This week in London: mystery of the New Cross Road fire and a whale swam up the Thames

Toby Earle|Amy Ashenden24 January 2016

It was the week that saw rush hour chaos in Hackney and a fire tragedy in New Cross, the cause of which remains unknown to this day.

At Lea Bridge flooding as a result of a thaw of snowfall caused havoc on the roads all the way back in 1918.

While in 1981, a 10,000-strong protest was sparked over alleged police negligence, when 13 young men and women died in a fire on New Cross Road.

This week in London trawls the archives to bring you the key events that have taken place in the capital during the past century.

London Live's Toby Earle takes a look back at some of the highlights from the third week of January.

Toby finishes with a look at an unusual appearance of a whale in the Thames.

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