Officials from the London Silverbacks have announced they’re changing the teams name to the London Lords, in honour of a historic London team that played in the city  from the 1950′s to the 1970′s.

The amateur men’s team offers former Western Mustangs and London Beefeaters the chance to continue their football careers in London.

Team Owner Scott Knight says he’s happy to connect his team with the historic Lords name.

The London Lords play the first home game of the season on June 8th at City Wide fields.

Knight says he thought it would have been interesting to host Lords games at Labatt Park, where the first Lords team played, but said the field is only meant for baseball now.

A full schedule of games is available HERE.

Last year, the London Lords were inducted into the London Sports Hall of Fame.

Here is a video the Hall produce on the history of the team.

Firefighters were called to the parking lot of a business on Wonderland Road North at Sarnia Road just before 2:30AM Monday after a school bus and transport truck were spotted engulfed in flames.

Police say the fire appears to have been deliberately set.

Damage is estimated at $250,000.

Roughly two hours later, fire crews were called to another fire just down the road from the first, at St. Thomas More Separate school.

This time a construction trailer had been set ablaze.

Damage is estimated at $25,000.

Both fires are under investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to call police.

The Fanshawe Conservation Area, in partnership with the North London Optimist Club, will be hosting the roughly half hour show Monday at dusk.

Conservation Area Superintendent, Steve Musclow, advises those planning to attend to get there as early as 4PM.

Cost of the event is $15 per car load.

For those who have a whole day to kill there are several closures to be aware of.

All government offices, libraries, banks and schools are closed for the day.

The LCBO, Beer Store and most malls including White Oaks, Masonville and Westmount will stay locked up.

There will be no mail delivery and the LTC is operating on a Sunday schedule.

Everything returns to normal Tuesday.

Huron OPP say a motorcycle was heading south on Highway 21 just before 2PM Sunday when it collided with a northbound van that was attempting to make a left turn onto Turnbull’s Grove Road South.

The 56 year old driver of the motorcycle, Wayne Mercer and his 55 year old passenger, Darlene McConnell, both from Toronto, were airlifted to hospital with serious injuries.

The three occupants of the van were not hurt.

Oxford OPP say the alleged incident happened Friday.

The 10 year old victim was an acquaintance of the suspect.

Gary Fugard is charged with sexual assault and sexual interference with a person under the age of 16.

He was arrested without incident and was held for a bail hearing Sunday.

Police were called to Rathbourne Ave. and Huron Street Saturday night, after a car turning left collided with an oncoming motorcycle.

The 28 year old driver of the bike was taken to hospital with serious leg injuries, while the 19 year old woman behind the wheel of the car was not hurt.

She has since been charged with a Highway Traffic Act offence.

Fire officials say residents could avoid the risk of burns or other injuries by attending public fireworks displays instead.

Manager of Municipal Law Enforcement Services for the city, Annette Drost, says there are a few precautions those who would rather put on their own show should take.

Victoria Day and Canada Day are the only two days throughout the year the city allows fireworks to be discharged.

Anyone busted setting them off on other occasions could face a fine.

A 22 year old woman was walking on Cedar Street Friday, when a man in a vehicle pulled up beside her and asked for directions.

The man proceeded to ask the woman if she would get inside his vehicle and continued to follow her.

A nearby citizen, who witnessed the interaction, started to walk towards the vehicle to intervene and that’s when the man took off.

Police are now looking for a reddish/purple large SUV style Hummer with dark tinted windows. The vehicle also had a tire carrier with the “H3″ emblem engraved on it mounted to the rear.

Anyone with information is asked to call police.

The Knights defeated host team, the Saskatoon Blades, 3-2 in the opening game Friday night.

Nikita Zadorov scored on the power play in the third period to break a 2-2 tie.

Seth Griffith, with an goal and an assist, and Brett Welychka also scored for the Ontario Hockey League champions, who got off to the start they wanted in the 10-day round-robin tournament to decide the Canadian Hockey League’s best team.

The Knights are now off until Monday when they will take on WHL Champion, Portland.