07/06/2014 BBC London News

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Good evening and welcome to BBC London News. I'm Asad Ahmad.

So as you have heard a few minutes ago, DNA tests have now confirmed

that a body found in the Malaysian jungle this week is that of

Gareth Huntley. The 34-year-old from Hackney disappeared on

Tioman Island where he'd been working for a charity.

Gareth Huntley's friends and family knew the picture looked bleak

when a body was found in the dense Malaysian jungle on Wednesday.

Today, came confirmation, it was the 34-year-old

from East London who had been volunteering at this turtle project.

The BBC correspondent in Malaysia said tests had failed to shed

any light on whether this was an accident or foul play.

What the Malaysian Police have said is that the initial autopsy report

has come back unable to determine the cause of death and so further

So, still no clear answers for Gareth's mother -

on the right - who flew out to Tioman Island.

More than 100 people had searched for him there.

Their focus - a waterfall trek he told friends he was taking.

In the end, the grim discovery was made very near where he was living.

As the Foreign Office here also confirmed that the body recovered

was Gareth Huntley's, his family thanked everyone for their support

over the past week, saying they were deeply touched and deeply grateful.

Family members who travelled to Malaysia in the hope of finding

until they know more about how he died.

Two 16-year-olds have been charged with the murder of a teenager

James Hunter, who was 18, died from a single stab wound on Wells Road.

Three people have now been charged with the murder,

while a man and a boy are also being questioned about the death.

The Queen's Baton has continued its journey through London, on the home

stretch of its tour of 70 nations and territories - ahead of the

Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The baton has been travelling in style

on the Thames, getting a lift on the Royal Barge Gloriana.

The task of bringing the Queen's secret message to

the capital did not rest with just any old Thames cruiser.

The Commonwealth baton arrived on the gilded Royal Barge Gloriana.

The last time we saw Gloriana on the Thames she was leading

Those carrying the baton ashore today were ordinary

men and women from London who make a real difference working with sport.

Definitely exciting. I think with the Olympic Games only a couple of

years ago, everyone got into the spirit of things and no matter

whether you like sport or not, everyone took on what the Olympics

embodies. Hopefully, if we can pick up some of that and take it up to

Scotland, then Glasgow will be a huge success.

Millennium Bridge was transformed into a sports park for the event,

schoolchildren got the chance to try their hands

All under the watchful eye of some of the UK's best-known athletes.

It is fantastic. It's a great event to encourage kids to use sports.

A lot of the more niche sports you don't see very often on TV.

It is one of the big benefits of the Games that kids get the chance to

see and be inspired to take up different sports.

I thought it would be different and it would be exciting and fun and I

wanted to try it out and see what it was like. It is really fun.

Eventually, rain stopped play, but the welcome was far from a washout.

The countdown to Glasgow 2014 has begun.

This is hugely important. This is it now in London, UK's biggest city.

This time next week, it crosses the border at Coldstream into Scotland,

40 days around Scotland and then it's the Games!

The baton has proved a big hit in the capital and it

certainly arrived in style, but its journey continues. It's now heading

east, touring the Tower of London and tomorrow big crowds are expected

Let's take a look at the weather forecast.

After a dry night we start tomorrow with sunny spells and passing cloud.

as the temperature rises to 24 Celsius - which is similar to today.

You can keep across all the very latest on bbc.co.uk/london.

Good evening. Most of us have seen some rain so far today. It started

off in the south. As it worked its way north, we lost the thunder and

the lightning. Many of us ended the day on a decent note. After a decent

day in the north of Scotland, that band of rain marches northwards. Be

hiengd it, there is a -- behind it, there is a lot of dry weather to be

found. Most of us are dry by the end of the night and relatively mild.

Starting Sunday in Scotland, still some showers around in the south and

the west. I suspect the north and the east are getting off to a decent

start to the day. The North West, there may be a bit more cloud.

Northern Ireland doing quite well through the morning. Across Wales,

the South West, it might be a bit cloudy, but it is essentially a dry

start. The best of the morning sunshine is probably across the

Midlands and the South East. 17 or 18 Celsius at 9.00am, those

temperatures are only going in one direction. The South will have a

decent day with sunny spells and