South west London from 9 to 13 March 2009.

The week in pictures
  • Simon and Sheba Cassini have called their home on Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, The Love Shack. However, Richmond Council have ordered them to change the name. Picture: Chris Gray
  • Firefighters rescued Murphy the Labrador when he was trapped as flames gutted his home and that of the next-door neighbours in Hanworth. They resuscitated him for 30 minutes before he started breathing on his own – and wagging his tail. Picture: Chris G
  • Buttercup the plastic cow has been condemned to slaughter by Wandsworth Council because she is ‘unsightly’. However, her owner – a butcher in Lower Richmond Road, Putney – cannot understand why they should re-moo-ve the bovine beauty. Picture: Chr
  • More than 300 campaigners protested in Tooting against the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza.
  • More than 300 soldiers from the Second Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, took to the streets of Hounslow for a parade before their deployment to Afghanistan in April. Picture: Chris Gray
  • Water at Beddington Weir is polluted with diesel from a spillage into the River Wandle. Picture: Gareth Harmer
  • From street level the White Hart pub in Crystal Palace doesn’t look out of the ordinary. But below lies a mysterious basement; an underground world said to be home to the ghost of a young girl. Picture: Niall OMara
  • Mark Kemp was stabbed by a murderer who escaped from Springfield Hospital. He is now campaigning for the secure unit at the Tooting mental hospital to be closed. Picture: Chris Gray
  • Sir David Attenborough reads to pupils at St Jude’s CE Primary School in Herne Hill about the life of Charles Darwin. The TV presenter visited the school as part of celebrations to mark 200 years since the birth of the man who coined the theory of evolu
  • Spiderman, alias Victor Vicente, was among pupils at Southville Junior School in Feltham who dressed up as their favourite book characters for World Book Day. Picture: Chris Gray
  • Phakawan Kanjanasing at Sheringdale School in Wandsworth goes bananas for Fairtarde Fortnight. Picture: Chris Gray
  • Rachel Lalchan in her costume at a Mad Hatter themed ArTea Party in Wandsworth to mark Fairtarde Fortnight. Picture: Chris Gray

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