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It will be mainly cloudy this evening with patchy rain towards the east.

Temperatures will stay mild tonight beneath the thick cloud cover. Min temp: 9C (48F)

It's the London Marathon on Sunday and as always BBC London 94.9 will be bringing you roadside coverage of every ounce of blood, sweat and tears poured.

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Coverage starts at 0830 on Sunday with reporters on the start line ready for the elite wheelchair races that start at 09:00, plus:

• The elite women runners set off at 09:20
• The elite men's race gets underway at 10:10

Listen live to BBC London 94.9 as we bring you all the colour of the largest annual charity fundraising event in the world and we'll be at landmarks like the start line in Blackheath, the Cutty Sark, Tower Bridge, Canary Wharf, the Embankment and the finish on the Mall.

Two east London gang members have been jailed for a "frenzied, adrenaline and probably a drug-fuelled" double murder, carried out in order to obtain their rivals' client list.

Alex Bernard, 21, and Casey Jones, 19, lured drug dealers Aaron Carriere, 21, and Josiah Manful, 20, to a quiet street in Leytonstone, east London, and stabbed them 24 times in less than 60 seconds on 1 March, 2014.

A judge at the Old Bailey jailed them both for life with Jones ordered to serve a minimum of 34 years and Bernard ordered to serve a minimum of 31 years.

The Museum of London is comparing 500 skeletons of medieval Londoners with 500 skeletons from industrial-era city dwellers to see what impact mechanisation may have had on our bodies.

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Jelena Bekvalac who is leading the project said: "The most tangible evidence we have for the long-term consequences of the industrialisation process upon us is, quite simply, written in our bones."

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The study will also assess the impact of diseases on our bodies and the results will be published online.

A 14-year-old boy has appeared before Westminster magistrates accused of inciting acts of terrorism in Australia and has been refused bail, reports ABC's Europe correspondent Barbara Miller.

His case has been referred to the Old Bailey, she adds.

The boy who cannot be named for legal reasons is the youngest person in the UK to be charged with a terrorism offence, reports BBC home affairs correspondent Daniel Sandford.

A financial trader accused by US authorities of contributing to the 2010 Wall Street crash has failed to post bail and must remain in custody in London this weekend.

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Navinder Singh Sarao, 36, from Hounslow, is wanted by US authorities on charges of wire fraud, commodities fraud and market manipulation.

He is fighting extradition to the US but has failed to pay the £5m bail set by Westminster magistrates for his release.

London's Conservative mayor Boris Johnson and Labour leader Ed Miliband have exchanged insults today over the future of the capital's economy.

The mayor claims Mr Miliband would be forced by the Scottish Nationalists to direct money away from London, but the Labour leader denies this. That's the top story on BBC London 94.9 at 17:00

Ed Miliband told me he disagrees with Ken Livingston's view (which aired on Eddie Nestor's Drivetime show last night) that the decision of Tower Hamlets voters to elect Lutfur Rahman should "not have been overturned by an unelected bureaucrat".

He said: "I disagree with Ken on this one. I think the court has made its judgement. It's reached its findings and it should be respected."

As if running the London Marathon wasn't hard enough, these entrants are guaranteed to be spotted wearing these elaborate costumes on Sunday.

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Andy Church, Heather Smith and Laura Jones from Witney, who are attempting to run as the fastest marathon in a three-person costume, join Debbie Leeland and Paula Marshall (fastest three legged), Paul Simons (fastest marathon dressed as a bottle), Thomas Bolton (fastest marathon dressed as a telephone box), Gemma Kirkham (fastest marathon dressed as a framed painting) and Jerry Know (fastest marathon dribbling two basketballs).

Phew!

A driver who changed his name by deed poll to 'Mr X 'in order to evade a £60 speeding fine has been jailed for perjury and perverting the course of justice.

Ashley X, of Clyfford Road, Ealing, was filmed driving his Honda sports car at 67mph (107kmph) in a 50mph (80kmph) zone of the M11 in Essex in 2009.

"For five years he tried to deny the offence," police said, by claiming that his cousin was behind the wheel and forging a letter to support the bogus account. X has been sentenced to nine months in jail and was ordered to pay £1,200 in court costs.

Congratulations to actor Alan Rickman, 69, has married his partner of 50 years Rima Horton.

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The pair met when they were at school when he was 19 and she was 18. They have lived together in London for 50 years and recently wed in secret in New York, he told the German magazine Bild.

Boris Johnson has claimed a Labour/SNP deal after the election could put London's economy at risk. The Mayor was speaking in Stanmore earlier and warned Ed Miliband would be "hobbled" by the Scottish Nationalists, and forced to steer investment away from London. That's the top story on BBC London 94.9 at 16:00.

