Murder on the top deck

A knifeman has admitted murdering his friend on the top deck of a London bus after an all-day drinking binge. John Doherty, 39, stabbed Archie Sheppard to death on the 189 in central London in the early hours of 28 April. Mr Sheppard, from Neasden, was found by another passenger when the bus stopped in Gloucester Place, Paddington, at around 12.10am. Medics battled to save the 48-year-old, who was originally from Ballycare, Northern Ireland, but he was pronounced dead at…