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

Two brothers from London have been charged by police investigating an acid attack on a mother of six during a night out.

Geoffrey Midmore, 26, and 22-year-old Billy Midmore are accused over the attack on Carla Whitlock, 37, who was left with severe injuries to her face, eyes, neck and arms.

Geoffrey Midmore has been charged with grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent and conspiracy to commit GBH with intent. Billy Midmore has been charged with conspiracy to commit GBH with intent, Hampshire Constabulary said. 

Mrs Whitlock was taken to hospital following the incident outside the Turtle Bay restaurant in Guildhall Square, Southampton, on 18 September but has since been discharged.

BBC Weather

It will stay dry overnight, with long clear periods. It will also turn fairly chilly, particularly away from built up areas such as London, with temperatures dipping into single figures. 

Lows: 9C (48F).

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Harrow Times

People in Harrow have come in the top 10 in London for those who walk for recreation, external, according to a new league table published today from Target Ovarian Cancer.

Riz Lateef
BBC London presenter

Tonight on BBC London News, we'll have the story of the barrister who avoided jail after commuting by train for two years without paying. 

We'll also be speaking to Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes about life after the hit series - and being turned into a work of art himself.

Join me from 18:30 on BBC One.

BBC Travel

Taxi drivers are staging a demonstration in central London affecting Fleet Street, Aldwych and the Strand. Police are advising people to avoid the area. 

There are also problems crossing the river in east London, with an accident on the approach to the Blackwall Tunnel and the Woolwich Ferry suspended in both directions.

Hackney Gazette
Newspaper

Five people were taken to hospital last night after a carbon monoxide leak, external in Dalston.

Detectives investigating the death of a man whose body was recovered from Regent's Canal last Thursday have named him as Sebastiano Magnanini, 46, from Italy.

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Although the cause of death is unknown at this stage, police are treating his death as suspicious and urge anyone with information to contact them, external.

Eddie Nestor
BBC London 94.9, presenter

On Drivetime tonight: we'll be talking about the news that the UK is to spend £25million on a prison for Jamaicans who can't be deported because of the country's poor prison conditions.

And over 80,000 people have signed a petition opposing new rules on how private hire companies like Uber operate in London.

Tune in now to BBC London 94.9 and join in the conversation on Twitter, external.

Transport for London's consultation on private hire regulation has been criticised by business lobbying group London First. 

David Leam, the group's infrastructure director, said: “Black cabs are a great brand.... But they are expensive compared to taxis in other major cities and are not always available where and when consumers want them."

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He argued TfL's proposals, which include the requirement to be able to book seven days in advance, "make it harder for new companies to provide what consumers want".

Four men have been found guilty of attacking a Croydon man and leaving him brain damaged on the Greek island of Crete. 

Former professional footballer Robert Hughes (pictured) was assaulted in Malia in 2008. 

Curtis Taylor, Daniel Bell, Sean Branton and Joseph Bruckland were convicted of causing grievous bodily harm in 2012, but they later appealed.

The men, from Horley and Hookwood in Surrey, were in Crete for the retrial.

BBC Sport

Middlesex have released left-arm seamer Gurjit Sandhu.

The 23-year-old academy graduate only made a total of 18 first-team appearances for the county following his debut in 2011, and did not play a first-class game in 2015.

BBC London Facebook

Earlier we posted a photo feature by BBC journalist Jon Kelly which posed the question: Has London succeeded at the expense of the rest of the UK?

Image source, Jason Hawkes

On our Facebook page, external:

William Healey, external wrote: Of course it has. So many sectors you can only get up the ladder in a reasonable time by coming to London. I'm considering going to Berlin for a change of life; I'll never afford a nice place to live with the current climate in London.

Bita Nahal Peace, external wrote: London is a city of immense prosperity and power. But it has succeeded at the expense of the rest of the WORLD rather!!!! ;( 

An cupboard under the stairs has been put up for rent in south west London for £500 a month - plus bills.

Image source, Alex Lomax

Alex Lomax, 23, went to view the flatshare in Clapham, south west London, which she said was described as "furnished" in an online listing.

The BBC has contacted the landlord for comment but they haven't yet responded. Seen anything like this while flat-hunting? Email us

Esther Webber
BBC News, London

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Two men have denied being involved in the Hatton Garden raid which saw valuables worth more than £10m stolen. 

Paul Reader, 50, of Dartford Road, Dartford, and Carl Wood, 58, of Elderbeck Close, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, pleaded not guilty to one count each of conspiracy to commit burglary.

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Three other men entered not guilty pleas to the same charges earlier in the month. The raid over the Easter weekend saw thieves break into the vault in London's diamond district, after using a drill to bore a hole 20in deep, 10in high and 18in into the vault wall.

Brent and Kilburn Times
Newspaper

Thousands more homeowners and businesses in Brent will have high-speed broadband internet, external at their finger tips under plans for a £50million fibre broadband roll-out to cities announced by internet provider BT.

Tim Donovan
BBC London, Political Editor

A source close to the shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, said he had at no stage had any conversation with Sadiq Khan about the top rate of taxation, and had not changed his mind as a result of any intervention.

On the Today programme this morning Mr Khan said: "John is listening - I was quite quick to explain in my view that a 60p top rate of tax would not make sense - John McDonnell agrees with me now and has changed his mind."

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The source added that McDonnell had made clear since becoming shadow chancellor that the 60 pence top rate was something that was not being pursued at this time.

Mr McDonnell told ITV News earlier this week, external he was open to debating it.

Visitor numbers at the National Gallery have fallen because of industrial action by workers in a long-running row over privatisation. 

The gallery's new director, Gabriele Finaldi, said it had "inevitably suffered" from thewalkouts by members of the Public and Commercial Services Unionbut stressed the fall was not significant.

Image source, EPA

The union is protesting at visitor services, including security, being privatised. Around 200 staff have been taking action throughout this year leaving large sections of the London museum closed to visitors.

Press Association

The gap between house prices in the South and the North of England has reached a record high, exceeding £150,000 for the first time, Nationwide Building Society has reported. 

Prices in southern England - including the South West, the South East, London and the commuter belt areas as well as East Anglia - have increased by 8% year on year. 

Meanwhile, those in the North - which the report takes to be the Midlands as well as Yorkshire and Humberside, the North West and the North East - have edged up by just 1% annually.