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A pedestrian who needed the assistance of the air ambulance when she was injured by a bus at Westferry Circus last week has died.

Shan Shan Guo, 27, from Poplar, died last Sunday from head injuries sustained in the accident on October 17.

The man who persuaded Michael Jackson to return to the stage has paid tribute to the singer.

Randy Phillips, chief executive of AEG Live, who were promoting Jackson's This Is It tour at The O2, spoke of his sadness at the shock death of the 50-year-old music icon.

Ticketholders for Michael Jackson's shows at The O2 are being advised to wait for details of how to claim refunds.

The death of the King of Pop yesterday stunned the world, less than three weeks before he was due to make his long-awaited comeback in London.

A YOUNG Poplar woman was among the friends who died when their car veered off the A12 and hit a tree.

Ashley Plumber, 20, was pronounced dead at the scene following the incident on Sunday (January 18). Fellow passengers Nathalie Mithsud, 21, and Terry Pluck, 23 - who both lived in Bow - were also killed. Two other occupants of the vehicle are in hospital.

THE parents of a seven-year-old girl who died after an incident at a leisure centre are angry about the way the investigation into her death is being handled.

Michelle Gellard, of Seyssel Street on the Isle of Dogs, died in June shortly after she was pulled from the swimming pool at Blackwater Leisure Centre in Maldon, Essex.

AN ELDERLY woman has been stabbed to death in a house in the Isle of Dogs.

The 70-year-old was found dead at an address in Byng Street late on Tuesday night. Four people have since been arrested in connection with the attack.

Police officers and London Ambulance Service crews flocked to the scene at 10.30pm, but the woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

Three men and one woman are being held in custody at separate East London and City of London police stations.