Results tagged “Manchester Road”

The Isle of Dogs is expected to receive £420,000 of funding towards traffic improvements in the new year.

Mayor of London Boris Johnson has confirmed that the borough has been promised the cash as part of a £3.7million transport package.

Eastend Homes chief executive Paul Bloss is making plans to carry out major repairs on housing stock on the Isle of Dogs.

In recent weeks, it's become clear that there are some bridges to re-build with residents as well.

It was created to celebrate community cohesion, but a mural has split opinions on the Island.

George Green School students sprayed a design on the side of Manchester Road building last summer as part of a youth art project. But residents are keen to see it removed, claiming it makes the area "look like a ghetto".

A teenager who was stabbed just yards from the Isle of Dogs police station has joined the chorus of voices calling for it to open later in the day.

Hanif Ali, 14, was "jumped" by a gang of ten youths as he got off the D7 bus on Manchester Road last month. The mob stabbed him in the stomach, severed two tendons in his wrist, and left him with further injuries to the head and arm.

Council workers may have flushed away up to £2,000 by leaving the lights on in a disused toilet for almost a year.

Tower Hamlets Council closed the Isle of Dogs’ only public conveniences last April in a bid to save £50,000 a year on maintenance – but forgot to turn off the power before it padlocked the doors.

AN ISLE of Dogs store has risen from the ashes and is back in business.

Cathy’s Flowers, in Manchester Road, was hit by an arson attack on May 1 last year which badly burned the shop front and left the rest of the premises, and the stock, severely smoke damaged. It’s taken nine months but the entire shop has now been refitted and restocked, and it reopened to customers on February 11.