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In broad daylight, two men help themselves to metal grilles from the streets of Britannia Village in Docklands, writes Steven Davies.
They will load their hoard on a lorry which is already stacked with Asda shopping trolleys, all destined for the scrap metal market.
An earlier gun scare on the Jubilee Line is causing minor delays to the service this afternoon.
British Transport Police were called at 2.47pm after two passengers claimed they were threatened by a man with a firearm between West Ham and Canning Town stations.
Protest group Disarm DSEi has warned police it "will not negotiate" ahead of its arms fair action next week.
In an open letter to the Metropolitan Police, the group rejected calls for greater communication as it is "not in control of any of the actions undertaken by the participants" in its demonstration.
Vandalism brought DLR services to a halt at rush-hour on Monday evening.
A fence panel was thrown on to the track near Canning Town station at about 6pm, causing the power to be turned off and leaving some commuters trapped for nearly two hours.
Officers are looking for witnesses to a sexual assault on the Jubilee line at Canary Wharf.
British Transport Police has released a CCTV picture of a man it is keen to talk to regarding the rush-hour incident in May, in which a woman was touched between the legs three times.
Eastern Jubilee line services were shut down last night as police tried to talk down a woman threatening to hurl herself from a bridge.
British Transport Police stopped trains between North Greenwich and Stratford at around 10pm last night, as officers attempted to persuade the teenager not to throw herself onto the track.
A Canary Wharf commuter was the victim of a sexual assault as she travelled to work earlier this month.
The 30-year-old woman was travelling on an eastbound Jubilee line train at around 8.10am on Thursday, November 6, when a man indecently touched her as the train approached Canary Wharf.
The last group of Crystal Palace fans to appear in court over a brutal train attack on Charlton supporters have been found guilty.
Four men were convicted at Southwark Crown Court on Friday, October 31, taking the total number guilty of the assaults to 16.
