Results tagged “Narrow Street”

A man was arrested following a suspected arson at an address yards away from Ian McKellen's pub The Grapes.

The police and fire brigade were called to Barleycorn Way in Poplar at 5am on Tuesday morning after reports a fire had started. The property was evacuated and no injuries were reported.

A homeowner was horrified when they returned from holiday to find a group of homeless people had moved into their property.

The offenders broke into the address in Narrow Street, Limehouse, last October, drunk expensive bottles of wine and ate food from the fridge. They also left dog excrement all over the inside of the house.

Police have appealed for help to identify a woman whose body was recovered from the River Thames in June.

The woman was pulled from the river near Narrow Street at 1.30pm on June 22. She is described as between 20-40 years old, 5ft 5ins tall, of slim build and with dark hair.

It was supposed to be the moment that changed the course of modern British politics - but its long-term impact is debatable.

The Limehouse declaration, devised around a kitchen table in a house on Narrow Street by former Labour cabinet ministers David Owen, Shirley Williams, Roy Jenkins and Bill Rodgers, was made on January 25, 1981.

He's earned renown for playing villains on stage and screen but Steven Berkoff very nearly found life imitating art in his formative years.

The Limehouse-based actor grew up in London's East End and his early years saw him drifting into petty crime and brushes with the law. He has written about those days in a new autobiography, Diary of a Juvenile Delinquent.

By Tim Archer

To fix the problems of pollution and congestion, Tower Hamlets Council introduced the concept of all new homes being built as "car-free".

The theory goes that if you ban people from applying for parking permits and prevent developers building parking spaces, residents abandon their cars and use public transport.

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IN A NUTSHELL
Superstar chef Gordon Ramsay's Limehouse gastropub is delivering the food goods, and the view's not bad either.

Legendary actor Sir Ian McKellen believes Canary Wharf companies have a responsibility to the area around them.

The Narrow Street-based stage and screen star visited the nearby Limehouse Youth Centre to view an art competition run by charity City Gateway.

London's first two Cycle Superhighways have been announced by mayor Boris Johnson.

Corridors running from South Wimbledon to Bank and from Barking to Tower Hill will be up and running in May 2010 in a bid to provide "safe, direct and continuous routes" which will encourage Londoners onto two wheels.

Boris Johnson escaped injury in Narrow Street this morning when a truck's doors hooked a car and nearly dragged it into the path of his bike.

See the video below, or click here for the full story, exclusively revealed this afternoon at wharf.co.uk

Boris Johnson was involved in a near miss in Limehouse this morning when a truck nearly dragged a car into the path of his bike.

The London mayor was among a group cycling along Narrow Street when the vehicle's doors swung open, catching on a car and dragging it along the road.

HE’S been seen in Shakespeare, The Simpsons and the Shire – but now Sir Ian McKellen is branching out into garage music.

The venerable actor recorded a Shakespearean sonnet onto a beat created by members of the Limehouse Youth Club.

NARROW Street will again celebrate August Bank Holiday with a traditional fete this year.

Locals will flock to Ropemaker’s field for fancy dress, stalls, Pearly Kings and Queens and Punch and Judy shows on August 25.

Limehouse's own village fete was cooked up in The Grapes in Narrow Street three years ago, and has been opened by famous residents such as Ian McKellen and Cleo Rocos.

The event attracts a large number of volunteers from around the area, and there is still time to get involved.

ARMED robbers tied up and threatened staff at Booty’s Riverside Bar before stealing the takings from marathon day.

The two men made off with £5,000 in the incident on Sunday night (April 13) immediately after closing time.

Det Con Dean Musgrove from Tower Hamlets police said: “Although nobody was injured, the staff were threatened. This bar has a good reputation and is not known for trouble. This has left the manager traumatised.