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Climate camp has been set up in Blackheath for a week, in which time activists have launched actions against London targets such as Barclays, Shell, RBS and even the Daily Mail.
As the tents and haystacks come down, The Wharf talks to camp spokesman Peter McDonnell about the event and its long-term impact.
By John Biggs
Boris has been talking about electric cars. They are the future and the one he drove can do 160mph, silently.
At least they go in one direction - unlike his position on the challenges facing London's economy.
The financial crisis has shaken the public's faith in banks, governments and their own security.
However, Spectator Business editor and former investment banker Martin Vander Weyer doesn't believe it's time to look into a "wacky alternative" to capitalism.
Crowd control tactics could be reviewed after "kettling" at protests sparked by the G20 world summit.
Met Police commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson has asked for a review of the police tactic - which locks protesters in a cocoon of officers for long periods - to confirm if it is "appropriate and proportionate".
The University of East London confirmed an alternative G20 summit held at their Docklands campus "ended peacefully".
UEL cancelled the summit last week and closed its campus amid fears of violence. But 200 turned up regardless, including speakers Tony Benn and activist comedian Mark Thomas.
Saturday. Business as usual around Royal Victoria Dock. The community is reclaiming their corner of the world from the media, the police, the politicians and the protesters.
The sea cadets are practising figure-of-eight manoeuvres in their high powered RIBs, replacing the police boats that had been patrolling day and night.
Live from the G20 summit
If Gordon Brown is dumped by the electorate at the next election - and it remains the most likely prospect - he will at least be able to bounce his children on his knee and tell them he played a role in shaping history.
By Victoria Clayton
Fear of G20 protests has provoked a rash of denim on the Wharf for a second day, but bankers may as well have stuck to their suits in Docklands.
Aside from a increased security presence including a number of police patrols, Canary Wharf has remained untroubled by activists.
Click here for the Wharf's gallery of the Excel protests
The protests at Excel certainly don't match the drama of yesterday's clashes in the City, but police are taking no chances.
Those entering and leaving Canning Town station are being searched under Section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act.
By Giles Broadbent live at the G20
If your hobby is I Spy Media Celebs, your album would be full at the G20.
From Sky's Adam Boulton engaged in a corridor conflab with commentator/Cassandra Robert Peston, pictured, to the beguiling figure of siren Emily Maitlis, anyone who is anyone is here.
By Giles Broadbent live at the G20
Climate change is playing second fiddle at the G20.
Despite the right words emerging from delegates, there is a sense that this is not the moment to be pushing the green agenda too aggressively.
By Giles Broadbent live at the G20
If there are going to be heroes and villains at the G20, then no-one can accuse Labour of being slow to choose sides.
The hero? Obvious. Prime Minster Gordon Brown for maintaining a firm hand on the tiller and steering the world to calmer waters.
The City of London was cleaning up this morning after yesterday's mass demonstrations.
Protesters were thin on the ground, with teams of cleaners most in evidence as they scrubbed graffiti off landmarks like the Royal Exchange and Bank of England.
By Giles Broadbent live at the G20
"Newham," said Prime Minister Gordon Brown in his welcoming remarks to journalists covering the G20 summit, "has transformed itself from a rural backwater to a major manufacturing centre, then suffered decline but embarked on a successful regeneration programme."
Live at the G20
Around 200 protesters have gathered outside the G20 summit at the Excel centre in Royal Docks.
Police set up metal fences some distance from the venue, with enough room for around 5,000 demonstrators. But so far, numbers have not lived up to expectations.
Live at the G20
East London MP Stephen Timms, pictured, welcomed journalists to the Excel Centre for the London Summit on Thursday morning.
The financial secretary to the treasury, who is also MP for East Ham, said it was a huge boost for the region to host an event which will see an agreement on the world's "biggest fiscal expansion".
After fiery clashes in the City yesterday (April 1), the world's attention has turned to the meeting of world leaders at the Excel centre in Royal Docks.
Topics under discussion include a strengthening of regulation and the promotion of integrity in financial markets.
Click here to see The Wharf's pictures of the protests.
Protesters were penned in by riot police for more than eight hours as G20 protests were hit by spasms of violence.
Wine bottles were thrown and an effigy of a banker was burned from a lamppost as frustrations grew at the immovable cordon around Bank station.
By Wharf Reporters
After months of hype, weeks of preparation and acres of newsprint, the G20 summit has almost arrived at Excel.
As world leaders gathered in London, many Wharfers went about their business, albeit in casual clothing, while some were advised to work from home.
I have not, in all honesty, been forced to ask this question much before but now it nags at my brain like a barbed wire bowler.
What should I wear? The talk is of nothing else. We press coat-hangered crustie-wear to our chests and size it up in full-length Oxfam mirrors.