Ed Miliband said funding would not be sent elsewhere if London needed it.

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"I'm going to stand up for the whole of the United Kingdom and London's incredibly important to me. It's an incredibly important driver of economic growth throughout the country, but it's also important because as I say it's a tale of two cities.

"There is a divided London and that's what we've got to change so all of our policies to put working people first, building homes, dealing with local wages they're absolutely crucial to London."

Ed Miliband said in response to claims of negative campaigning by the Boris Johnson: " I'm not worried about it because I think it defeats the Conservative party. I think Mr Positive has gone negative if that's what's happened to Boris Johnson. It shows its a desperate campaign and they're losing the argument."

Following Mr Johnson's claim that any future Labour/SNP deal would damage London's economy, Mr Miliband said: "HSBC has said the number one risk is getting out of the European Union and Boris Johnson's party is drifting towards exist from the European Union. That's the biggest threat.

"Frankly Boris is trying to stir up England versus Scotland. He should be defending the UK."

but Transport for London says work on the westbound carriageway heading out of London has been completed ahead of schedule over the past two weekends and no longer needs to be closed.

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"That's good news for everyone," a spokesman said.

As the 2015 general election approaches, the BBC is looking in detail at some of the big challenges the next government will face.

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Airport capacity is an issue that affects many thousands of voters, but has not been given too much attention by political parties in this campaign.

Business Editor Kamal Ahmed looks at the pressure to expand airports, or build new ones.

Met Police and government officials should have intervened in Tower Hamlets politics before Lutfur Rahman's case went to the election court, a local blogger and author has claimed.

Police have yet to act after a High Court election judge found the former mayor guilty yesterday of corrupt practices. That's the top story on BBC London 94.9 at 15:00.

Ed Miliband has told BBC London 94.9 that "Mr Positive has gone negative if that's what happened to Boris Johnson" - in response to the mayor claiming a Labour/SNP deal would wreck London's economy.

The head of the Met's Flying Squad has compared the heist in Hatton Garden over Easter to the blockbuster film Ocean's Eleven.

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Det Supt Craig Turner gave his first interview since the raid on last night's Crimewatch on BBC One and offered a £20,000 reward to help catch the gang that pulled off what could turn out to be Britain's biggest ever heist.

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If HSBC were to leave the UK - and that is a very big, costly, politically difficult if - it would be a significant moment for the City and Britain's place as the home of major global banks.

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It has confirmed today that it is reconsidering whether London is the best place for its HQ. Here's my take on how likely it is to go.

BBC News Magazine tweets: The are now fewer than 10,000 traditional red telephone boxes left in the UK http://bbc.in/1QorKZn

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Do you live near one? Does it still work? Send us a photo

Are you ready for the London Marathon? Perhaps this will get you in the spirit:

"When we came off of Tower Bridge 35 years ago we took a right hand turn and we got into an area of London that was kind of run down, old factories, a lot of boarded up buildings..."

"It was a rainy day and there were a lot of cobblestones".

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Dick Beardsley and Inge Simonsen crossed the finish line of the first London Marathon hand in hand. Here they relive that moment of true sportsmanship.

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Labour's Jim Fitzpatrick, who's standing for re-election as the MP for Poplar and Limehouse, has told BBC London 94.9 he hopes yesterday's ruling on Lutfur Rahman's election fraud will mean a fresh start for Tower Hamlets.

Ed Miliband is at a rally with supporters inside an Ealing community centre.. Cheers as he says he'd repeal health and social care act. #GE2015

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There are just under two weeks to go until London goes to the polls to decide which party should represent its 73 seats.

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In the 2010 election, while the country opted for Conservative, Labour edged ahead in the capital.

Jeremy Vine takes a look at what is at stake in London.

Generally a dry and bright afternoon, with some sunny intervals. Feeling pleasantly warm in any bright or sunnier spells. However, cloud will continue to increase from the southwest during the afternoon.

Maximum temperature: 20C (68F).

We've just received this statement from Tower Hamlets Council: "Following the election judgment on 23 April, which found against Mr Lutfur Rahman and Mr Alibor Choudhury, Tower Hamlets Council has now published notices for the elections of an executive mayor and councillor for the Stepney Green ward.

"These combined elections will be held on 11 June 2015. They will be delivered by John Williams, the council's acting returning officer, who was cleared of all allegations related to fraudulent practice in the delivery and administration of the 2014 Mayoral elections."

Boris Johnson has claimed a Labour/SNP deal after the election could put London's economy at risk.

