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By Andrew Williams

This weekend sees the welcome return to London of UK Aware. Friday and Saturday will see ethical and environmentally friendly suppliers and exhibitors displaying their wares to thousands of visitors at Olympia. Although we're not involved in organising the event we very much endorse the message that UK Aware aims to spread.

The wave-shaped roof of the Olympic Aquatics centre has been put in place as work on the 2012 venues continues ahead of schedule.

Designed by Zaha Hadid the 160m long structure was lowered into place this week in one of the most complex engineering challenges of the project.

Canary Wharf businesses are signing up to a phone plan which diverts calls if their buildings are plagued with swine flu.

Several major firms on the estate have already taken advantage of BT's Voice Continuity Directed Recovery plan, which allows them to set up contingency plans which can be activated when offices become no-go areas.

BT is still trying to restore full phone and internet service around East London after a contractor damaged cables in a tunnel.

The incident affected 75,000 customers in the region at around 2pm on Saturday, and 25,000 are still waiting for their lines to be restored.

SCORES of homes and businesses were left without telephone lines after workmen cut through vital cables by Crossharbour DLR.

Contractors for Taylor Woodrow, which was building foundations for longer platforms at the station, drilled through wiring at midday on Saturday.