Woman 'beheaded' in Edmonton garden

Aerial footage shows the scene as officers carry out investigations into the attack.

Forensic officers have arrived at the scene.

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Officers have cordoned off the area in Nightingale Road, Edmonton in north London.

Det Ch Insp John Sandlin added: "Whilst it is too early to speculate on what the motive behind this attack was I am confident, based on the information currently available to me, that it is not terrorist related.

"Local officers and specialist detectives are at the scene and will remain there for many hours to come.

"Specially trained family liaison officers will be deployed to support the family; we request that their privacy is respected at this very difficult time."

Det Ch Insp John Sandlin, who is leading this investigation, said: "This is was a highly visible attack in broad daylight on a residential street.

"I can understand why this may cause people concern, however we are confident that we are not looking for anyone else at this stage."

The Met said the injured officer is believed to have broken his wrist during the arrest.

Taser was discharged by officers.

To recap: a 25-year-old was detained by firearm officers and was arrested on suspicion of murder.

The Met said a firearms officers was injured during the arrest.

Officers have not yet spoken to the woman's next of kin.

The Met says the incident is being investigated by the Homicide Command unit.

At this stage, anti-terrorist officers from the Specialist Operations branch are not leading the inquiry.

In the 16:00 bulletin, reporter Jonathan Savage has more details on the woman who was stabbed to death in Edmonton.

There's also more from the mother whose 14-year-old daughter has been missing since last Thursday.

People shouldn't jump to conclusions; clearly an extremely serious incident but probably too early to conclude definitively if this is linked in any way to events in the rest of the world.

Queens Park Rangers Football Club has begun a consultation on its plans for a 40,000 seat stadium at Old Oak Common.

The west London Premier League club says it would create thousands of new homes and jobs. The consultations will give local people an opportunity to review the plans.

There are unconfirmed reports the woman was beheaded but the police are not commenting at this stage.

They say it's "too early" to say if there was a terrorist motive to the killing.

They do not know at this stage if the victim and suspect were known to each other.

A spokeswoman from the London Ambulance Service said: "We were called at 13:13 to an incident in Nightingale Road, Edmonton.

"We sent a number of resources to the scene including London's Air Ambulance, an ambulance crew and a duty manager. Sadly, a woman was found dead at the scene."

This picture shows the emergency services at the scene in Edmonton.

Amy Winehouse's mother has revealed that the last time she saw her daughter, the Back To Black singer was so drunk she had to be carried down the stairs of her own Camden home.

Janis Winehouse described the scene in her book about her daughter who was found dead at her north London home on July 23 2011 after a very public struggle with addiction.

She said she visited her there the day before she died and found "broken bottles of white wine" lying around the house in Camden.

Our top local story this hour on BBC London 94.9:

A man has been arrested following the death of a woman in Nightingale Road, Edmonton, north London, this lunchtime.

Officers found the woman collapsed in the garden area of a house at just after 13:00 - police and London Ambulance are currently still on the scene.

Me and Spike in Finchley. Hear fond memories from his famous friends on BBC One at 18:30.

Nearly half of patients wait too long for elective surgery at Queen's and King George, according to the Romford Recorder.

They have had to wait more than 18 weeks, the Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust board.

Nationally, trusts are expected to ensure no more than 10% of patients have to wait longer than that some period.

Police are warning the elderly to be vigilant after a Romford pensioner thwarted a police-impersonating fraudster from conning him out of his savings, reports the Romford Recorder.

Police divers are searching the River Brent in the hunt for missing Alice Gross.

In the 14:00 bulletin:

• Mother of missing school girl talks about her daughter's anorexia
• Tottenham MP David Lammy wants to be the next mayor
• QPR are beginning a consultation over plans to build a new 40,000-seat stadium at Old Oak Common

A mafia fugitive is to fight extradition for a second time when he appears in court later this month, reports the Press Association.

Domenico Rancadore will appear before Senior District Judge Howard Riddle at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 29 September.

The 65-year-old, who did not appear at today's pre-trial review, is on bail ahead of a second attempt to send him back to Italy to serve a seven-year sentence for association with the Mafia.

Camden Council is preparing to introduce charges for the use of public toilets and sell digital advertising on the side of its buildings in an effort to plug a £70m funding gap, says the Ham & High.

The plans are part of a raft of new money-making schemes devised by the council to deal with government cuts, which also include a levy on late-night bars and corporate sponsorship of public parks.

Alice's mother Rosalind Hodgkiss has told Vanessa Feltz that the 14-year-old had just been diagnosed with anorexia.

"She was going through a tough time in a number of ways and we are wondering whether her disappearance had anything to do with that, but we don't know.

"That is the main reason why we have had such concerns for her well being and her health in particular."

Yvonne Hall will be reporting live from the Grand Union Canal this lunchtime, the scene where missing school girl Alice Gross's bag was found on Tuesday.

Also on the lunchtime news, BBC London has discovered that Brent Council allowed a landlord to continue renting to a man on housing benefits even though its own inspectors said his home wasn't fit to be lived in.

The Met has released an image of the bag which was found along the canal in the search for Alice Gross.

In the 13:00 bulletin, missing school girl Alice Gross's mother Rosalind has told Vanessa Feltz they're becoming increasingly desperate.

