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Friends and family of those killed in the IRA bombing of Canary Wharf gathered at the graveside of one of the victims to mark the 16th anniversary of the attack.

The memorial service took place just after Prime Minister David Cameron repeated his support for a campaign calling on compensation from Libya for providing Semtex used in the blast.

The East End at the height of its post-war powers, with working ships unloaded by dockers living in crowded cottages neighbouring recognisable squat warehouses is brought vividly to life this weekend.

Poplar, at the heart of the thriving docks of the '50s, is the setting for Call The Midwife, a new Sunday night drama on the BBC which calls on the memoirs of Jennifer Worth.

Gone are the days when a gentleman would mark a lady's dance card and sweep her off her feet.

With professional people working longer hours than ever, how do you meet that significant other when all your friends are coupled up and you spend half your life in the office?

Victims of the 1996 bombing of South Quay have spoken out in support of the Libyan rebels' invasion of Tripoli.

The support team for those injured in the IRA explosion had previously visited Benghazi - the headquarters of the rebels - to show their support for the group opposed to Colonel Gaddafi's regime.

By Peter Golds

The funeral has taken place of one of our local unsung heroes.

Former councillor and mayor Barry Blandford recently died aged 77 and his funeral was on Friday.

He was devoted to the people of this borough, where he had lived all his life.

It's not very common for bosses to be loved by their employees, but a celebration of the life of Reg Ward proved the exception to that rule.

Mr Ward, the first chief executive of the London Docklands Development Corporation, was remembered at a gathering of friends, family and colleagues at an event in Canary Wharf last night.

Transport for London has released speculative plans showing potential extensions to the existing DLR network.

The map shows new lines to the east to Dagenham Dock; to the south to Catford and Forest Hill and deeper in to west London with lines to Victoria, via Charing Cross, and St Pancras, via Euston.

It's a film about greed and the pursuit of wealth in Docklands that could be just as apt today.

But Empire State - re-released later this month - first hit the screens in 1988, some time before the gleaming towers shot up and pinstriped suits busied the Jubilee line.

By John Biggs

Canary Wharf, and the Docklands area, was rebuilt under the Docklands Development Corporation - the LDDC.

It achieved a lot but is widely recognised to have not spread its gains sufficiently into the community. Things have slowly improved but it still feels like a colony, plonked into the area.

Over 100 people congregated for a service to remember the two shop workers who died in the 1996 bombing of South Quay.

The multi-faith event took place on Wednesday morning, 15 years to the day since the IRA device was denoted outside the newsagents on Marshwall.

HMS Ark Royal won't be coming to the Royal Docks after all - as the huge 20,000-tonne, 210m-long vessel will not fit through the lock.

There had been speculation about turning the aircraft carrier into a Docklands tourist attraction, but the Royal Docks Management Authority says the idea is a non-starter.

The snow has caused major disruption at London City Airport on Tuesday morning with severe delays and cancellations taking place.

The airport has asked those who are flying to check its website for more information. Go to londoncityairport.com

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Jean-Michel Jarre
The O2 arena
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IN A NUTSHELL
Jarre's appearance in North Greenwich was an epic spectacle even without the fireworks ...writes Michael Murray.

It was the summer of 1972 - a time which saw the arrest of five dock workers and the beginning of the downfall of an industry in east London.

Colin Ross, a dock worker at the time, was a key figure in that era and 38 years on he has decided to tell his side of the story.

Hopes a deal between Libya and Britain had been struck over compensation for victims of IRA terror attacks, including those affected in the 1996 Docklands bomb, have proved to be a false dawn.

It follows a report last week in the the Sunday Times which said the Libyan government was to agree a historic deal with up to £2billion.

It remains a strange facet of the modern Docklands that it still bears the scars of a war 70 wars ago and the death of an industry three decades later.

Here in 2010, only a few miles from the centre of London, vast swathes of land lie under scrubland or remain as concrete slabs where development came and went.

MATILDA the elephant has brought a trunk load of old photographs to the Museum of London.

As part of London's biggest public art event, the Elephant Parade, the Museum of London Docklands welcomed Matilda to the museum last week.

Matilda is a three-dimensional collage, created by photographic artists Craig Ritchie and Maribel Castro.

The post-industrial age is fast becoming the information age.

With many firms fearing that technology will leave them behind, there has been a frantic growth in the telecommunications sector.

Mick Jagger's ex-wife Bianca was one of the special guests at the inauguration ceremony of the new Vice Chancellor of the University of East London.

Professor Patrick McGhee was inaugurated at a formal ceremony at UEL's Docklands campus last Friday and Ms Jagger was guest of honour.

It's been a memorable year in Canary Wharf but how much of the detail can you remember?

Test your knowledge of the events around Docklands in 2009 - no prizes other than the satisfaction of knowing you kept up-to-date reading Canary Wharf's original and leading local paper.