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• Why is London really getting more theatres?

  Developers and producers increasingly see the venues as a good way to boost an area.

• Police chief: Attackers of PCs 'must be jailed, no ifs no buts'

  The head of police commissioners calls for harsher sentences for people who hurt police officers.

• Airport security: 3D baggage scanners could end liquid restrictions

  Airports must introduce 3D baggage screening before the end of 2022, the government announces.

• British Airways strike: Passengers angry at airline 'silence'

  Customers say they are unable to get in touch with BA, as the airline says it is fielding 40,000 calls.

• Maidstone stabbing: Man killed and four others injured

  Four others were injured and four men have been arrested on suspicion of murder, police say.

• Guy Fawkes and Oliver Cromwell 'heads' stolen from London tourist attraction

  A model of Sir Thomas More was also taken from London Bridge Experience.

• Man steals historic heads from London tourist attraction

  The figures of Guy Fawkes, Sir Thomas More and Oliver Cromwell were taken on Saturday morning.

• BA passenger tried calling 'more than 200 times'

  Ben Pywell, from London, says his honeymoon flight has been cancelled but he can't contact BA.

• Notting Hill Carnival: Revellers swelter in record heat

  More than a million people are expected to attend the Notting Hill Carnival.

• UK weather: Hottest late August bank holiday weekend on record

  Forecasters warn temperatures could get even hotter, after 33.3C is reached in west London.