Today at the Paralympics

Today's news:

So far today (Monday, Day 5), highlights for Great Britain include a gold medal for Natasha Baker in Equestrian Dressage. This is her second gold of the Paralympics after posting thehighest ever score in grade II freestyle on her horse Cabral (82.8%).

And table tennis player Paul Davies won 3-2 against South Korea's Lee Chung-Ho to take the bronze medal in the men's class 1.

In athletics, Mickey Bushells, who is a world and Paralympic silver medallist, has won through to the final of the men's 100m T53 in a time of 14.86 seconds. David Devine qualified for the men's 800m T12 in a season's best time of 1:55.97. And David Weir, defending the men's 1500m T54 gold medallist, is safely through to the final, finishing third in his heat in a time of 3:11.35.

Other GB athletes have reached the quarter finals in wheelchair tennis, the semi finals in boccia and the finals in various swimming heats. And sailors Niki Birrell and Alexandra Rickham have won race five of the two-person keelboat and currently hold the gold medal position, with six races remaining.

Tonight swimming champion Ellie Simmonds will have fellow Brits Liz Jones and Natalie Jones for company as they all compete for gold in the 200m - the final is at 5.39pm - while Jonathan Fox and Matt Walker aim for success in the 100m freestyle (final 5.48pm) and Sascha Kindred bids to win his fourth consecutive 200m individual medley title (final 5:30pm).

Local Paralympic news:

Havering's Amy Marren made her ParalympicsGB debut on Friday (Aug 31) in the Women's 100 backstroke at the Aquatics Centre. She came fifth with a time of 1.14.31 - less than five seconds slower than the winner, Australia's Ellie Cole.

Amy, 14, from Hornchurch, can next be seen competing in the Women's 400m Freestyle (S9 heats) tomorrow (Tuesday, Sept 4) at 10.19am. Amy, who was born without her right hand past the wrist, also has swimming events coming up later in the week.

Transport:

What's happening today?

• Today is the first day that London schools went back following the summer holidays, so roads and public transport were very busy this morning and will continue to be so throughout this week.
• This, combined with Paralympic spectators, means that the Jubilee line from Waterloo to Stratford, the Central line from Holborn to Stratford and the DLR will be particularly busy each morning from 7-9.30am and 4-7pm each evening.
• Venues expected to be very busy this week include the Olympic Park, Aquatics Centre, Basketball Arena, the Riverbank Arena, Eton Manor, ExCeL, North Greenwich Arena, Greenwich Park and the Royal Artillery Barracks.

London: public transport

• London Bridge and Waterloo stations are expected to be very busy throughout the day today.
• Trains passing through Chancery Lane and St Paul's stations are expected to be particularly busy with spectators in the evening peak. North Greenwich, Stratford and Canning Town stations are expected to be busier than usual after 9pm with spectators returning home from events.  If possible, consider re-timing your journey to avoid the crowds.
• London Bridge and Bank stations are expected to be very busy all this week, with large numbers of passengers throughout the Paralympic Games. Try to avoid using these stations at peak times between 7.30-9.30am and 4-7pm. Consider retiming your journey or using an alternative station.

London: driving and roads

• With the school term beginning today, roads are expected to be very busy all this week, particularly in the morning and evening peaks.  Plan ahead and avoid travelling in the busiest places at the busiest times.
• The Paralympic Route Network will be serving venues across east and south-east London including ExCeL, the Olympic Park, Greenwich Park, Royal Artillery Barracks and North Greenwich Arena. The PRN will also be in operation from central London to Weymouth and Eton Dorney.
• Avoid driving around the PRN routes and Games venues, particularly around the Olympic Park in Stratford and on the A102 approach roads north and south of the Blackwall Tunnel
• Congestion is expected on the A2, A12, A13, Upper Thames Street and Lower Thames Street, particularly in the morning peak times this week.
• Roads east of St. Pauls, including those in and approaching the City of London, and roads around Games venues will be very busy so plan your journey and allow more time.

Areas outside of London

• Weymouth and Portland is the only out-of-London venue in session today. The road and public transport networks in the area will be busier than usual.
• Road closures for the Paralympic Cycling Road Races at Brands Hatch have been in place since 4.30am today. They will remain in place until midnight on Saturday, September 8.

Please check www.bbc.co.uk/travelnews/london before you begin any journey home after work. When serious travel delays are reported alerts will be uploaded to the website and intranet, but these are not continually updated. You can also checkwww.GetaheadoftheGames.com before you travel