In the recent Libyan conflict it became the first British Navy ship to return fire in almost 30 years. This weekend HMS Liverpool was in calmer waters as it made a stop-off in Docklands before being decommissioned in March.

The ship recently returned from Libya where it served as part of the NATO armed forces.

Any Problems? Watch out for minor delays on the Overground, Circle and Hammersmith and City this evening.

Other parts of the transport network, however, are running without delays and the roads are clear.

The host of free schools popping up in the UK will be boosted after Barclays offered its expertise to help with their setting up and running.

Those that could stand to benefit include Canary Wharf College, which was established last year, and the recently proposed International Academy of Greenwich, which aims to start classes in 2013 if approved by the Department for Education.

The opening ceremony of London's Olympic Games will be called Isles of Wonder, inspired from Shakespeare's play The Tempest.

The announcement was made this morning by artistic director Danny Boyle at an event to mark the start of the six-month countdown to the event.

Two of UEL's elite scholarship athletes and Team GB hopefuls for London 2012 got an early taste of medal success at the British Closed Judo Championships in Sheffield.

Sophie Cox, who represented Great Britain at the 2004 Olympics, won gold in the under 52kg category, while Gemma Gibbons claimed silver in the under 70kg category.

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A superyacht once owned by Aristotle Onassis, which has hosted parties for the likes of Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe, has stopped off at South Quay.

The 325 foot long ship, recently restored to its former glory, docked just south of Canary Wharf on Wednesday afternoon.

Pounding the pavement and pumping iron isn'tfor everyone. If you need more a different kind of routine to make you get in your gym kit on, then classes can spur you on to get in shape.

Zumba toning launches at Reebok Canary Wharf this month. The toning part refers to the addition of small hand held weights and if you would have to have been in hibernation for the last year not to know what Zumba is - dance based workout class set to Latin beats.

The official security provider for the Olympic Games has opened the doors of its London 2012 Recruitment Centre in Stratford.

G4S wants to hire around 10,000 staff to work at this summer's event - and have already had 20,000 applications.

A man is due to appear in court on Thursday charged with breaking into the home of a woman aged 112.

Jesse Coker, 45, of Floyd Road in Charlton, will be at Camberwell Green Magistrates charged with burglary and refusing to provide a sample for a drugs test.