Results tagged “Greenwich”

Opposers to this year's Brick Lane Comedy Festival have had the last laugh, as the event has been cancelled with less than a month's notice.

The festival, due to feature comedians Al Murray and Ed Byrne, had to relocate this year from the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, after four years at the venue due to a lack of funding from Greenwich council.

At the entrance to this new exhibition are four images of the Orion nebula. They represent all that this awe-inspiring collection aims to encompass - science, technology, history, beauty.

A mugger who used a knife and a hammer to carry out phone robberies across Greenwich has been sentenced to three years in prison.

John Mogan, 23, of Chipperfield Road in Orpington, pleaded guilty to theft and robbery when he appeared at Woolwich Crown Court.

The Duke of Edinburgh visited the Cutty Sark last Tuesday to mark 60 years since he co-founded the ship's preservation society and became patron.

He met some of the 300 guests invited from the Greenwich community including Air Cadets, Royal British Legion, Girl Guides, Army Cadets, and representatives from the Sikh, Chinese, Irish, and Islamic communities.

Greenwich has been "crying out" for the arrival of the Waitrose brand according to its partners.

If evidence were needed of the interest, the opening date - June 20 - was the most-viewed item on wharf.co.uk when it was first revealed.