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Regular customers at Next in Canary Wharf can look forward to having a bigger store to visit after planning permission was granted for the retailer to expand.

Tower Hamlets Council gave the nod last week for the store to increase its floorspace by utilising space in the car parks underneath its premises in Canada Place Mall.

Racing legends Lester Piggott and Sir Peter O'Sullevan will be cantering into Canary Wharf this afternoon.

As exclusively revealed in The Wharf the former champion jockey and the retired commentator will be signing prints in Canada Place mall from 2.15pm, in a promotion run by Frontispiece Gallery.

A guest at Daniel Crews-Chubb's graduation show took great exception to his painting Tokyo, protesting it bore no resemblance to the city itself. Rather than taking offence, Crews-Chubb said he was satisfied he had the reaction he wanted.

The 26-year-old, who graduated from Chelsea College of Art and Design in June last year, said he deliberately steered clear of accurate depictions of the places he paints.

Levi's became the latest addition to Canary Wharf's retail collection when it opened its doors this morning in what it hopes will be a stroke of "jeanius".

The leisurewear store opened in Canada Place mall at 11am, and business was already brisk by lunchtime.

An oasis of tranquillity has crept into Canada Place Mall. The Window Gallery between Waitrose and the Jubilee line entrance is showing a series of beautiful light boxes by artist Marco Bettoni.

Marco, who is originally from Bergamo in Northern Italy and came to England in 1993 to study for an MA at Camberwell College of Art, said: "I transform the frenetic urban pace into a kind of meditation. A kind of calm stillness.

A shirt-maker and new arrival to Canary Wharf is continuing to buck the trend in the recession.

Six weeks after opening a store at Canada Place Mall, Charles Tyrwhitt held a party in the Wharf on Tuesday where it reported solid sales performance for its initial trading period.

Bankers worried about losing their shirts on deals in today's volatile markets can stock up at Canary Wharf's newest retail outlet.

The recession has not deterred entrepreneur Nick Wheeler from expanding his business into the area after a hugely successful 2008.

Wharfers will be able to get shirty with good reason this week when one of the country's top retailers opens in the mall.

Shirtmaker Charles Tyrwhitt opens a new store at 29 Canada Place mall, next to the HMV shop, next Thursday.

Waitrose has confirmed a worker at its Canary Wharf branch has contracted swine flu.

The store at Canada Place mall said it will stay open following advice from the World Health Organisation and the Health Protection Agency.

What does a Canary Wharf worker munch during the crunch?

As branch manager of Canada Place mall supermarket Waitrose Food and Home, Russell Cattell has noticed changes in what turns up in the shopping baskets of the 80,000 customers that wander through each week.