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The Queen will reopen the restored Cutty Sark next year as part of the celebrations of her Diamond Jubilee.

Leader of Greenwich Council, Cllr Chris Roberts has revealed that The Queen will be in the town next spring to officially reopen the tea clipper, which has been undergoing a multi-million pound restoration for the last five years.

The name Edward Dent may not be well known but one piece of work is one of the famous icons in the world.

The Great Clock (colloquially known as Big Ben) at the Houses of Parliament is probably the single most famous timekeeper in the world.

Visitor numbers at The Royal Observatory, Greenwich, were down 18 per cent in the first week of charging for entrance but those involved with running the historic tourist attraction are not concerned.

Sheryl Twigg from the National Maritime Museum said: "Visitor figures from the previous week, before the charge came in were 19,401, which is 90% on last year's figures. It could be down to the weather or the time of year."

By Andrew Williams

The clocks go back this weekend, and to add to the general air of darkness it's also Halloween. As kids start guzzling brightly coloured sweets like there's no tomorrow, it's easy to forget all those long sunny days when we relaxed in the British summertime. That did happen, right?

The Milky Way will be the star of the show at this year's Astronomy Photographer Of The Year exhibition at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.

American Tom Lowe has beaten hundreds of amateur and professional photographers from around the globe to win the title of Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2010.

The Royal Observatory in Greenwich has a world-class collection of chronometers, including the most important series of timepieces - John Harrison's H1-H4 which cracked the longitude problem.

H2 is currently undergoing detailed maintenance to ensure its delicate workings keep time in perpetuity.

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Violent Universe
Peter Harrison Planetarium, Royal Observatory
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IN A NUTSHELL
Sir Patrick Stewart narrates the ROG's new show which brings together all the cataclysmic perils that the universe may have in store for us.

In what may be considered the first international terrorist incident, the Royal Observatory in Greenwich became the unlikely target of a bomber.

Anarchists had been looking to wage war for years but attacks were mostly confined to mainland Europe, particularly France.

British photographer Martin Pugh is the Royal Observatory's first Astronomy Photographer of the Year.

Martin scoured the skies for two months to capture the Horsehead Nebula with a camera mounted in his garden shed in Canberra, Australia. His effort scooped the overall prize in a ceremony last night (September 9).

Greenwich's Royal Observatory is set to announce the winners of its search for the most striking amateur snap of the cosmos.

The star gazers launched the first Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition back in January, in league with Sky At Night magazine and photo-sharing site Flickr.

- Enrique Iglesias @ The O2 arena

- A Night In Space @ National Maritime Museum

They were a formidable time team, the Belville family and Arnold.

For more than a century, from 1836 to 1940, this makeshift dynasty defied political fads, cutting-edge technology and dirty tricks to sell the time to London.

- Wheel of Life @ Hackney Empire

- Invaders of Mars @ Royal Observatory, Greenwich