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Residents in Virginia Quay are being urged to voice their protest at plans to build a cement works proposed for the neighbouring Orchard Wharf site.

Blackwall and Cubitt Town councillor Peter Golds is urging residents and businesses in the area to oppose the application, which could see over 600,000 tonnes of aggregate pass through every year.

A PIN-CUSHION of gleaming towers may not seem like an ideal home for wildlife.

But birds, insects and even mammals are increasingly joining bankers and builders in making a home in the Wharf.

A GREEN boating community could soon be sharing space with the birds in East India Dock Basin.

The bird sanctuary near Trinity Buoy Wharf has been suggested as a home for 48 boats, which could draw almost all of their energy from wind and water power.

A committee of 10 present and past Poplar Dock boat owners is behind the plan for the new mooring, which they hope to run as a co-operative.

Committee chairman Rod Taylor said: “The idea is to use half of the water space. Wildlife, fish and birds all co-exist with boaters in Poplar Dock, and we think the introduction of a green marina will encourage an ecosystem to grow.