This Week In London’s History Monday – 21st July 2005: Two weeks after the July 7th bombings, four would-be suicide bombers attempt to detonate explosive devices on London’s public transport system. None of the bombs explode fully, but widespread disruption of the transport system ensues nonetheless. Tuesday – 22nd July 1987: Palestinian political cartoonist Naji Salim al-Ali is shot in the face outside his office in Chelsea. He would die of his injuries several......

This Week In London’s History Monday – 23rd July 1986: Prince Andrew marries Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey. As a wedding present (of sorts), the Queen grants them the title of Duke and Duchess of York. Tuesday – 24th July 1987: At the High Court, Jeffrey Archer wins damages of £500,000 in his libel case against the Daily Star. 14 years later he would be convicted of perjury and perverting the course of justice......

Just a quick bit of news to cheer you up on this grey, drizzly morning: Pete Doherty has had his car towed! Apparently the junkie knobhead hadn't paid £170 road tax on his Jaguar (although we read somewhere else that he'd got unpaid fines for driving in bus lanes - rock and roll!). Anyway he didn't pay whatever he was supposed to pay and the car got towed by bailifs from outside his house......

The new series of Doctor Who (Sat 7.15pm BBC1) is well underway now – and what do you think? So far it has elicited a muted response from the only critic who counts; not a good start, although he does say that this Saturday's offering is "flipping great" and it's onwards and upwards for the rest of the series. Fair enough – but what did the incredibly dedicated, oh-so-devoted fans over on the Digital......

The BBC is today reporting that Jeffrey Archer has claimed to have rejoined the Conservatives via his local Tory party outpost in Vauxhall. Apparently Lord Archer made the revelation to an Australian newspaper during an interview in order to promote the latest laughable drivel he's insisting on calling a novel. The former deputy party Chairman (who, lest we forget, once campaigned to be Mayor of this city) was expelled from the Conservative Party in......

The new Wembley Stadium has been plagued by problems since its inception and let's face it, any project with involvement from Ken Bates is hardly going to run smoothly, but the threat of snipers taking out crane operators is a bit more Carlos The Jackal than Bob The Builder. The company in charge of the development, Multiplex, has received demands for cash, and were told that if they don't pay up the precariously exposed......