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The London Ice Sculpting Festival drew to a close in Canary Wharf with the Netherlands crowned as champions for the second year running.
Teams from five countries spent two days creating elaborate works of art from blocks of ice and it was the Dutch entry, entitled Cool Trading, which was judged to be the most impressive.
You might think there has been more than enough ice around in recent weeks but Canary Wharf had a whole lot more today.
The London Ice Sculpting Festival got underway in Canada Square this morning, with international sculptors looking to carve a name for themselves.
Canary Wharf will be an even cooler place to be this weekend when it hosts the London Ice Sculpting Festival.
The free event will take place next to the ice rink in Canada Square Park on Friday and Saturday, when five teams of international sculptors will work against the clock to carve 2x2m blocks of ice into works of art in front of the public.
Canary Wharf has seen a glut of new restaurants opening in recent weeks but one Michelin-starred chef decided against moving to the area.
Atul Kochhar, who has a Michelin star for his Benares Indian restaurant in Mayfair, was poised to open in the Park Pavilion in Canada Square before the credit crunch made him change his mind.
HSBC has bucked the property market trend by selling its Canary Wharf headquarters in a £772.5million deal.
The bank's Canada Square tower has been sold to the South Korean National Pension Service, although HSBC will remain as tenants.
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Funky bar/restaurant proves to be a popular newcomer in the heart of Canary Wharf.
The long wait came to an end two weeks ago when the Park Pavilion in Canada Square, finally saw its first leisure venues open their doors.
The frontage of One Canada Square has been transformed, and paying customers have been sampling the two newest additions to the Canary Wharf restaurant and bar scene, the Parlour and Canteen.
The Canteen restaurant chain celebrates all things British, boasting a menu packed with the nation's favourites.
Canteen has gone from strength to strength since its first outlet opened in Spitalfields just four years ago. Chef Cass Titcombe spoke to The Wharf about Canteen's arrival in the area.
A year after its launch, Waitrose's Community Matters initiative has raised £12,000 for 36 different good causes around Canary Wharf.
The scheme, which allows customers the chance to vote on which of three charities get the biggest slice of £1,000 each month, celebrated its first birthday last Thursday.
Employment lawyer Clare Murray spent a morning last week flanked by pink camouflage, placards and a perky coloured mini.
The eye-catching display turned a few heads towards BMW's Canada Square showroom, but there was a serious message beneath the gaudy colours.
A Citigroup employee who stole thousands of pounds of goods from the company and tried to sell them on eBay has been jailed.
IT contractor Fitzpatrick Kinyanjui, 40, of Mayfair Court in Watford, Hertfordshire, pleaded guilty to one count and theft and was sentenced to 12 months in prison at Snaresbrook Crown Court last week.
Who wants to daub graffiti on Canada Square pavilion?
New tenant Wahaca is on the hunt for street artists to splash colour over their upcoming Wharf outlet, which is pencilled in for a November 1 launch.
There are plenty of restaurants on the Wharf. And there are plenty of bars and plenty of grills.
But there are few venues that offer the comforts of all three, and only one that boasts views over Canada Square.
Waitrose has revealed two more of its staff are now off sick with swine flu.
It follows the news last week that a member of staff at the Canada Square branch had the virus - believed to be the first person in Canary Wharf to contract it.
The Canary Wharf Jog hits the streets tomorrow and Trinity Mirror is doing its bit for charity.
The annual event always attracts plenty of support for the British Heart Foundation and this year has proved to be no exception with entries closed weeks ago.
A lifetime in sculpture has taken up a spring residence to offer some aesthetic relief on the Wharf from the daily grind.
Four decades of powerful sculpture by revered artist Phillip King are exhibited in the lobby of One Canada Square and Jubilee Place Park.
HSBC is to inform 1,200 UK staff they face the threat of redundancy in the next 12 months.
Many of the cuts will hit back office staff in locations such as Leamington Spa and Newport, but the bank confirmed under 100 would be based at its Canada Square headquarters in Canary Wharf.
It's the next big thing in group exercise - and Canary Wharf's Reebok Sports Club will be the first to get it.
Flying through the air on ropes has previously been only for trapeze artists in the circus or children in playgrounds, but not any more.
HSBC will be staying in Canary Wharf, at least for the next three years.
The banking giant decided to retain its London headquarters following a review published just before Christmas.
Officers swooped on a property in Plimsoll Close as part of a council-funded drugs blitz.
A small amount of herbal cannabis, 60g of cocaine and various drug paraphernalia was seized in the raid, which was executed by East India and Lansbury Safer Neighbourhoods Team on December 9.
