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Redevelopment of the City Pride site could be back on the agenda after the site was sold.

However, mystery surrounds just who has bought the pub site in Westferry Road, along with a linked site at Island Point at the southern end of the Isle of Dogs.

The redevelopment of the City Pride pub has been thrown into doubt after Irish property company Glenkerrin went into receivership.

The popular Canary Wharf pub was earmarked for demolition after Glenkerrin received planning approval two years ago to build a 62 storey tower on the land.

The owner of a car clamping company exposed by The Wharf for dodgy practices has been fined more than £1,000.

Shah Abdal, who runs Knightwatch Parking Enforcement, pleaded guilty at Thames Magistrates Court last week to charges of wrongfully claiming his staff were authorised by the Securities Industry Authority.

He was a student looking to pay his way through university with a part-time job - but found himself involved in a lucrative scheme to catch unwary punters parked at a Canary Wharf pub.

In February Masrur Hoque started working for clamping company Knightwatch, who were responsible for car park security at the City Pride pub in Marsh Wall.

Clampers operating at the City Pride pub extracted over £700 from one family even though they were entitled to park there.

Knightwatch, which was responsible for parking enforcement at the Marsh Wall pub until their contract was terminated on September 11, appears to have made the most of its last few days by clamping vehicles legally parked there.

A quiet pint at a Canary Wharf pub turned into an expensive night out for John Kentish-Barnes.

The 35-year-old went for a drink with his wife at the City Pride in Marsh Wall on Friday, August 7, only to find his car had been clamped while he was in the pub.

City Pride staff are cautiously preparing for next year's London Marathon festivities.

Marathon day is traditionally the Westferry Road pub's busiest day of the year. But many believed April's event would be its last before it was closed to make way for Glenkerrin's 62-storey Pride development.

It's St George's Day today and venues around Docklands are holding special events to celebrate.

The O2 is staging a Shakespeare-themed event this evening, while pubs and restaurants are adding English twists to their menus.

Many residents around the proposed Island Point development have lived in their homes for decades.

And they are not welcoming their potential new neighbour with open arms.

Residents will continue their fight against Island Point after councillors failed to come to a decision on Glenkerrin's controversial development.

The application for the Westferry Road scheme was deferred on Thursday night due to concerns over insufficient developer contributions, delaying its sister project on the City Pride site as a result.

Island residents are to make one last effort to block a controversial “ghetto� development.

Tower Hamlets Council’s strategic development committee will decide whether to grant planning permission to the linked Pride and Island Point schemes next Thursday.