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Any Problems? All public transport and the roads are running freely at the moment. At Bank, when changing from the DLR to the Northern line, to avoid the crowds caused by escalator works, try going via the Circle and District lines. It's a bit of a walk, but far less congested.

Two days of walking tours along the Thames Tunnel were a huge success for organisers last weekend.

After selling out the walks, The Brunel Museum has now decided to open it's grand entrance hall to visitors for the first time in 145 years.

Any problems? A clean bill of good health on the Tube, DLR and the roads. Following the surprise closure of Greenland Pier by Southwark Council, Thames Clippers has today announced that it will re-open for the first sailing tomorrow. Thames Clippers says: "Although we were frustrated by the sudden closure of the pier we are pleased that the council are addressing the immediate damage and look forward to ongoing discussions with them about the regular upkeep needed for the pier."

An 18-year-old who was carrying a gun in Rotherhithe has been given an indefinite prison sentence.

Rosca Onya, of no fixed address, was in a minicab when police stopped the vehicle on William V Street last August.

The Olympic Games are still over two years away but planning for what will happen on the Park after 2012 is well underway.

The Olympic Park Legacy Company was set up last year to oversee the long-term development of the area and its chairwoman, Baroness Ford, recently gave evidence to a House of Commons select committee about its plans.

Tower Hamlets owns a sculpture worth millions, designed by a world-famous artist.
Sadly, you have to trundle more than 200 miles north to see it.

Avant-garde Yorkshire-born sculptor Henry Moore created Draped Seated Woman for the borough in 1957 while working on a commission for the Unesco headquarters in Paris.

A football hooligan has been jailed for 18 weeks for taking part in large scale violence after a match between West Ham and Tottenham last year.

Richard Coffman, 20, of Mawney Road in Romford, was sentenced by Stratford Magistrates after pleading guilty to affray.

Gordon Brown has warned of tough times ahead for the nation's economy, in a speech at Reuters on Wednesday morning.

The Prime Minister also used the Canary Wharf event to announce the Government would lay out its budget plans on March 24.

A few weeks back, Kitty McLaughlin (pictured) was working on one of her paintings when a group of children burst in.

Sounds like the start of a story about teen crime, doesn't it? Not at Atelier Court, a Poplar development where artist studios and homes sit side by side.

Olympics organisers must be open about how many seats will be available for paying customers in 2012 if they want to avoid the wrath of disgruntled Londoners.

That was the warning from the former chief executive of the Manchester Commonwealth Games who appeared at the London Assembly to give advice on ticket distribution.