A shortage of beds forces mental health patients to travel hundreds of miles for treatment, an armed robber goes on the run and the planned three-day tube strike is suspended. Show more

The escaped east London prisoner, Tesco has a fall in profits and will you be voting in the forthcoming European elections?

Talking about swimming in London with historian Simon Inglis, blogger Jenny Landreth and photographer Madeleine Waller and Curtis Stigers talks about his new album. Show more

Michael Northcott, editor of Funeral Service Times magazine looks at recycled coffins and alternatives to traditional burials. Show more

The latest on "Skull Cracker" robber Michael Wheatley and the first national study of asthma deaths.

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Juliet Mann and Jonathan Davis review the day, live music from Coco And The Butterfields and talking about Nigeria, voting and aeroplane experiences.

BBC London 94.9 joins BBC Radio 5 live.

A leading pizza restaurant has revealed all the chicken they use is Halal, Lord Patten is to stand down from his position due to health reasons and what's the best British car?