Explore the history of time and astronomy at the Greenwich Observatory, the home of Greenwich Mean Time. Here the Meridian that divides the earth's eastern and western hemispheres passes right through, where millions of visitors have been photographed standing with a foot on either side. At 1 o'clock every day since 1833, the time-ball, a red ball on a rod on one of the building's turrets, falls so that sailors on ships on the Thames could set their clocks by it.
Tube strikes on as talks collapse Thousands of Tube workers will strike next week as talks between London Underground bosses and two unions break down.
Missing boy couple 'faced court' A foster couple who disappeared with a four-year-old boy were facing court action over his return, it is revealed.
Delay for tourist bike hire plans Tourists and casual users are prevented from using London's cycle hire scheme until the end of 2010.