Week in pictures: London

The funeral of 23-year-old Norwegian student Martine Vik Magnussen, found dead in a basement in central London in March, was held in her home country.

Gordon Brown's wife Sarah Brown and TV cook Nigella Lawson launch London's first Maggie's cancer care centre at Charing Cross Hospital, following the success of five units in Scotland.

Lorry drivers protesting against the "rocketing" price of diesel arrived in a convoy in central London. About 65 vehicles converged on Park Lane in protest at a 30% rise in diesel pump prices in 12 months.

A special service was held at the 18th Century St Martin-in-the Field church in Trafalgar Square to mark its reopening following a £36m refurbishment which took two years to complete.

Three brothers who tied a man to his bed and left him to die during a robbery were jailed for life. Mohamed Raheem, 28, was found dead at his home in West Norwood, south London, last June.

New Metropolitan Police uniform designs, including a fluorescent cape and trousers that can be adjusted to be worn high or low on the hip, were unveiled as winners of a London College of Fashion competition.

Conservative Boris Johnson (right) became mayor of London, ending Labour rival Ken Livingstone's eight-year reign. Mr Johnson told voters he would "work flat out to repay and to justify your confidence".

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