The mayor, was speaking earlier in Stanmore, warned Ed Miliband would be "hobbled" by the Scottish Nationalists, and forced to steer investment away from London.

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He says the capital's economy is driving the whole of the UK and claims the Labour leader could threaten that: "What is the hope for investment in London from a Miliband government that is in the pocket of the Scottish Nationalist Party?

What can any Mayor of London hope to achieve in any negotiations with the government if that Lab government must in turn negotiate for every penny packet of spending with the Scottish Nationalist Party?"

Pressure is mounting on Scotland Yard to act on allegations of electoral fraud in Tower Hamlets.

Peter Golds, leader of the Conservatives in the borough, says the Met has ignored complaints dating back decades and one of the four people who succeeded in getting Lutfur Rahman forced out as mayor claims they were obstructed and intimidated by police as they tried to gather evidence for the election court case.

That's the top story on BBC London 94.9 at 13:00.

Ben Fasina was attacked with knives and hammers in Thamesmead, last October, the Old Bailey heard.

Alvin Ansah-Baaphy, 23, Bliss Duodo, 22, and Louis Henry, 22, are accused of the murder and conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm.

They deny all charges.

Mr Ngolo denies conspiring to cause grievous bodily harm.

A 25-year-old man was murdered in a "brutal" revenge attack ordered by a convicted drug dealer from his prison cell, a court has heard.

Steven Ngolo, 22, was serving a sentence for supplying cannabis and allegedly gave instructions to attack Ben Fasina who had apparently robbed a low-level drug courier.

Ngolo, who was being held in Thameside Prison in south-east London, was livid when he heard about the robbery and was recorded on his prison phone urging others to take retribution, Mark Fenhalls QC, prosecuting, said.

Chris Dercon is to leave the Tate Modern in 2017 after six years in charge of the museum.

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Dercon, an art historian, documentary filmmaker and cultural producer, is to take up a position with Berlin's experimental Volsbuhne Theatre.

A hi-tech signalling system which will eventually control all of Britain's trains could potentially be hacked to cause a serious crash, according to a scientist who advises the government.

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Prof David Stupples, from City University in London, told the BBC plans to replace ageing signal lights with new computers could leave the rail network exposed to cyber-attacks. UK tests of the European Rail Traffic Management System are under way.

Network Rail, which is in charge of the upgrade, acknowledges the threat.

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Scotland Yard's facing growing criticism for failing to act on allegations of electoral fraud in Tower Hamlets.

The leader of the Conservatives in the borough says the Met's ignored complaints dating back decades. One of the four people who succeeded in getting Lutfur Rahman forced out as mayor claims they were obstructed and intimidated by the police as they tried to gather evidence for their court case.

Nicole Kidman is to return to the London stage, 17 years on from her critically acclaimed West End debut.

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The Australian actress will play scientist Rosalind Franklin in the UK premiere of Photograph 51, directed by Michael Grandage.

A 14-year-old British boy accused of inciting a terrorist beheading and an attack on an Anzac Day event in Australia has been remanded at Westminster Magistrates' Court to youth detention accommodation.

Police want to trace a cyclist who collided with a woman near Tower Bridge and left her lying face down on the footpath.

The 44-year-old woman had been walking down Abbey Street with her husband at about 18:00 on 14 April.

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They crossed the road at the junction of Tower Bridge and met an oncoming cyclist on the footpath. The woman fell to the ground and suffered significant facial injuries, police said.

"If not for her husband and a member of the public stopping to help she would have been left on that footpath," Sgt David Hunt said.

Having sailed through choppy waters earlier in the year London's property market seems to be heading into much calmer seas according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Nick Clegg says he hopes HSBC will keep its headquarters in Britain after the country's biggest bank confirmed it's considering moving elsewhere.

Analysts believe HSBC wants to base itself in Hong Kong because it makes most of its money in Asia, it would pay less tax and face less stringent regulation.

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HSBC employs thousands of people in the City and Canary Wharf. That's the top story on BBC London 94.9 at 11:00

ABC Europe correspondent Barbara Miller tweets: 14 year-old British boy due to appear at Westminster Magistrate's Court London on charges of inciting acts of terrorism in Australia.

BBC home affairs correspondent Daniel Sandford says the 14-year-old is the youngest person to be charged with a terrorist offence in the UK.

The CPS charged the teenager with inciting someone to attack an Anzac parade in Australian and inciting someone to behead someone. Under British law the teenager can't be named because of his age.

This summer, for the first time in a decade, England will be heading to a major tournament without their record goalscorer Kelly Smith.

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But the Arsenal forward has no regrets about her decision to retire from international football earlier this year.

