Week in pictures: London

Joshua Williams, 15, was one of 10 people convicted over the fatal stabbing of Yasin Abdirahman. The youth posed on a MySpace page with a knife, the Old Bailey heard.

Dean Hardy, 50, was jailed for six years for sexually abusing girls during a business trip to Thailand. Hardy was caught by the freckles on his left hand.

Bamboo Joint, a new fast food shop in Leytonstone was ordered to close down for being within 400m of two schools and a park in the area.

A suit made of Arctic wool and rare south American wool with 18-carat gold and diamond buttons has been sold to a mystery buyer for £70,000.

Artist Antony Gormley has invited volunteers to register via the website to stand on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square.

A group of 50 explorers played a charity cricket match at the base camp of Mount Everest, one of the highest spots on the world. The players, many from London, trekked nine days to reach the camp.

After 60 years in the business Evelyn Blackburn, from Pinner, in north-west London, has been hailed as Britain's oldest masseuse. The 98-year-old started the job in 1949 and still sees clients at her home.

A colourful herd of 200 fibreglass elephants will appear in London this summer to raise money for conservation charities to protect India's elephants.

Actors Tony Robinson and Meera Syal joined a campaign to stop plans to turn EMD Cinema in Walthamstow into a church. Alfred Hitchcock used to watch films at the cinema as a child.

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