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Chirag Trivedi and Beth Rose
Labour announces London Mayor candidate for 2016 electionpublished at 12:35
12:35Breaking
Sadiq Khanhas been elected as Labour's candidate fornext year's London mayoral election.
Image source, Labour PartyMr Khan defeatedTessa Jowell, David Lammy, Gareth Thomas, Diane Abbott and Christian Wolmar to be voted in.
He will represent Labour in next May's election.
Life sentence for Lee Rigby murder 'revenge attack'published at 12:29
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A man who tried to kill a Tesco shopper with a machete in a "revenge attack" for the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby has been given a life sentence.
Image source, CPS/North Wales PoliceZack Davies, 26, of Mold, targeted Dr Sarandev Bhambra at a store in Flintshire, in a racially motivated assault andwas convicted of attempted murder at Mold Crown Court.
Judge Rhys Rowlands said it was a "planned and racially motivated attack"
Spike in knife-point robberies of taxi driverspublished at 12:15
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Richmond & Twickenham Times
Redbridge police, external have issued a warning to taxi-drivers in the borough following a spike in the number of knifepoint robberies, external.
They believe the same group of people has been responsible for at least 12 robberies in the past month, with drivers targeted late at night and in the early hours.
Airports see record breaking passenger numberspublished at 12:06
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August was the busiest ever month for three of Britain's major airports. Heathrow, external, Gatwick, external and Manchester, external all reported record-breaking passenger numbers.
Image source, PAStatistics show that7.33 million people passed through Heathrow, up 4% on the same month last year.
Plans for 'Europe's biggest secondary school'published at 11:50
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Plans are being drawn up in east London for the biggest secondary school in the country.
Barking and Dagenham Council, external has approached an unnamed school to ask if it can expand to take 16 classes per year group, with 2,500 pupils across the school.
Chelsea Ladies 'excited' by Continental Cuppublished at 11:35
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BBC Sport
Chelsea Ladies midfielder Laura Coombs says Sunday's Continental Cup quarter-final is equally as important to the teamas their final two league games of the season.
Image source, FAThe league leaders, who are two points clear at the top, travel to Birmingham City in the last eight of the cup, having already won the FA Cup.
City farm gets 10k funding for archivespublished at 11:20
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Hackney Gazette
NewspaperAgrant of nearly £10,000 has been awarded to Hackney City Farm so thousands of itsphotos, slides and film footage can be archived.
The farm in Haggerston, was set up by volunteers in a derelict lorry yard in 1984, to provide a community learning and leisure resource based around farming and the countryside.
Corbyn will 'not desert' London constituentspublished at 10:59
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BBC London 94.9
Islington North MP Jeremy Corbyn has saidwill not desert his constituents if he is elected Labour leader tomorrow.
Mr Corbyn, who is favourite to win the leadership race, returned to the constituency last night for thefinal rally of his campaign.
Speakingbefore the event in Tufnell Park he promised leadership would not change his devotion to his London constituency.
London auuthor raises $1m for Syrian refugeespublished at 10:55
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A campaign set up by Londonauthor Patrick Ness to raise funds for Syrian refugees has raised more than $1m in one week.
Image source, Getty ImagesNess, who wrote A Monster Calls and the Chaos Walking trilogy, tweeted on Thursday that $1,018,000, or £659,755 had been raised forSave The Children, external.
London marks 9/11 anniversarypublished at 10:43
10:43
Rugby World Cup countdownpublished at 10:23
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Latest updatespublished at 10:05
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Beth Rose
BBC News Online, LondonThe top stories on BBC London Live:
-London gang crackdown seesthousands arrested in 10 weeks
-Jeremy Corbyn cheered by supportersahead of leadsershipresult
-Lidl aims to shake off budget imagewith London stores
- Chelsea Ladies excited byContinental Cup
Neat Streetspublished at 09:51
09:51
Giant cigarettes, portable ashtrays and interactive games which encourage smokers not to litter,are being pilotted in Villiers Streetas part of the Neat Streets campaign.
Westminster City Council, external said the aim was to tackle the growing problem of litter on the UK's streets.
Chelsea's loan policy defendedpublished at 09:33
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BBC Sport
Chelsea technical director Michael Emenalo has defended the club's controversial loan policy.
More than 30 playershave departed Stamford Bridge on a temporary basis, including Victor Moses, Juan Cuadrado and Mohamed Salah.
Lidl to move into central London to shed 'discount' imagepublished at 09:22
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Budget supermarket Lidl is planning to move into central London as part of a plan to shake off its discount image.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe retailer is looking for almost 300 new locations for small to medium-sized supermarkets within the M25.
Labour's leadership contestspublished at 08:58
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Vanessa Feltz
BBC London 94.9 presenterIt's a big weekend for the Labour party as their London mayoral candidate is chosen today and a new leader of the party tomorrow.
Image source, Getty ImagesWhat are your thoughts on the candidates and the leadership campaigns? You can listen live on BBC London 94.9 andcontact the team on 0207 7224 2000.
'Engine broke off' Las Vegas plane report findspublished at 08:47
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The initial report on the British Airways plane which caught fire at a Las Vegas airport suggests part of an engine broke off, smashing through the casing and landing on the runway.
Image source, Jordan MastersThe jet, which had 170 passengers and crew on board, was about to take off for Gatwick on Tuesday when it went up in flames. No-one was seriously hurt.
Latest updatespublished at 08:36
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Beth Rose
BBC News Online, LondonThe top stories on BBC London Live:
-London gang crackdown sees thousands arrested in 10 weeks
-Jeremy Corbyn cheered by supporters ahead of leadsershipresult
-Lidl aims to shake off budget image with London stores
Coming up today: Labour mayoral announcementpublished at 08:24
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Esther Webber
BBC News, LondonWhile we have to wait until tomorrow to find out whether Jeremy Corbyn has beaten off his rivals to become Labour leader, there's another big announcement coming up today.
Shortly after midday we should find out who Labour members have selected as their candidate for next year's London mayoral contest.
We'll haveall the news, reaction and analysis here - andin the meantime you can brush up on who's in the running and how the race has beenaffected byso-called Corbynmania.
Severe delays on the Central Linepublished at 08:11
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BBC Travel
Therearesevere delays this morningon theCentral Line between White City and Ealing Broadway, and between White City and West Ruislip due to signal failure at North Acton.
The A408 Stockley Road in Uxbridge is closed after an accident, causing delays in both directions between Stilwell Roundabout and Colham Roundabout.
For the latest information go to our travel page or follow us on Twitter @BBCTravelAlert., external
