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JP Morgan is putting the finishing touches to its new offices at 25 Bank Street.

The signage is going up on the outside of the former home of Lehman Brothers ahead of the investment bank's arrival in Canary Wharf next year.

Knife crime is the subject of a new production that uses MP3 technology to get the cast's powerful message to the audience.

Theatre Royal Stratford East is staging Mad Blud, a performance piece using the voices of real people, including that of a perpetrator.

By Rob Virtue

A walkway near Westferry is finally reopening after pressure from residents - but only temporarily.

The Thames Walkway along Riverside South has been blocked by site preparation work on the JP Morgan site, leaving residents, cyclists and walkers on Westferry Road cut off from the north side.

JP Morgan has ended speculation about its move to Canary Wharf by announcing it has bought the former Lehman Brothers headquarters at 25 Bank Street.

The investment bank were supposed to be developing a new site for its European headquarters at Canary Riverside, but have opted to take on the Lehman Brothers site instead.

JP Morgan made it a hat-trick of titles when they claimed the City Scrum tournament last week.

Wharf businesses were well represented at the 15-team touch rugby tournament held at the Honourable Artillery Company last Wednesday, and for one it was a case of so-near-yet-so-far.

Bragging rights will be up for grabs later this month when the City Scrum touch rugby tournament returns.

Now in its third year, the touch rugby tournament at the Honourable Artillery Company ground on March 24 has become a firm fixture on the sporting calendar.

Speculation that JP Morgan will abandon its move to Canary Wharf because of the bonus tax is incorrect.

The future of the bank's Riverside South headquarters, currently under construction, was reported to be in doubt after a phone call last month between JP Morgan chief executive Jamie Dimon and Alistair Darling.

Bear Sterns proposed new home at 5 Churchill Place has been snapped up by a private investor based in Bermuda.

Canary Wharf Group sold its leasehold interest in the building for £208million this morning. The new owner is a limited partnership called 5 Churchill Place LP.

The fallout from the banking crisis has thrown the industry's problems into stark relief, not least regulation.

The British Government has vowed to crack down on the return of excessive bonuses and risky practices that precipitated the credit crunch, but implementing tighter unilateral regulation could be difficult.

Commuters will be soon be able to enjoy special deals when they combine river and rail on their way to work.

Thames Clippers managing director Sean Collins told The Wharf that his fast-ferry company was negotiating with rail operators to offer joint ticketing deals within the next few weeks.

JP Morgan's changes to its future Riverside South home have been green-lit by Tower Hamlets Council.

The Strategic Development Committee has unanimously rubber-stamped the banking giant's amendments to the scheme, which it secured for an initial £237million in November.

JP Morgan has put pen to paper on a deal to move into Riverside South.

The firm will abandon the City to house its European headquarters in the Canary Wharf development, in one of the biggest property transactions for a single building in London history.

BANKING giant JP Morgan is to leave the City for a one million square foot HQ in Canary Wharf.

The firm is in talks with Canary Wharf Group about setting up its new European headquarters in Riverside South, the planned three and a half million square foot project to the west of the estate.

JP MORGAN is hoping to pass on its office space in Canary Wharf - before the building is even complete.

The US bank picked up space in 5 Churchill Place when it snapped up stricken rival Bear Stearns in March.

Bear Stearns was due to move into 250,000 square foot of offices when the building completed in July next year, but JP Morgan has now assigned Knight Frank to offload the offices rather than occupy them itself.