Results tagged “Wapping”

Fiona Rule didn't know London's docklands from a plate of pie and mash when she started research for her book - but she'd heard the stories.

Stories about the Blitz, of course - their finest hour - but mostly stories about the sense of community, the casual savagery of working life, the cheek-by-jowl two-up-two-downs with their tin baths and coal-specked washing.

Is this the Wharf's legendary Sammy The Seal?

The photograph was sent in by Dai Taylor of canarywharfphotography.com and taken from its studio near the Prospect Of Whitby pub in Wapping at the weekend.

The East London line is set to return to the capital's transport grid this summer.

Mayor Boris Johnson travelled to Shoreditch High Street today (Tuesday) to check on the progress of the £1billion overground project, which will link Wapping to destinations north and south of the river.

News International's plans to re-develop its Wapping headquarters have been approved by Tower Hamlets Council.

An earlier scheme to remodel the existing print works and Rum Warehouse in Virginia Street was rejected by the Strategic Development Committee in June, but a revised version was cleared on Tuesday night.

It took nearly three months for Powerchex, a Wapping-based pre-employment screening company, to secure its first customer but Alexandra Kelly was never worried.

Four years later and the managing director and owner's faith in the brand has been proved right.

The recession and growing unemployment is causing more and more young people to lie on their job applications.

That's the view of Powerchex, a Wapping-based pre-employment screening company, which carried out a survey of more than 4,700 CVs between June last year and May this year.

The East London line replacement bus service is to be scaled back from Friday as it "no longer represents value for money".

Buses were introduced when the line closed in December 2007 as part of a £10billion investment programme, allowing commuters to continue to travel to destinations such as Wapping, Shadwell and Shoreditch.

Columbus Tower deemed unsuitable for conservation area

Regeneration of Mile End's Eric and Treby estates generates too few social homes

A row over allocated parking spaces led to a 59-year-old van driver being punched and kicked to the ground.

The incident took place at around 6pm on Saturday (January 17) when the victim attempted to park in an allocated space in Wapping's West Gardens.