Recently by Rob Virtue

HUNDREDS of rush hour commuters were late for work on Thursday morning after trains were delayed by a fire at Woolwich Dockyard station.

A train driver saw an explosion while going through the station at 7:25am. It is believed that the fire was caused by rubbish underneath a platform.

Officers from London Fire Brigade said the incident was resolved by 9:17am. However, signalling equipment has been damaged causing chaos for commuters.

WE’RE all aware that Docklands has a colourful past but one new website gives an insight into what it was really like in ye olde Isle of Dogs.

Murder, riots and one poor soul who was sentenced to death for interfering with a cow, are all included in the Old Bailey records of 1674 to 1913, which were released last week.

But one crime, which helped form the docks of today and saw the perpetrators facing long periods in prison or being shipped off to a harsh life in Australia, was the heinous activity of… sugar theft.

THE days of playing marbles are over for one Docklands resident.

Kalum Lamptey, 20, of Zetland Street has been banned from carrying marbles, stones, rocks and pebbles under an anti-social behaviour order given to him by Thames Magistrates on April 30.

A week before he pleaded guilty to 15 cases of stealing from vehicles.

Charlton Athletic 4 Coventry City 1

By Nick Martindale at The Valley

After a season that promised much but delivered little, Charlton fans at least had something to smile about last Saturday.

This long-overdue victory was of little practical value other than avoiding the ignominy of finishing in the bottom half, but it did represent the end of an era at The Valley.

KEN’S hot stuff, Boris is a bit cheesy and Brian is a chicken.

Not our views on the mayoral election candidates – but those of Gourmet Burger Kitchen at Canary Wharf, which has held an alternative poll.

The company had a burger for each of the favourites in today’s vote, allowing Londoners to judge with their stomachs.

SOME of the world’s finest cars are just a few steps away from your office and just waiting to be taken for a spin.

The SuperCar club, run by Group 20, has taken up residency at One Canada Square and has four parking spaces for its luxury cars.

This week, the group, which has bases across the country, hit 16 cars with the arrival of a Pagani Zonda F Roadster and a Porsche 997 GT3, which were unveiled in Docklands on Tuesday.

STEVE Waggott has been announced as Charlton's new chief executive officer.

Currently head of the Charlton Community Trust, 53-year-old Waggott takes over the CEO position from Peter Varney when he leaves in around two months time.

Barnsley 3 Charlton Athletic 0

By Nick Martindale

The end of a disappointing season just cannot come quickly enough for Alan Pardew’s beleaguered side.

In truth, there was little to be gleaned from this latest reverse against Barnsley last Saturday (April 26) and such a result was perhaps to be expected after the disappointment of recent weeks, all the more so when coming up against a team that still had a chance of being relegated.

POLICE have offered a £20,000 reward for information in the hunt for the killers of a Canary Wharf cleaner.

Ade Pukeliene was attacked close to her home in the early hours of February 28 following a night time shift at Lehman Brothers bank.

Grandmother Ade, 57, was just yards from her home in Emerald Close, E16, when she was mugged – possibly by two men seen disappearing on a scooter.

THE proposed Thames Bridge needs a big pot of private investment if it is to get off the ground, say transport chiefs.

As revealed in The Wharf, cyclists and pedestrians would be able to use the link to get from Southwark to Canary Wharf.

However, the structure will cost £65million and Sustrans, the sustainable transport charity behind the idea, now needs to find groups to fund the scheme.