22/04/2017 London News

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London's Mayor today gave his first interview since the election

was called and he's warned that some Labour seats in the capital

are at risk if there's a national swing against his party.

Here's our political correspondent Karl Mercer.

Right, Miles, and this group over here.

Fighting in one of the capital's most marginal seats,

a seat Labour will look to hold onto as it defends a strong

Tulip Siddiq's party holds 45 of the capital's 73 seats.

Signs today, though, that it might not all be plain sailing.

You know what he said yesterday because it was publicised.

This constituent not happy with claims made by Jeremy Corbyn

You're making statements which are so wrong.

One of the key issues here, as elsewhere, will be Brexit.

London voted to stay - the only region of England to do so.

75% of my constituents voted to remain in the European Union.

You may be aware I actually lost my job on the front bench

because I resigned in order to vote against Brexit, so I'm fighting

to make sure that we get a fair deal out of Brexit and we don't allow

Theresa May to force through a hard Brexit.

Labour will use this man in its key battlegrounds.

Sadiq Khan masterminded its success in the last local and general

He wasn't talking about Jeremy Corbyn, but about a boxing match.

At a St George's Day event in Trafalgar Square today Sadiq Khan

admitted it's likely to be him and not the party leader who's

campaigning around the country and, you know, the reality is,

whereas he'll be in Yorkshire, Newcastle, Liverpool, Wales,

Scotland, as the Mayor of London, obviously my strength is in London.

I know the city pretty well and so I'll be

Are you the leader in waiting in London?

He also knows the next few weeks will need plenty of tough talking.

The Essex MP and former Cabinet Minister Sir Eric Pickles

has said he's standing down ahead of the general election.

The 65-year-old has represented Brentwood and Ongar since 1992.

Detectives investigating an acid attack at an East End nightclub

are continuing to question two men who were arrested yesterday.

20 people were injured at the Mangle Club in Hackney

Police are still trying to trace another suspect,

For the first time ever, Chelsea, Tottenham and Arsenal

are all through to the FA Cup semifinals.

While Arsenal meet Man City tomorrow, today, Spurs

Sarah Harris has been soaking up some of the excitement.

Both sides haven't had to travel far to get to Wembley

But in football terms it's been a different story.

Chelsea may be the leaders in the league, but with north London

neighbours Tottenham so hot on their heels, the fans aren't

Da Costa has been saving himself for this game.

If he doesn't, I hate to say it, but we're likely to lose.

I wouldn't say we're entirely confident.

Hopefully John Terry will get some game time.

On the other side of the stadium, the Spurs fans seemed a little more

Can't get better than Wembley, FA Cup semifinal.

The FA Cup is one of the best cups in the world.

I hate it when people play a weaker team, we never have.

They couldn't be more excited about the game.

Many fans on both sides say they're hoping Arsenal get through tomorrow

to make it an all-London FA Cup final.

Sarah Harris, BBC London News, Wembley.

Coverage of that game in a few minutes on BBC One.

So, what's the weather going to be like for tomorrow's London Marathon?

There'll be a chilly start at Greenwich but it

The temperature will be 17 Celsius by the time the last runners

Louisa Preston will be here tomorrow evening at 6.50pm

Hello. No change to the rest of the forecast into this evening, a very

pleasant Saturday night on the way. A few showers across the far north

of the country. The winds are light, it will turn chilly tonight, 5

degrees in town centres, raw spots, a touch of frost.

Tomorrow, some