Results tagged “Blackwall”

Mayor Of London Boris Johnson has said that the new tunnel for road traffic under the Thames in east London will be built within the next 10 years.

He will outline the timescale and capacity for a link between Greenwich peninsula and Silvertown at a dinner in the City this evening.

Long-awaited new river crossings in east London moved closer after the Government pledged to work with Boris Johnson on exploring options including a tunnel linking North Greenwich and Silvertown.

The Mayor hailed Chancellor George Osborne's pledge yesterday to invest billions in London's infrastructure as "great news".

There is probably plenty to say about a person who insists her bedroom walls are always painted aubergine.

Aside from being bang on trend as far as this season's interiors palette is concerned, actress and designer Sadie Frost isn't making a statement, she said it was just the colour she'd always liked to wake up to.

The birth of the debate on censorship of the moving image in Britain is thrust into the limelight by an event at BFI South Bank this week.

The fact the drowning of 38 people at the bungled launch of warship HMS Albion at Blackwall in 1898 was caught on film and then subsequently screened just days after the tragedy caused considerable controversy.

The Millwall Dock, that forms a reversed 'L' shape through the heart of the Isle of Dogs, was incorporated by an Act of Parliament in 1864.

The Millwall Canal Company changed its name to Millwall Freehold Land And Dock Company on incorporation and bought up 200 acres of mainly marshland.

The post-industrial age is fast becoming the information age.

With many firms fearing that technology will leave them behind, there has been a frantic growth in the telecommunications sector.

There's an ice cream van selling drugs on Galbraith Street.

And that's not all. Drunks are shouting late into the night and tearing around Virginia Quay. New Union Wharf residents aren't happy about graffiti, drug dealing and vandalism, and there isn't enough lighting in St John's Park.

By Aidan Jones

The thud of helicopter blades cascades into the emergency room, followed by a bleary tannoy announcing the arrival of casualties.

Dozens of military medics move to their stations, aprons fastened over their uniforms.

Crawling in traffic may be a fact of life around Blackwall - but is actually stopping becoming a lot trickier?

Parking spaces are a hot commodity in places such as Blackwall Way and Yabsley Street. Located just off the busy Preston's Road, these roads are overlooked by multi-storey residential flats such as Nova Court, perfect for those working in Canary Wharf.

DLR customers are waiting to gauge the impact of a re-opened Tower Gateway station on their daily commute.

The company has revealed the new timetable – and it’s a mixed bag for passengers who have complained of overcrowding on the Woolwich extension.

The extension of the DLR is still causing problems for commuters, but improvements have been promised soon.

Since the new Woolwich Arsenal station opened in early January there has been overcrowding on parts of the line.