Allegations that London’s deputy mayor for policing conspired with council officials to commit misconduct in public office will not be investigated by the independent police watchdog, it was announced today.

Part of Regent’s Street will close again tomorrow so engineers can carry out repairs to a collapsed sewer and a leaky pipe to prevent a “possibly catastrophic burst” in the future.

The family of Drummer Lee Rigby, killed in the brutal attack in Woolwich this week, spoke today about how he was a “devoted father” and a “hero”, and how their “hearts have been ripped apart”.

Soldier Lee Rigby, who was killed in a brutal attack in Woolwich, has been formally identified but the cause of his death was not confirmed by a post-mortem examination, police said today.

A London council today lost a Court of Appeal legal fight over how it funds policing of unlicensed sex shops, saying it would mean a “free-for-all for the sex industry”.

A man appeared in court today charged with the murder of four British soldiers in the 1982 Hyde Park bombing.

A female flight attendant has been charged following the seizure at Heathrow Airport of a stash of cocaine worth around £600,000.

Both runways at Heathrow Airport had to be shut this morning after a British Airways plane made an emergency landing.