up on BBC London's evening newspublished at 17:58
Riz Lateef
BBC London presenterTents and shelters have been set up under a flyover in north London by a group of rough sleepers.
It's not the first time the area in Edmonton has seen an illegal settlement. Just over a year ago, Transport for London evicted around 30 homeless people. It's now looking at taking legal action to remove the new camp.
BBC London's Tarah Welsh has the full report coming up on the evening news at 18:30 on BBC One and available afterwards on iPlayer.
Tonight's weather: heavy rain in places and rumbles of thunderpublished at 17:52
We will see further showers at times through this evening and overnight, some of which may be heavy with the odd rumble of thunder.
Minimum temperature: 13C (55F).
Boris Johnson delivers conference quipspublished at 17:49
Press AssociationBoris Johnson took care to offer a serious speech to the Tory conference earlier in Manchester - with some saying it was his best performance in front of the party faithful. But it wouldn't be a Boris speech without some jokes:
Image source, PAQuote Message"We will extend the northern line to Battersea - or the Wandsworth powerhouse, as it is probably now called in the Treasury."
Quote Message"The only type of crime currently going up is the theft of City Hall policies - a crime I entirely condone."
Quote Message"We won because the British people did not trust Ed Miliband to manage the economy and so it is unbelievable now to see the Labour party has been piratically captured in a kind of social media twitstorm by what Harold Wilson once called a small group of politically motivated men. And I know these people, my friends - they are the London Labour party, Trots and militants with vested interests and indeed interesting vests."
What's it like to be a blind football fan?published at 17:43
BBC Radio 5 Live
Football fan Wayne Busbridge was born partially sighted, and lost his sight completely 13 years ago.
He tells us about the technology he uses to follow the match, how he enjoys going to games as an equal "part of a community", and about his Liverpool-supporting wife "corrupting" his guide dog.
This clip is originally from The Blind Faithful - a 5 live Sport special tonight at 21:00.
BBC London Live: Latest headlines this eveningpublished at 17:39
Sitala Peek
BBC News, London- Former Goldsmiths University student union diversity officer Bahar Mustafa has been summonsed to appear before magistrates in connection with a social media post
- Woman dies after being hit by a heavy goods vehicle on the North Circular near Henlys Corner
- The BBC has commissioned a documentary called The Rise and Fall of 'The Angel of Peckham' about the final weeks of Kids Company and its founder Camila Batmanghelidjh
Video: Why I love Marylebone - by Jo Goodpublished at 17:33
BBC Radio LondonAll day today BBC Radio London has been highlighting what's great about the city's boroughs.
Our very own Jo Good talks about why she loves Marylebone in Westminster, external.
Ongoing delays in Finchley area after HGV hits pedestrian on North Circularpublished at 17:28
BBC TravelThe A406 is closed eastbound after a lorry hit a female pedestrian earlier this afternoon.
The North Circular road is closed from the A1 at Henlys Corner to High Road in Finchley.
Motorists are being asked to avoid the area if possible.
For more travel updates follow @BBCTravelAlert, external or visit the BBC London travel page.
Woman dies after being hit by HGV on North Circularpublished at 17:20
A heavy goods vehicle hit a female pedestrian on the North Circular near the junction of the A1000, High Road, at about 14:20 today, police said.
The woman in her 50s was pronounced dead at the scene at about 15:15.
No arrests have been made and police investigations are ongoing.
The A406 east-bound carriageway remains closed.
Social-media post lands former Goldsmiths diversity officer Bahar Mustafa in courtpublished at 17:15
Met PoliceA former Goldsmith University student union diversity officer has been summonsed to appear before Bromley Magistrates' Court, external.
Image source, PABahar Mustafa, 28, from Edmonton, Enfield, is accused of:
Sending a letter / communication / article conveying a threatening message between 10 November 2014 and 31 May 2015.
Sending by public communication network an offensive / indecent / obscene / menacing message / matter between 10 November 2014 and 31 May 2015.
She has been ordered to appear before magistrates on 5 November.
Listen: Stories from London's boroughspublished at 17:05
BBC Radio London presenters and reporters have been out and about the capital - to every borough in 24 hours - to give a flavour of life across London.
Vanessa has been to her home borough of Barnet, Robert Elms has been in Camden and and reporter Jason Rosam has been to his manor in Wandsworth.
