Police are appealing for urgent information after a man was "violently" stabbed 19 times with a screwdriver in Stratford.

Commuters across London have woken up to find several Tube lines affected by signal problems and power issues.

A 43-year-old man has been charged with a bomb hoax outside the US embassy in London. Daniel Parmenter, of Kildare Terrace, Bayswater, west London, appeared at Ealing Magistrates’ Court on Monday.