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Six months after world leaders converged on Docklands, the Excel is launching its campaign to be the world's biggest and best convention centre.
City Hall has thrown its backing behind the bid and last week the Mayor's Office announced it would be pivotal to a strategy aimed at boosting business tourism in the capital.
A musical protest against the DSEi international arms fair is to be held outside Excel on June 13.
East London Against The Arms Fair is to stage the action between 2pm and 5pm. The group is stepping up their efforts to pressure organiser Clarion Events into cancelling the biannual fair, which will next take place this September.
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A record 376 video game - or "cosplay" - characters turned up at Excel's MCM Expo over the weekend. The gathering beat the total of 342 set by the previous exhibition last October.
The Wharf caught up with a few of the costumed visitors, but stayed well away from the giant swords.
As Sarah Connor, Linda Hamilton wouldn't dream of giving up, even if a fiery-eyed Terminator was chasing her out of the wreckage of a tanker with her car keys and her left leg in its hand.
But with a fourth movie on the way, Linda the actress thinks it might be time to send the franchise to the scrapyard after 25 years.
If you had bionic limbs and super strength, would you tackle the forces of evil, or sort out that stubborn mayo tin lurking in the cupboard?
As the star of the 1970s TV series The Bionic Woman, Lindsay Wagner was always keen to stress that great power didn't have to come with great beatings.
For nearly 60 years, Tony Curtis has rubbed shoulders with sirens and studs of the big screen.
So maybe it wasn't such a stretch to be surrounded by warriors, demons and moustachioed Marios.
Moving house this year may well be as comfortable as ambling across hot coals.
But that's not stopped Excel's Grand Designs Live show from reeling in curious homeowners.
Stressed workers losing the epic struggle for peace and quiet at home might be about to retreat into futuristic escape pods lurking in the corner.
This Mork and Mindy-style capsule - featuring games systems, surround sound and air conditioning - is on show at Grand Designs Live.
Arms fair opponents will try to reach runners registering for the London Marathon at Excel this weekend.
As reported by The Wharf earlier this month, East London Against The Arms Fair will stage a musical protest on Saturday against September's DSEi event in Docklands.
Royal Docks residents will not have to carry ID on their travels during the G20 summit.
Locals were previously warned police would be carrying out checks while world leaders gathered at Excel on Thursday, but have now been told this will only affect those entering the estate itself.
As Boris Johnson prepared for his first business Q&A last week, The Wharf talked to London Chamber of Commerce and Industry CEO Colin Stanbridge about what help businesses want from the Government, getting companies involved in the Olympics and hopes for a new international convention centre in London.
Anti-war protesters are to use "irony and humour" in their battle against Baby Show organiser Clarion.
The Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) will station members outside the Excel event next weekend to inform visitors that the company also owns the controversial DSEi arms fair, which returns to East London in September.
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IS it really possible to to have enough toys and gadgets in your life?
A teenager was stabbed in the lung as he left a peace convention at the Excel centre.
The attack outside the Global Peace and Unity event was one of two reported stabbings at the weekend, which also saw a man bundled into a car and attacked in a brutal robbery on Commercial Road.
DRIVE-TIME favourites Blondie kick off just as a lumbering passenger jet thunders imposingly over the stage.
"This is a beautiful spot, but it's a little remote", muses Debbie Harry, in the midst of a car park a little way east of Royal Docks' Excel centre.
Admittedly, we are several stops from the lights of the West End, on the business end of a commercial flight path.
A MIDDLE Eastern exhibition giant has bought the ExCeL centre in a multi-million-pound deal.
Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC) acquired control of the Royal Docks centre through a UK subsidiary as part of its bid to build a global network of exhibition venues.
The buyer has agreed a deal with London International Exhibition Centre Holding (LIECH) which values its share capital at approximately £178million.
The acquisition is valued at more than 2.3billion Arab Emirates Dirham (around £320million).
IT LOOKS like a brick-built cousin of the nightmarish sci-fi pods seen in The Matrix.
But this egg-shaped home could help homeowners heal the planet.
Alternative builders Eco Hab Homes are showcasing their unusual dwellings at the Grand Designs Live exhibition in Royal Docks. The curious cocoons range from four to six metres in diameter, and range from an £8,900 bungalow to a two-floor home with its own bedroom, living area, kitchen and bathroom, costing nearly £80,000. See www.ecohab.co.uk for more details.
The zero-carbon pod is among several eco-projects taking place at the nine-day show at ExCeL. Presenter Kevin McCloud kicked off his attempt to build a home in six days over the weekend, and rail closures did not stop waves of designers making the trip to East London. The exhibition is expected to attract up to 500,000 visitors this year, and is the subject of a live Channel 4 broadcast.
THE WHEEL deal rolled into Canary Wharf this morning when a host of cyclists descended on Canada Square to launch the Real Man Cycling Challenge.
The challenge, sponsored by Barclays, takes place on Sunday, September 14, when 2,000 cyclists compete in teams of four over a 35km course starting and finishing at ExCeL London. It will raise funds for the Prostate Cancer Charity and is being held on roads, mainly around Canary Wharf.
Lending his support was Phil Liggett, the familiar voice of cycling over many years of covering the sport on TV. He explained why he was involved.
He said: “I’m an ambassador for the charity. I hope we’ll raise lots of money because they’ve got the corporates involved and they’ve got the influence to get these roads closed. It’s going to be a very interesting concept and I really hope they get big support.�
“NOW is a really good time to buy abroad. There are so many bargains to be had because of the credit crunch.�
That’s the opinion of Amanda Lamb, property expert and presenter of Channel 4’s A Place In The Sun. She thinks recent economic woes haven’t really affected people’s appetite for investing overseas.
She said: “I was expecting it to but, to be honest, I haven’t noticed [a change]. But what we will get now are more serious buyers, the ones who can genuinely afford it.
THE GOLF Show delievered its usual mix of fun, fashion and big names when it rolled into Docklands.
The annual golfing extravaganza at ExCeL London last weekend always attracts big crowds and this year was no exception with thousands heading to the Royal Docks venue.
A sprinkling of celebrities added to the fun with two Ronnies – diminutive comedian Ronnie Corbett and former Manchester United manager Ron Atkinson – both at the show.