You can hear all the clips on this special page - more will follow.
Drivetime with Eddie Nestor at 17:00 on the 34th floorpublished at 16:51
BBC Radio LondonDrivetime with Eddie Nestor is live from the top of the BT Tower in central London from 17:00 as part of BBC Radio London's 45th birthday celebrations.
He is joined by experts on London’s transport and political history, as well as voices and sounds from BBC Radio London’s past. Plus, latest news, sport and weather for London until 19:00.
Pole dancer campaigns on Tube for better working conditionspublished at 16:40
London 24The dancer pictured is a member of the East London Strippers Collective, external, a group of performers who are fighting for better working conditions for erotic performers, external.
Image source, Kristina Kashtanova for East London Strippers CollectiveThey say their first aim is to tackle the stigma surrounding their industry because the shame and secrecy is stifling debate and preventing an open conversation from which solutions could arise.
Camila Batmanghelidjh documentary commissioned by the BBCpublished at 16:27
The BBC has announced it has commissioned a one-hour documentary called The Rise And Fall Of The ‘Angel Of Peckham’ - charting the final weeks of Kids Company an organisation synonymous with its founder Camila Batmanghelidjh.
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The prime minister was a prominent supporter of Camila Batmanghelidjh
On 5 August, following a summer of allegations and accusations, Kids Company closed its doors in south London for the final time after 19 years. Filmmaker Lynn Alleway was there, filming throughout as the walls came tumbling down.
Ten years ago, Lynn made the film Tough Love - Tough Kids, spending a year filming with Camila and Kids Company.
A decade on she returned to the charity with a view to bringing that film up to date, at a time when many charities were struggling under financial pressures. While she was filming, the organisation was engulfed in the crisis that would ultimately lead to its closure.
It will be transmitted on BBC One next year.
Pigeon rescued from home's solar panel nettingpublished at 16:12
An exhausted bird was trapped on the roof of a house in Sutton, south west London, in some netting designed to keep birds away from solar panels.
Image source, RSPCAKirstie Gillard from the RSPCA said: "The pigeon had its leg and part of the wing caught in netting around a solar panel. We think he had been there since the night before. He was completely tangled and there was no way he would have escaped without help.
"The caller said there had been other pigeons on the roof who had come and gone - possibly visiting their friend.”
The bird is expected to make a full recovery and the charity has warned against using unsuitable netting that can trap or harm wildlife.
Are you feeling festive yet?published at 16:03
It's 6 October and the Christmas lights are being put up in Oxford Street ready for the official switch on in November.
Is 6 October too early to get the Christmas lights out? Email us your thoughts or tweet us, external a message if you like?
What are the five most common things burgled from homes?published at 15:53
Met PoliceThe Met Police in Richmond says the most frequently burgled items, external from homes are:
- necklaces
- laptop computers
- games consoles & tablets
- rings
- watches
Image source, APPolice advise using smartwater, external, which allows you to mark your belongings with transparent ink making them easier to trace if they are stolen.
'Heathrow Airport expansion would pose legal challenge', says Gatwick bosspublished at 15:38
Gatwick Airpiort's chief executive said: "Heathrow's poor air quality already breaches legal limits and it is difficult to see how expansion could legally go ahead with the millions of extra car journeys an expanded Heathrow would generate.
"In stark contrast, Gatwick is well within legal air quality limits and can guarantee we would remain so with a second runway."
Image source, Getty ImagesHeathrow expansion was the option backed by the government's Airport Commissioner Sir Howard Davies in July.
The Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said air quality would be a "major consideration" in any decision the government makes.
Air quality will be 'major factor' in airport expansion decision - Transport Sec sayspublished at 15:30
The Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said the impact on air quality of a third runway at Heathrow was being taken "incredibly" seriously by ministers.
Image source, ReutersIt comes after the aviation minister said yesterday that not as much emphasis had been placed on air quality, as opposed to other factors, in Sir Howard Davies' report for the government.
Mr McLoughlin said: "We take climate and we take air quality incredibly importantly, so it will be a major consideration in the decisions we make."
A406 North Circular Road closed following incidentpublished at 15:21
BBC TravelThe A406 North Circular road is shut at Henlys Corner because of a crash at High Road.
For the latest updates follow @BBCravelAlert, external or visit the BBC London travel page.
