Recently by Giles Broadbent

In any one generation, there are only a handful of artists who, when they open their mouths and deliver that first note, are instantly recognisable. Often these voices may not be regarded as classically beautiful or pitch-perfect in tone but what they do possess is an unmistakable uniqueness.

When Macy Gray broke onto the scene back in 1999 with single I Try, she made a huge impression, joining an elite band whose members include Sinatra, Jagger, Bowie, Stewart and Springfield. There really was no mistaking that voice.

By Raksha Malde-Kara PLANS to create green space and leisure facilities have been unveiled by London Thames Gateway Development Corporation (LTGC).

HOUSE prices fell for the ninth month in a row in June according to this month’s national housing market survey from property intelligence company Hometrack.

WHARFERS keen to wield an axe or slap a bass can visit the Excel tomorrow or at the weekend for a taste of the latest musical products.

By Raksha Malde-Kara What do football, tango and French theatre have in common? Well, Wharfers will be able to see them for free, all set against the background of a towering cityscape during the Greenwich and Docklands festival next week.

Celebrities among other guests attended a pre-show party of Sex And The City held at CityBunker in Canary Wharf last week. Raksha Malde-Kara reports

The fashion-savvy It-crowd had it all glammed up for the occasion, donning their best frocks for the pre-screening bash of the highly-anticipated film.

By Raksha Malde-Kara Dion restaurant in Canary Wharf not only claims to have the longest quality champagne list in London but has now added a host of culinary delights to its menu.

The champagne list is as thick as a telephone directory and boasts the finest champagne brands, including a vintage bottle of Krug Collection Magnum 1979 at £1,500 and even a nebuchadnezzar at £1,700.

IT has been called the child of the Victoria Docks by Dickens, but it seems Canning Town is finally about to grow up, writes Raksha Malde-Kara.

New jobs and houses are to be created in the area as part of a £3billion regeneration scheme according to the London Thames Gateway Development Corporation (LTGDC).

Work has already begun to demolish tower blocks on Fife Road and the first signs of the transformation are beginning to emerge as gleaming new structures, such as community centre The Place, start to appear.

WHILE most nature photographers go to the far-flung reaches of the world to find beauty, a Docklands artist finds her subjects much closer to home, writes Rob Virtue.

Anna Hillman, who has a studio at Trinity Buoy Wharf, will have her work displayed in Greenwich for five weeks.

A GOVERNMENT agency has warned UK housing associations could be "significantly exposed" to turmoil in the housing market after carrying out a survey of the country’s top 100 developers.

A report, published by the Housing Corporation on work done last month, concludes: “The emergence of serious problems in international credit markets over the past year, combined with the slowdown in the UK residential property market, means that housing associations are facing challenging times.