Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00
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Updates on Monday 30 November 2015
News, sport, travel and weather updates resume at 08:00 on Tuesday
Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00
Winston Churchill's War Rooms clock sold to collectorpublished at 17:57
Image source, Stride and SonA clock that was used by Winston Churchill in the Cabinet War Rooms during the war has been sold to a collector after failing to sell at auction.
The desk clock was given to George Rance, clerk and custodian of the rooms, at the end of the war in 1945.
It failed to reach its by guide price of £400 at auction in Chichester, West Sussex on 20 November.
Evening weather: Cloudy with occasional rainpublished at 17:53
It'll be cloudy with occasional spells of rain affecting most counties this evening and overnight. Mildest in the south with counties north of London perhaps becoming a little chillier. Strong coastal winds should ease a little.
Minimum temperature: 9C (48F)
World famous guitar goes Undergroundpublished at 17:49
A special edition Fender guitar has been launched bearing the London Tube map.
Image source, TfLThe Fender Stratocaster has been released to celebrate the London Transport Museum, external's "Transported by Design" programme of events, looking at the importance of design on the transport network.
Latest travel: A205 closed by Kew Bridgepublished at 17:43
BBC TravelThe A205 by Kew Bridge station is closed following reports of a manhole fire, and the A2210 in Lewisham is closed in both directions at the Jerrard Street junction because of a crane operation and local buses are on diversion.
And there's no service on Thames Cable Car between Royal Docks and Greenwich Peninsula due to high winds.
Council's new architects' department consists of one personpublished at 17:40
Inside CroydonClaims made last month by one of Croydon’s most senior employees that the council was about to re-establish an in-house team of architects, external have been decried as “total nonsense”.
Thousands of London school children exposed to harmful levels of air pollution, report suggestspublished at 17:34
Nearly 25% of all school children in London and 44% of the capital’s workforce are exposed to levels of air pollution that exceed legal and healthy limits, according to a report by think tank Policy Exchange and King’s CollegeLondon, external.
The report highlights:
- 328,000 school children and 3.8 million workers in London are exposed to unhealthy levels of nitrogen dioxide which is linked to asthma and respiratory infections
- 979 out of a total of 3,161 schools in London are over the limit for NO2.
- Children attending schools in Inner London boroughs such as Westminster, Tower Hamlets, Southwark and Camden are particularly at risk to harmful levels of NO2 pollution.
Richard Howard, author of the report, said: “London’s air is unhealthy to breathe" and “children are particularly vulnerable to unsafe levels of air pollution".
BBC Sound Of 2016 longlist revealedpublished at 17:26
Several Londoners have made the longlist for the BBC Music Sound Of 2016.
Coming up on BBC London News at 18:30published at 17:22
Riz Lateef
BBC London presenterJoin us on BBC One at 18:30 when we'll have the story of the pupils thought to be in danger of extremism mistakenly identified by their school and council.
Also tonight: why transport officials are trying to stamp out bad driving in London hotspots.
Pitshanger Lane: It's a GB High Street Comp winnerpublished at 17:05
Ealing NewsTraders and locals will be celebrating today, external after judges decided Pitshanger Lane is THE best High Street in London.
Heathrow believes government 'mood music' in favour of third runwaypublished at 16:46
Kamal Ahmed
Business editor
Image source, Getty ImagesAs controversial decision approaches, airport offers Number 10 series of pledges to try and push decision over the line.
Vauxhall helicopter crash pilot 'lost situational awareness'published at 16:40
A helicopter pilot did not deliberately breach air clearance rules but had lost situational awareness when he clipped a crane and caused a fatal crash, an inquest has heard.
Pete Barnes, 50, died when his helicopter hit a crane at The Tower in St George Wharf, Vauxhall, south London, and plunged into Wandsworth Road on the morning of 16 January 2013.
Pedestrian Matthew Wood, 39, from Sutton, Surrey, was also killed as he walked to work. Twelve other people on the ground were injured.
Buckingham Palace dining room closed over safety fearspublished at 16:31
Buckingham Palace's state dining room has been closed following concerns over the safety of its ceiling.
The Queen has been made aware of the issue at her official London residence after the problem was uncovered following a routine survey.
Image source, PAA palace spokesman said: "As the result of a routine survey, an issue was found with one of the ceiling beams in the roof space of the state dining room. Following further assessment, access to the room has been suspended."
Improvised battery charger prompts evacuationpublished at 16:11
Cult leader accused of 'vindictive cruelty'published at 16:03
Ben Ando
BBC News
Image source, PAImage caption, Aravindan Balakrishnan (left), 75, is on trial at Southwark Crown Court
A jury has been told that the former head of a communist collective in south London ran a "nest of jealousy and vindictive cruelty" in which women were routinely humiliated, sexually assaulted and raped.
Prosecutor Rosina Cottage QC, summing up at Southwark Crown Court, asked the jury whether they believed his story, that the women wanted to have sex with him because they found him irresistible.
Aravindan Balakrishnan, 75, denies charges including rape, indecent assault, child cruelty and false imprisonment against three victims.
Major works aim to bring museum and grounds back to former glorypublished at 15:49
Acton NewsWork has begun on the first phase of a multimillion pound restoration of Gunnersbury Park, external.
Monarch cancels Sharm el-Sheikh flights until new yearpublished at 15:36
Image source, PAMonarch has become the latest airline to announce it will not use Sharm el-Sheikh airport until at least the new year.
The Luton-based carrier has cancelled flights to and from the Egyptian destination up to 6 January amid security concerns following the terrorist bombing of a Russian airliner.
Passengers affected by the decision are entitled to change their booking to a later date, fly to another destination or request a refund.
The announcement comes after British Airways confirmed its flights to and fromSharm will be suspended until at least 14 January while easyJet have cancelledservices up to 6 January.
Latest updates: Primary school releases pupils' namespublished at 15:27
Esther Webber
BBC News, LondonOur top stories this afternoon:
Eurostar disrupted by cable damagepublished at 15:19
Eurostar services between London and Brussels have been disrupted, external following a suspected arson attack on signalling cables.
Image source, PAThere were long queues of passengers at St Pancras station after a number of trains were cancelled or delayed due to vandalism in Belgium.
A Eurostar spokesman said it hoped the disruption would clear before tonight but warned that it was dependent on access to the high-speed line being restored.
Uber unveils London car-sharing servicepublished at 15:04
Press AssociationTaxi app Uber is to launch a car-sharing service in London which it claims will help cut congestion. UberPOOL will allow up to three passengers to share a car and save money on the standard fare.
London will become only the second European city - after Paris - to have UberPOOL when it begins operation on Friday.
