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Updates from London on Monday 2 November 2015
More news, sport, weather and travel updates from 08:00 on Tuesday
Our coverage across the daypublished at 18:00
Tonight's weather: mild with widespread mistpublished at 17:56
This evening it will be mild with widespread mist, low cloud or fog, particularly along prone stretches of the River Thames.
The fog is likely to become locally dense, reducing the visibility to 100m or less at times.
Minimum Temperature: 8C (46F).
Why do 25% of cancer patients diagnosed at London A&E's die within two months? On air tonightpublished at 17:49
BBC London NewsComing up on the news at 18:30 this evening, BBC London's Karl Mercer will be reporting on new research that a quarter of patients disagnosed with cancer at A&Es in London are dead within two months.
'Ministers decided Kids Company funding' committee hearspublished at 17:44
Susana Mendoca
BBC Radio London Political ReporterCivil servants have told a committee of MPs that it was ministers who decided to give direct funding to Kids Company after the charity failed in its bid for government cash.
Image source, PAThe London-based charity was forced to close in the summer, just days after it was awarded a £3m grant from the cabinet office despite concerns about mismanagement.
Richard Heaton, former permanent secretary at the Cabinet Office, says it "wasn't for him to say" whether they were given special treatment.
Severe traffic in Wembley due to an accidentpublished at 17:33
BBC TravelThe A404 Watford Road in Wembley is blocked and there are delays at the Homefield Road junction due to an accident. Bus routes 182 and 245 are being diverted.
And on the railways, there are are delays of up to 30 minutes around London Bridge on Southeastern trains between Victoria and St Pancras International and Dover Priory and between Sheerness-on-Sea and Sittingbourne due to a broken down train.
'People are priced out of the homes they rescued' in the 1980spublished at 17:27
Thank you for all of your Facebook comments about the story of how Londoners are living in unusual ways to deal with the housing crisis.
Image source, Charlotte GreavyRob Kenyon says:, external "One solution used to be to move in to derelict properties and renovate them, saving them for housing.
"The people that did that in the 80s... are now rewarded by being priced out of the the homes they rescued. Typical."
James H Fair says, external one answer "could be prefabs, as after the last war".
Is there such a thing as a 'glass ceiling' for girls? Drivetime discussespublished at 17:16
Eddie Nestor
BBC Radio London, presenterComing up on BBC Radio London: A London headteacher says girls must choose between a career or motherhood and there's no such thing as having it all.
Vivienne Durham, of the independent school Francis Holland Regent's Park, claims girls need to be prepared for the "real world" and teachers should tell them there still is a "glass ceiling".
Is she right?
Woman found in canal may have been dumped in suitcase alive: latest news headlines on Monday eveningpublished at 17:06
Pippa Stephens
BBC News Online, London-Suitcase murder trial: Marta Ligman 'may have been alive' when body dumped in canal
-Funding cap of £10m placed on TfL's Garden Bridge contribution
-Cancer patients diagnosed in A&E 'not likely to survive six months'.
'John was wonderful', say family of man assaulted at Stratford Stationpublished at 16:55
The family of John Francis Breen, 53, from London, who was attacked at Stratford Station during rush hour on 27 October and died later from serious head injuries have paid tribute to him.
Image source, HandoutIn a statement his family said: “John was a wonderful son, brother and uncle and will be truly missed by all who knew him.”
Four teenage boys from Ilford, two aged 15, one aged 14 and one aged 16, appeared at the Old Bailey court earlier charged with Mr Breen's murder.
Your pictures of the capital through the fogpublished at 16:43
We are enjoying all of your pictures posted in the Facebook gallery showing views of London through the fog today., external
Image source, Sarah WellsDo you have any more pictures? Share them with us in the comments.
'Cannabis factory' found in Ponders Endpublished at 16:31
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End of X postFog clears in patches over Londonpublished at 16:20
The low-hanging fog which is disrupting travel from London's airports is beginning to clear across the city's skies.
Image source, PALondon living wage to rise by 25ppublished at 16:13
The living wage in London is to rise from £9.15 an hour to £9.40, the Living Wage Foundation campaign group says.
While its recommended nationwide pay rate goes up from £7.85 an hour to £8.25 - an increase of 40p - in London the suggested rise is only 25p.
London living wage to rise by 25p
The living wage in London is to rise from £9.15 an hour to £9.40, the Living Wage Foundation campaign group says.
Read MoreSevere delays on the Overground to Highbury and Islington due to a trespasser on the trackpublished at 16:04
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End of X postSuitcase murder: Marta Ligman 'may have been alive' when body dumped in canalpublished at 16:01
A woman may have been alive when she was stuffed into a suitcase and thrown into a canal in north-west London, the Old Bailey has heard.
Image source, PAThe body of Marta Ligman, 23, was found in the Grand Union Canal in Little Venice days after it had been dumped.
Slow traffic on the Staples Corner flyoverpublished at 15:53
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End of X postMeet the people beating the housing crisis in Londonpublished at 15:45
Pippa Stephens
BBC News Online, LondonNot a day passes without a reminder of the shortage of affordable rental property in London.
Cases have been reported of teenage girls sharing rooms with strange landlords, people sleeping on sofas in kitchens and sheds and increasing numbers are sleeping on the streets.
Image source, GoogleSome Londoners are sidestepping the city's sky-high rents by living in unusual ways. BBC London hears from some of these people.
Unusual ways to rent in London
Some Londoners are sidestepping the city's sky-high rents by living in unusual ways. BBC London hears from some of these people.
Read MoreCouple smuggle a McMuffin into prison using a fishing linepublished at 15:39
Met PoliceA couple caught using a fishing line to smuggle several items including a McDonald's McMuffin, a plastic Kinder Surprise egg with five SIM cards and a bottle of vodka over a prison wall at Wormwood Scrubs have been sentenced., external
Image source, Met PoliceKarl Jensen and his girlfriend Lisa Hutchinson, from Ladbroke Grove, also tried to smuggle drugs and a knife into the prison.
Jensen was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison and Hutchinson was sentenced to a 12-month community order and told she must attend a rehabilitation programme.
Latest headlines: London live wage rises, Mourinho facing legal challenge and DLR strikepublished at 15:28
Pippa Stephens
BBC News Online, London-Voluntary London living wageto rise by 25p an hour
-Chelsea boss Jose Mourinhois facing Eva Carneiro legal action
-RMT staff on theDocklands Light Railway are to go on a 48-hour strike.
Arsenal Ladies win Continental Cuppublished at 15:00 GMT 2 November 2015
BBC SportArsenal Ladies won their fourth Continental Cupin five years after defeating Notts County at Rotherham's New York Stadium.
Image source, Getty ImagesVictory extends Arsenal's 11-year run without a trophyless season, while Notts, who lost the FA Cup final in August, remain without a major trophy.
