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09:16 GMT, Saturday, 6 September 2008 10:16 UK

Week in pictures: London

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Top Gear presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May thundered across Tower Bridge in a tank to launch a world tour. The BBC presenters will begin their tour at Earl's Court in October.

Croydon House, Tottenham

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A 23-month-old boy died after falling from the fourth floor of the Croydon House tower block in Tottenham, north London.

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A 1939 Vincent-HRD 998cc Series-A Rapide motorbike was sold for a record £214,800 at Bonhams in New Bond Street, central London.

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Two teenagers charged with the murder of Shaquille Smith, 14, were remanded in custody. Shaquille was stabbed in the stomach in Hackney, east London.

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Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair denied newspaper reports that he is to be ousted from Scotland Yard when his contract expires in 2010.

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Performance artist Alice Newstead had her skin pierced with shark hooks and hung from the ceiling of Lush store in Regent Street, central London, as part of a campaign to end shark finning.

fuel giveaway in Finsbury Park

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Traffic was gridlocked outside the Last Stop garage in Finsbury Park, north London, as computer games firm Electronic Arts gave away £20,000 of petrol to promote a new game.

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