Evening Standard/London

Motorists yesterday took extreme measures to avoid traffic caused by a blazing tanker and began driving in the wrong direction on the M25, according to police.
Officers in Surrey said at least one car had been stopped after impatience convinced the driver to turn around and use the hard shoulder to escape the chaos.
The drastic action came after police were forced to close part of the road and traffic ground to a complete halt in both directions between junctions five and six.
Surrey roads policing unit (@SurreyRoadCops) tweeted: “We have a report of drivers that have turned vehicles around in lane 4 at the closure of the #M25 and driving wrong way down the motorway.”
Later the force added: “We were about to reopen the south side of the #M25 (anticlockwise) [but] now can’t. These drivers will be prosecuted.”
Not long after, the account reported having stopped a driver travelling the wrong way.
The disruption was caused after a large tanker caught fire on the clockwise carriageway between 3pm and 4pm on Saturday afternoon.
Pictures on Twitter showed the vehicle with fire blazing beneath the cab and thick smoke rising billowing into the air.
Fire crews from Surrey as well as Kent attended the scene. Surrey Police said there were no reports of any casualties.
l A father whose 22-year-old son was killed in a suspected hit-and-run in south London has spoken of his desperate search for answers after CCTV cameras missed the motorbike crash.
Art college graduate Conrad Lewis died from multiple injuries after being thrown from his 98cc Yamaha bike into a lamppost in Lewisham on September 12 last year.
However, the precise circumstances remain a mystery as cameras covering the crash site in Loampit Vale, at the junction with Jerrard Street, were not working at the time.
His father John Pratt, 61, is today launching a fresh appeal for witnesses in the hope of finally securing justice for his son.
The distraught sculptor and prop maker told how he feels let down by police and his fellow Londoners after only one witness came forward and the investigation stalled.
“Our overall impression is that actually no one cares any more,” he said.
 “There were a number of cars that could have been valuable witnesses who just drove past our dying son, obviously the responsible driver disappeared, it seems unlikely that there were no pedestrians who saw what happened.
“What is wrong with Londoners these days?”
The accident happened at about 10.20am and Lewis was pronounced dead just after 1pm at King’s College Hospital. Police believe a silver or grey car may have been involved but have not been able to trace the driver.
Lewis had recently graduated from Chelsea College of Art in graphic design and lived at home with his parents Pratt and wife Joanna Lewis in Brockley. He earned money while searching for a job by refurbishing second-hand bicycles to sell on ebay.
Pratt described him as the “love of my life” and said says he was a “lovely lad, much nicer than me”, while more than 100 friends attended the funeral. “Everyone who knew Conrad thinks it was a hit and run,” he added.
“All his close friends reckon he was a careful rider and fully aware of the dangers out there.”
He continued: “An innocent young man on a motorcycle and no one cares. How many more families are out there in the same circumstance as us and still no one cares?”
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: “The MPS carried out a full and proportionate investigation of this tragic incident.
“Every effort was made to identify witnesses. As a result, only one witness was identified and came forward.