Film festival Sundance London is to return next year with a new venue.

The UK off-shoot of the US independent film festival will take place at the new Picturehouse Central cinema on Shaftesbury Avenue, from 2016.

A man has died in a house fire in Oval which took hold in the ground floor, first floor, second floor and roof.

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About 60 firefighters tackled the fire in Richborne Terrace at about 03:10. It was under control by 04:58 but a man was declared dead at the scene. London Fire Brigade is investigating the cause.

HSBC has confirmed it is considering moving its headquarters out of the UK. It employs thousands of people in Canary Wharf but analysts believe it wants to move to Hong Kong.

That's the top story on BBC London 94.9 at 10:00.

"We had to be amateur detectives" collecting statements after the election, lead petitioner Andy Erlam has told Vanessa Feltz on BBC London 94.9.

"If we had lost we would have been penniless, but injustice makes your blood boil."

Mr Erlam said he and the other petitioners had to overcome intense community intimidation in order to present their legal challenge to hold , with some being warned "your families will be murdered if you give evidence". But the petitioner's were successful and the High Court declared the election void.

Lead petitioner Andy Erlam has been telling Vanessa Feltz on BBC London 94.9 how he went about his 'David and Goliath fight' to challenge the fraudulent Tower Hamlets election result and take on the corrupt "mayor".

Because Mr Erlam was standing as a mayoral candidate himself in May 2014 he was allowed access to different polling stations and what he saw there shocked him.

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Mr Erlam said he was appalled to see people being given election leaflets on their way into the polling station and even saw people being accompanied into the polling booth in Tower Hamlets.

He immediately complained to election officers and police and was "astonished" to be told no complaints had been made at the end of the day. In fact 131 complaints had been made about the election on 22 May.

The Metropolitan Police has offered a £40,000 reward for information on the linked murders of a bunny girl and a teenager.

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Eve Stratford, 22, who worked at London's Playboy club, was found with her throat slashed in her home in Leyton, east London, in March 1975.

Six months later, Lynne Weedon, 16, died after being attacked and raped near her home in Hounslow, west London. A link was made in 2006 after matching DNA was found on the victims.

The deputy mayor of Tower Hamlets, Oliur Rahman, says yesterday's High Court Ruling against Lutfur Rahman (no relation) came as a great shock and the former mayor may yet seek a judicial review.

Oliur Rahman said he respected the judge's decision but added: "If people say there is no racism in Tower Hamlets, they are very much mistaken.

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"There is institutional racism ... They are very much mistaken if they turn round and say there is no racism."

Giving his judgement yesterday Electoral Commissioner Richard Mawrey QC said, "On past form, it appears inevitable that Mr [Lutfur] Rahman will denounce this judgment as yet another example of the racism and Islamophobia that have hounded him throughout his political life. It is nothing of the sort."

The police are coming under increasing pressure to arrest Lutfur Rahman after a judge found him guilty of electoral fraud and removed him from office as Mayor of Tower Hamlets.

The Met says it takes allegations of fraud extremely seriously but the leader of the Conservatives in the borough has accused it of ignoring complaints dating back years. That's the top story on BBC London 94.9 at 09:00.

Police have named a man and teenager who died in a motorcycle collision in east London.

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Justas Pranckunas, 20, and Redas Dainys, 16, both from Lithuania, were killed in the incident on Woodford Avenue in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Post-mortem examinations established cause of death for both males as multiple injuries.

Scotland Yard is considering whether to launch a criminal inquiry into the former mayor of Tower Hamlets Lutfur Rahman after he was found guilty of electoral fraud and removed from office with immediate effect.

I'll have more reaction to that on my show on BBC London 94.9 from 09:00.

Blackwall Tunnel (Southern Approach) is part blocked northbound at Woolwich Road following a collision. This is adding to the normal queues back past Sun in the Sands.

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A £20,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the gang responsible for the Hatton Garden heist.

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On BBC One's Crimewatch, Det Supt Craig Turner, head of the Flying Squad, appealed for witnesses to the burglary, which took place over Easter.

New CCTV images of the thieves entering and leaving Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Ltd have been released.

High speed services in and out of St Pancras are delayed by 20 minutes because of overhead line problems.

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Waterloo-bound trains are on a go-slow between Brookwood and Woking because of a track defect, so expect some delays.

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The are minor delays between Bank and Poplar after a train broke down at Bank.

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Any early mist or fog will clear quickly to leave a fine morning with plenty of sunshine. Cloud will increase during the afternoon but it will still feel warm in any sunshine.

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Maximum temperature: 18C (68F).

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