Two men who snatched a 24-year-old woman from a London telephone box during the rush hour and raped her in Regent's Park may have struck before, police said yesterday.

To some, Toyah Willcox will be best remembered for the frequency with which she changed her hair colour as a punky singer in the early 1980s. She even appeared in a Kenny Everett sketch where the hue of her barnet altered every second. Toyah's problem ever since has been to get people to take her seriously as an actress.

From Mr Howard Fry

Nicholas Schoon reviews a plan for Greenwich to be turned into `a new Versailles'

Burglars broke into the home of Colin Stagg, 31, who was acquitted last month of the murder of Rachel Nickell on Wimbledon Common. A guitar worth pounds 200 and some loose change was taken from the flat in Roehampton, south-west London.

Peggy Jay, president of the Heath and Old Hampstead Society, is to be honoured by the Corporation of London. The One O'Clock Club for children on Hampstead

Sir: In view of recent assaults which have taken place on our commons, and the increasing criminality in general, perhaps it would be a good idea to let most of our commons revert to what they once were: treeless grazing lands. On W. Faden's map of 1800, for example, the area of Wimbledon Common is described as a heath. Older maps also indicate that most of that common was treeless.

There are people who swim in London rivers, and here's where they do it officially, chlorine and all. For pounds 1.50 you can gain ingress via a turnstile gate from Hyde Park into this leftover of the health and efficiency drive, where you will find deckchairs and a patch of grass free from little reminders of other people's dogs. This is a good place to go if you don't want to be held hostage by London's restaurateurs, as there are no restrictions on bringing your own food and drink. This is a good thing as the cafe, which sells basic snack foods, is erratic in its opening hours and phone answering.

London's two biggest royal parks - Hyde Park and Regents Park - are now charging motorists pounds 1.50 per hour to park. The 300 spaces have a four-hour limit, so trips to the zoo are set to become dearer.

Fishermen can attend a free 'teach-in' where they can learn about environmentally friendly fishing practices at Hampstead Heath. The courses aimed at the experienced and beginners, adults and children, are being organised by the Corporation of London and take place on Sunday, and 4 September, at Hampstead No 2 pond.

Architect Evan Hughes has won a competition to give the area around Speakers' Corner and Marble Arch a facelift. He plans a new Speakers' Walk providing a more enclosed area for performers and audiences. Heritage Secretary Peter Brooke said yesterday: 'This design will take Marble Arch and Speakers' Corner into the 21st century in style.'

An emergency telephone hotline for the elderly has been launched on the Regent's Park estate in Camden. The council initiative asks anyone concerned about the health or whereabouts of elderly neighbours to tell them on 071-911 1511 (or 071-278 4444 after hours).

John Loudon, the gardening writer, declared confidently in 1826 that 'the love of gardening is so natural to man as to be common to children, and the enjoyment of a garden so congenial to our ideas of happiness, as to be desired by all men of all ranks and professions, who toil hard in cities'.

English Heritage has agreed to stop felling trees on the Kenwood estate on Hampstead Heath following a campaign by a local pressure group.