David Lammy may have tough competition from Dame Tessa Jowell, who has previously said she was thinking about standing as London Mayor.

This story by the New Statesman from last November outlined possible Labour candidates including Diane Abbott and Sadiq Khan.

Beer drinkers in London and Surrey are paying "rip off" prices - an average of £3.79 a pint, compared with just £3.03 in Herefordshire - according to the latest edition of the Good Pub Guide.

The Guardian reports there's a 76p-a-pint difference between Herefordshire and London which is bigger than last year's differential of 65p.

Officers said the bag found beside the River Brent contained items which have been identified by her family as belonging to Alice Gross.

Her family are expected to give an interview to the media later.

David Cameron and Barack Obama have vowed not to waver in their determination to confront the Islamic State militants who have already murdered two Americans and threatened to kill a British hostage next.

On the 12:00 bulletin, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has told BBC London 94.9 it is not a case of the West versus the rest of the world.

George Clooney has been announced as the director of Hack Attack, a film based on the phone-hacking scandal, reports the Press Gazette.

The 53-year-old, who is the son of journalist Nick Clooney, said: "This has all the elements - lying, corruption, blackmail - at the highest levels of government by the biggest newspaper in London."

It is based on a book by the Guardian's Nick Davies.

In 1909 the first Boy Scout rally took place at Crystal Palace in London.

In 1970 Russian ballerina Natalia Makarova defected to the West during a visit to London by the Kirov Ballet.

Coming up, Vanessa Feltz will be quizzing Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg just after 11:30.

Live live on the iPlayer.

Brent councillors could receive a 25% increase in pay despite a host of "swingeing cuts" being made across services to tackle a £53m budget shortfall, reports the Kilburn Times.

Helen Bamaber, who travelled from her London home to join members of the Jewish Relief Unit caring for survivors of the Belsen concentration camp, is one of the people mentioned in our column covering the deaths of significant - but lesser reported - people in the past month.

When she returned home, she set up the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, which has helped 50,000 victims from 90 countries.

David Cameron's told the BBC he's personally supervising the government's efforts to secure the release of the British hostage seized by Islamic State militants.

And the PM says he hasn't ruled out the possibility of British warplanes carrying out air strikes after IS militants murdered two American journalists.

Hear more in our 11:00 bulletin.

Three men have been arrested in connection with violent disorder at this year's Notting Hill Carnival.

Two 19-year-old men and were arrested for violent disorder, while a 17 year-old youth was arrested for grievous bodily harm.

All have been bailed to return to a West London police station in early October.

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A 26-year-old woman has died in hospital three days after being stabbed at a house in Walthamstow.

A six-year-old child was also injured in the attack at a residential property in Hatherley Road on Monday.

Screaming teenage girls lined the entrance to Radio 1 this morning at BBC Broadcasting House to catch a glance of 5 Seconds of Summer.

The band were there to announce the Radio 1 Teen Awards.

A murder investigation's underway after a 51-year-old man was killed during a fight in Enfield.

And Scotland Yard says a report that's found some police forces are on the verge of giving up on common offences like car crime and criminal damage doesn't apply in London.

Find out more details and reaction in the 1000 bulletin.

Some 21 firefighters tackled a blaze at a scrap yard in Raynes Park, south-west London, earlier today.

There were no reports of any injuries, and the cause of the fire is under investigation.

An exhibition celebrating the 60-year career of one of the leading fashion and portrait photographers of the 20th century, Horst P Horst, opens at the V&A museum in London.

An article about Kentish Town in the Economist depicted the area as being "resistant to change".

The Kentish Towner disagrees, saying: "It is precisely because it is a mixed community that Kentish Town works."

A London council has allowed a landlord to continue providing accommodation to a man on housing benefits, despite its own inspectors finding his home wasn't fit for occupation.

In response to BBC London's findings, Brent Council said it is bringing in licensing procedures for landlords from January. Local MP Sarah Teather says the issue of tenants being evicted for making complaints should also be addressed.

You can find out more on this story on BBC London 94.9.'s Vanessa Feltz programme now.

I'm after your school uniform photos for a forthcoming BBC News Online feature about how they have changed over the years.

They can be from this week, a year or two ago or even further back! Send them to london.locallive@bbc.co.uk with a little information and I'll get in touch if we plan to use yours.

On the 0900 bulletin, a London MP is calling for new laws to crack down on revenge evictions, where tenants who complain to their landlord are forced out.

BBC London 94.9 has learned a London council allowed a landlord to rent a room to a man on housing benefit that the council's own inspectors had ruled was not fit to live in.

How difficult is it to find somewhere to rent in the capital? More with me from 0900.

There is disruption to some flights in and out of City Airport due to fog this morning and passengers are advised to check with their airlines before setting out .

For the latest information go to our travel page or on Twitter @BBCLondonTravel.

London could be faced with a shortage of teachers specialising in maths and science, new figures suggest.

According to information obtained by BBC London, about half of teacher training courses for the two subjects have unfilled spaces.

South West Trains services in and out of Waterloo are running with delays of about 15 minutes following earlier signal problems.

For the latest information go to our travel page or on Twitter @BBCLondonTravel

It will be a dry day, with morning low cloud and mist patches lifting to give rather cloudy conditions, but also some sunny spells with temperatures reaching a high of around 23C (73F).

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