Since time immemorial people have cried out - 'what we really need is a 23,000 seat multi purpose arena somewhere near Woolwich'. Of course this dream was finally attained last year with the reopening of the Millennium Dome O2 - back in the day, however, the plan was to install this pivotal piece of infrastructure in the heart of Canning Town and use its honeypot-like draw to redevelop the derelict Royal Docks. Where now......

Despite the slow waterwheel turn of time and the thickening of cataracts, Londonist remembers school well. Oh what fun we had; and did it really turn out bad? All we learned at school was how to bend not break the rules. Yup, school did by us alright, and we could bore the chalk off a blackboard with tales of how we loved it. We won't, but pupils at an east London primary school have......

56. A Fairy Likely Story! What Jacqui Lester saw as a child has remained with her for over thirty years. At the time, in the '70s, she was a child living at Manor Park in the London Borough of Newham. It took place one morning as she stirred from slumber and glanced towards the bottom of the bed. Standing there was a sight she will never forget, a creature... no, a human... around eight-inches......

Hammersmith and City (Whitechapel to Barking) and District line (Whitechapel to Plaistow) trains are again suspended this morning while the Royal Engineers' bomb experts detonate and defuse the ticking World War II UXB. This is all happening on Diamond Geezer's doorstep and he points out that if only the Big Brother house was still filmed in Bromley-by-Bow the whole telly monstrosity would be shut down by now. Check Transport for London for travel updates.......

An unexploded WWII bomb disrupted tube services on the District and Hammersmith and City Lines last night when it was discovered near Bromley-by-Bow Station in a river by Sugar House Lane yesterday. The Army went in to investigate and the area was evacuated immediately after the discovery. The Newham Recorder reports: It is said to be one of the largest bombs found in East London since the war and may be bigger than the......

This Week In London’s History Monday – 12th May 1967: Pink Floyd stage their ‘Games for May’ concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank. The concert is notable for being the first ever live performance to use a quadraphonic sound system. Unfortunately, the use of bubbles and daffodils during the performance stain the carpets and seats, resulting in the band being banned from the venue. Tuesday – 13th May 1966: Alison......