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Prime minister Gordon Brown pledged to make key changes to housing, transport, health and education as he announced his new Government agenda today (Monday).
First, however, he popped into the Barkantine health centre for a quick check-up of Britain's medical facilities.
Any problems? Jubilee line is running a good service. Minor delays on the District, Circle and Hammersmith and City lines.
A good service is reported on the DLR and on the Thames Clippers river services.
Out on the area's roads there are no serious problems, although traffic is building around the Blackwall Tunnel approaches.
Thames Clippers new cross-river shuttle service has been hailed a success after it helped 7,000 fans get to and from The O2 last weekend.
As revealed by The Wharf last week, the boat service between the QEII pier in North Greenwich and East India pier was introduced on Saturday to give visitors an alternative way of getting to the venue when the Jubilee line was closed.
Relief is on its way for visitors battling to get to The O2 when the Jubilee line is shut for engineering work.
From this weekend Thames Clippers is launching a new shuttle boat service to ferry fans across the Thames from Reuters' Pier in East India to The O2.
Click here for The Wharf's gallery of the Crossrail launch event.
The seed of Crossrail was planted over a century ago. It has attracted delays, debate and dreamers imagining a London network with elbow room.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown and London Mayor Boris Johnson were among the many who saw the £15.9billion project get underway in Canary Wharf today. The Wharf was there to gauge their reactions.
DLR passengers have been promised an "immediate effect" on their journeys following the network's extended closure for improvements.
New sections of track at Poplar and Canning Town are to be linked into the existing network, prompting a nine-day closure of stations linking East India to Prince Regent and London City Airport.
DLR services stalled this morning after reports of a person on the track near Bank.
Trains were put "on hold" for nearly 15 minutes during the rush-hour, and a failed train later caused severe delays to the route in and out of the City.
Any problems? A good service is operating on the Jubilee line. All other lines are running smoothly apart from the Piccadilly, which has minor delays.
The DLR has no reported problems and the Thames Clippers river service is running smoothly.
On the roads traffic is starting to build up on the Blackwall Tunnel Northern Approach as rush hour begins.
The three-car upgrade of the Docklands Light Railway has moved a step closer to completion with funding confirmed for the line to Beckton.
A total of £18.2million will be provided to boost passenger capacity on trains serving the route, calming fears it would miss out on the upgrade being carried out on the rest of the network.
Commuters will be soon be able to enjoy special deals when they combine river and rail on their way to work.
Thames Clippers managing director Sean Collins told The Wharf that his fast-ferry company was negotiating with rail operators to offer joint ticketing deals within the next few weeks.
Oyster cards will be accepted on Thames Clipper ferries from November.
A new direct service from Canary Wharf to London Bridge has also been unveiled by London Mayor Boris Johnson as part of a package of river transport improvements for the capital.
It's nearly a decade since the arrival of the Jubilee Line brought life to the Canary Wharf estate.
But the line must now expand even further to meet the challenges of the growing hive of commuters.
Bechtel has been appointed project delivery partner for the £16billion Crossrail scheme.
The company will be responsible for overseeing the core central tunnelled section of the London rail link.
Any Problems? After significant disruption this morning, the public transport network appears to have recovered. All Tube services are currently running without delay and there is a good service on the DLR. River services are also running well and there are no reported problems on the roads.
DLR travellers heading west can now touch out at Tower Gateway once again.
The City terminal opened today after a closure of around eight months for maintenance works, but some lines were disrupted this morning by a signal failure at West India Quay.
London Mayor Boris Johnson fielded questions from the city's business community this week, in a Q&A hosted by the London Chamber of Commerce.
The Wharf was on hand to jot down his responses on issues such as Heathrow, housing, the congestion charge and the great snowdrift of 2009.
Riverboat commuters can look forward to using their Oyster cards on Thames Clippers boats before the end of the year.
The Wharf can reveal the company is close to agreeing a deal with Transport for London to enable pay-as-you-go Oyster cards to be used on the service, and the system could be operational by the autumn.
The Dot2Dot shuttle bus service linking Canary Wharf to Heathrow has been sold by National Express for just £1.
The service to ferry Wharfers to the airport was launched last February but struggled to attract sufficient numbers, racking up a £7million loss.
Boris Johnson officially opened the newest link in the Docklands Light Railway today but plans to extend the network out to Dagenham remain stalled.
The Mayor of London was at Woolwich Arsenal station this morning to unveil the £180million cross-river extension, completed seven weeks ahead of schedule.
Commuters and shoppers have been hit by delays on the Jubilee line.
A signal failure at Canada Water station left services delayed and running slowly and Transport For London urged travellers to find other means of transport.
