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A fire-starting tortoise has been rescued from the fourth floor of a block of flats in south London.

Merton's former "tree of the year" is likely to harmed by a housing scheme, horticulturists say.

Jurors found one defendant guilty on Wednesday but could not reach a verdict in the case of a second.

A jury at Woolwich Crown Court finds Mannix Pedro guilty of conspiring to commit robbery.

Jewellery shop office manager Oliver White took his own life the day after the robbery.

A man accused of robbing a jeweller says the raid was fake and the shop's manager, who later took his life, knew.

Connor Thornton says he did not accuse Oliver White of being part of an "inside job".

The trial hears one of the suspects in the robbery told police "every man loves a watch".