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BBC London 94.9's Vanessa Feltz is to be honoured with one of the British radio industry's highest accolades. She's to be inducted into the Radio Academy Hall of Fame, which recognises broadcasters who've made an outstanding contribution to the sound of British radio. Vanessa was a contestant on #StrictlyComeDancing in 2013. BBC London 94.9's David Friend has asked judge Len Goodman for his reaction to the news...

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg speaks to BBC London 94.9's David Friend about the murder of Abdul Rahman Kassig, also known as Peter Kassig

Why is #Paddington such an important #London character? The Paddington movie director Paul King has been speaking to Robert Elms on BBC London 94.9

Staff from @_TheWhitechapel Gallery read Isaac Rosenberg's war poem Returning We Hear the Larks #WW1AtHome #ArmisticeDay

The @ltmuseum restored B-type bus is being converted into a camouflaged #WW1 'Battle Bus' which later this month will travel to the battlefields of Belgium and France. BBC London 94.9's @David_Friend01 has been to have a look at how it's progressing...

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#Arsenal's Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain speaks to BBC London 94.9's David Friend after the Gunners beat #Besitkas to make it through the Champions League group stage for a 17th consecutive year...

Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe has made an arrest during an exclusive interview with BBC London 94.9's Eddie Nestor, in Tottenham. Here, he tells Eddie the arrest has put something right...

The Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe has made an arrest during an exclusive interview with BBC London 94.9. During the interview in #Tottenham, a minicab driver told the Commissioner some passengers had dodged their fare and made off with his mobile phone - so Sir Bernard jumped in the taxi after them. It was his first arrest since being appointed to the role of commissioner in September 2011.

Eighty-five poppy wreaths are heading to France this weekend as part of the commemorations for the 100th anniversary of #WW1. BBC London 94.9 has been finding out more from the Western Front Association...

After a 40 million pound transformation, the Imperial War Museum in London reopens its doors to the public this weekend. David Friend has been to have a look around #WW1 #WW1AtHome

Find out what's in store when the World War One at Home Live Event comes to Woolwich this weekend. BBC London 94.9's Robert Elms will be broadcasting live on Saturday 28th June between 10am and 1pm. Here's a taste of what's in store...#ww1athome #ww1

During #WW1 Alexandra Palace became an internment camp holding thousands of German nationals. Many of the internees were musicians and the camp had its own orchestra. Tonight the BBC Concert Orchestra's performing music played, or even written, at Ally Pally during the war. Dr Rupert Ridgwell who's Curator of Music and Music Collections at the British Library has been speaking to BBC London 94.9's Penny Smith and Paul Ross...

Trench slang, propaganda and the censorship of letters home from the Front are being discussed at a conference at the British Library. One of the highlights is a chance to hear British Prisoners of War who were recorded whilst in captivity, on German soil, between 1915 and 1918. BBC London 94.9's David Friend has been finding out more...#ww1words

Christmas cards, letters, and manuscripts are just some of the ways everyone from war poets to schoolboys expressed their feelings about the enormity of World War One. To mark the centenary, the British Library has launched a special exhibition called "Enduring War - Grit, Grief, And Humour " which will display some of their literary treasures for the first time alongside other personal objects such humorous magazines and even a knitting pattern for balaclavas. BBC London 94.9's David Friend has more....

A World War One Sopwith Camel has been on the move in north London. The RAF Museum is preparing for a major exhibition telling the story of the First World War in the Air. The Camel, which was designed by Thomas Sopwith, in Kingston-upon-Thames, will be at the heart of the exhibition later this year.

Tim Shields from the London Transport Museum tells BBC London 94.9's David Friend about the mystery surrounding a scrap of metal found whilst restoring a very special open top B-type bus for the First World War commemorations. #WW1 #WW1AtHome

99 Year old Vi Butler, from the @StarandGarter home in Surbiton speaks to @bbclondon949 reporter David Friend about the loss of her husband on #DDay #DDay70

Relatives of #WW1 Conscientious Objectors have gathered in central London for a ceremony to remember their actions.

On Drivetime yesterday we spoke to the father of a 19 year old man from Hornsey with Downs Syndrome. Abdul Al Faisal went missing from his home yesterday morning and when his parents called the police they found out he was in police custody. Eddie spoke to Mohamed Al Faisal who was still at the police station trying to negotiate his son's release (NB: the quality of the line is not great)