Our live coverage across the daypublished at 17:59
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Updates on Thursday 31 March 2016
Our live coverage across the daypublished at 17:59
London's evening weather: Dry and clear overnightpublished at 17:57 BST 31 March 2016
Any isolated showers will soon die out this evening to leave a dry and clear night across all parts. Clear skies, coupled with light winds, will allow a fairly widespread frost to develop, and perhaps a few mist and fog patches to form.
Min temp: 1C (34F)
Southeastern trains service resume after trackside firepublished at 17:55 BST 31 March 2016
BBC TravelNormal service has resumed on the Grove park to Bromley North line, National Rail reports.
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End of X postLand on Trafalgar Square and Pass Go! at London Games Festivalpublished at 17:51 BST 31 March 2016
Most of the games action at the London Games Festival, external is online, but not all - this weekend, Trafalgar Square will be transformed into a giant Monopoly board.
Passers-by can complete a lap of the installation and (of course) take a selfie.
Image source, Getty ImagesRemember Snake? You're going to love London Games Festivalpublished at 17:45 BST 31 March 2016
Before smartphones offered a thousand ways to kill time during your commute, people pulled out their bricks and played Snake.
You directed a line of pixels around the screen, eating blocks to make it longer – until you ran out of space and the snake ate itself. Game over.
Image source, //////////fur////But what if you took Snake offline, making it a physical installation for two players, and called it Snakepit, external? That’s what two artists who call themselves //////////fur//// have done.
It’s one of many games showcased at the London Games Festival, external which starts tomorrow and runs until 10 April.
R.I.P Zaha Hadidpublished at 17:37 BST 31 March 2016
Zaha Hadid's architect firm has tweeted the news of her death.
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End of X postSinger song-writer KT Tunstall has also paid tribute to her.
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End of X post 2You can find out more about how Zaha Hadid influenced London's buildings and city scape on BBC London's evening news on BBC One from 18:30.
Can you ever afford to stop working?published at 17:31 BST 31 March 2016
City AMCan you ever afford to stop working? These three charts will horrify you. Retirement is going to cost a fortune and you'll foot the bill yourself. Check our guide to see if you're saving enough, external
Southeastern Trains hit by track side firepublished at 17:22 BST 31 March 2016
BBC TravelSoutheastern Trains reports it is unable to run any trains between Bromley North and Grove Park because of a fire.
London Fire Brigade was called at 15:37 to a track side fire at Bromley North Station.
Two railway sleepers and part of the track have been damaged and the fire was extinguished at 16:34.
Lewisham bus fire: Boy 13 appears in court charged with arsonpublished at 17:10 BST 31 March 2016
News ShopperA teenager has appeared in court, external accused of arson in connection with a bus that caught fire near Lewisham station on Good Friday.
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Image source, LiamSelling jars of 'Brixton air'? Whatever next!published at 17:01 BST 31 March 2016
This Is Local LondonDoes the air smell sweeter where you are? Carl Casis of South Croydon, external is selling jars of "Brixton" or "Shoreditch air" - yours for £19.99.
Yup. You've heard it all now and it's not even April Fools yet.
London's most crime-riddled Tube linespublished at 16:50 BST 31 March 2016
Tube passengers are most at risk of becoming a victim of crime when travelling on the Central Line, external, it can be revealed.
Image source, PAMayor of London pays tribute to 'inspirational' Zaha Hadidpublished at 16:37 BST 31 March 2016
Zaha Hadid died following a heart attack today in a Miami hospital, where she was being treated for bronchitis.
Boris Johnson has paid tribute to her inspirational designs and buildings.
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End of X postDame Zaha Hadid dies aged 65published at 16:25 BST 31 March 2016
Zaha Hadid had a practice based in London.
She was born in Baghdad in 1950 and moved to the UK in the early 1970s where she trained at the Architectural Association in London.
Image source, Mary McCartneyHere are some of her designs:
Image source, Helene BinetImage caption, Heydar Aliyev Centre
Image source, RibaImage caption, London Aquatics Centre
The Aquatics Centre was one of her favourite buildings.
"I love the London Aquatics Centre because it's near where I live," she said in September when she received the Riba award.
The centre was designed for the London 2012 Olympic Games and the roof resembles a wave, dipping higher and lower above the racing pool and diving pit.
Get your lighters out for Ronniepublished at 16:14 BST 31 March 2016
You have been paying tribute to comedy great Ronnie Corbett who made his home in Croydon.
Image source, Jack LambertRenowned architect Zaha Hadid has died unexpectedlypublished at 16:01 BST 31 March 2016
BreakingThe Iraqi-born London based architect was the first woman to be awarded the Riba gold medal for architecture.
Her firm has confirmed the death of Dame Zaha.
Her award winning designs include the London Aquatics Centre and Guangzhou Opera House.
Image source, AFP/GettyMatch made in gaming Heaven: Fan gets to grips with game-based bionic armpublished at 15:39 BST 31 March 2016
James Young lost his arm and a leg through a train accident when he fell between two DLR train carriages in 2012.
He answered an advert for a games-fanatic amputee to receive a bionic arm based on the computer game Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain.
BBC London's Emilia Papadopoulos went to meet him.
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End of X postNot guilty verdict delivers 'no justice for Janina', family of tragic cyclist saypublished at 15:12 BST 31 March 2016
Marcel Gehlau dissolved into tears as jurors cleared the truck driver accused of killing his wife in a cycling accident.
"We are devastated by the verdict and do not feel that we have got justice for Janina," her mother Andrea Tasic said in a statement.
Image source, family"I told her I thought the roads were too dangerous when I visited her, but she was an experienced cyclist and told me not to worry, she said it would be fine.
"My only hope is that this makes people think twice before cycling in London."
Trucker cleared of careless driving over German cyclist's deathpublished at 15:05 BST 31 March 2016
Vincent Doyle failed to spot German postgraduate student Janina Gehlau, 26, in the cycle lane as he manoeurvered his truck to turn left at Ludgate Circus in central London.
She was knocked off and dragged under the wheels of his truck on 17 October in 2014.
Prosecutors said he should have been aware she was catching him up at the lights and that if his mirrors had been correctly positioned he would have had her in his sights before he began turning.
Mr Doyle, 45, of Brent, denied causing death by careless driving and jurors at the Old Bailey took less than an hour to deliberate before returning a not guilty verdict.
Barnet teenagers raise awareness about domestic abuse for Exposurepublished at 14:44 BST 31 March 2016
This Is Local LondonA group of Barnet teenagers raised awareness about domestic abuse, external by making a short film.
Latest headlines for London: IS fanatic admits pro-terror tweets and machete pops out of suspect's trouser legpublished at 14:27 BST 31 March 2016
Sitala Peek
BBC News, LondonThe biggest stories in the newsroom this afternoon:
- A man from Dagenham admits sending more than 8,000 tweets in support of so-called Islamic State
- Research starts on 'exciting' new genetic test for child cancer patients
- A suspect is tripped up by a concealed machete that fell down his trouser leg as he tried to flee
