Week in pictures


The week in pictures
  • Visitors to Richmond Park could be charged for parking under plans considered by Royal Parks.
  • A six-foot hole was torn in the roof of a New Malden family home after a giant block of ice, believed to have fallen from a passing aircraft, apparently smashed into the house.
  • London taxi driver John Worboys is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting up to 14 women - including one from Twickenham - in his black cab. He pursuaded some to have spiked drinks by claiming he had just won the lottery. He denies the charges.
  • Gillian Keogh, who suffered a horrific five-year reign of abuse at the hands of her father from the age of eight, has bravely waived her right to anonymity to speak out for the first time about her nightmare.
  • X Factor stars JLS, from Croydon, have signed a record deal with the label Epic.
  • Bathing beauties dressed in salad leaves braved the winter chill to shower in pure spring water in Kingston town centre as part of a stunt for salad company Vitacress.
  • Yvonne Crisp is one of 25 surprised shoppers who were handed cash as a treat at the Two Rivers Shopping Centre in Staines. Some turned the notes down because they thought it was too good to be true.
  • Robert Den-Hartog found a Mercedes on top of his Chrysler after the female driver hit the accelerator instead of the brakes while making a three-point turn.
  • Paul Ramsier from Coulsdon, who tried to sell the classic boardgame Escape from Colditz on eBay, was accused of racism because of a Nazi swastika on the box lid.
  • A painting given to Wandsworth Council by Jewish artist Eugen Hersch, a Nazi refugee, will finally be exhibited in line with his wishes - more than 60 years late and in a gallery in Portugal.
  • Luke Smithers, 2, here with his mother Julie, nearly died after a Thames Doc emergency doctor mistakenly diagnosed him with a soar throat while he actually suffered from kidney failure. Thames Doc has promised to investigating the case.
  • Joel Ewens, an Elvis impersonator from Tooting, is All Shook Up after a rival from America won the Elvis European Championships – despite not being from Europe.

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The week in pictures

South west London from 19 to 23 January 2009.

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