Results tagged “Woolwich”

The King's Troop Royal Artillery was welcomed to its new Woolwich home yesterday with a special covenant cementing the borough's support for the armed forces.

Members of Greenwich council, local dignitaries and senior military officers signed a voluntary statement at Napier Lines, the purpose built equestrian centre at Woolwich Garrison on Repository Road.

A teenage arsonist has been sentenced to four years in prison for setting fire to a Woolwich pub during the August riots.

The 16-year-old, from Abbey Wood, cannot be named for legal reasons. He was sentenced at Inner London Crown Court today after pleading guilty to setting fire to the Great Harry pub in Wellington Street on August 8.

The longest sentence handed down in connection with the London riots has been given to a 22-year-old who threw bricks at officers inside a police car in Woolwich.

Johanson Ago, of no fixed address, was given five years and four months in prison for the attack, as well as six burglaries committed during the disorder.

Firefighters have rescued a man trapped 20 metres underneath a man hole cover on a Woolwich building site.

Teams from London fire brigade and Air Ambulance used specialist equipment to lift the man to safety at the Grand Depot Road site this afternoon.

Firefighters and a team from London's Air Ambulance are working to rescue a man trapped down a man hole on a Woolwich building site.

The man is thought to have fallen ten metres underground at the Grand Depot Road site.

It's all grits and gravy according to artist Ray Richardson.

The phrase, originally used by his dad to describe soul music, sums up his show at the Ben Oakley Gallery in Greenwich.

A wheelchair bound looter has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for his part in the Woolwich riots.

David Christopher Knott, 18, from Bromhedge, Eltham had a broken leg when he was captured on CCTV being handed a television outside Argos, Powis Street before being wheeled from the scene in August.

A wall of messages created by members of the Woolwich community saddened by the riots in the town was painted over because it was seen as graffiti.

Powis Street Estates, owners of the site of the Great Harry pub which was destroyed in an arson attack nearly two weeks ago, said it took the decision to paint over the messages after talking to Greenwich Council.

A community meeting held to discuss the aftermath of the riots in Woolwich was boycotted by Greenwich Council.

Leaflets handed out in the town centre yesterday (August 18) on behalf of the council said it would not be attending because an organiser was connected to the English Defence League.

The fires have died down and the dust is beginning to settle after the Woolwich riots but most residents are still angry about the violence that hit the town.

Messages have begun to appear on hoardings around The Great Harry pub. Messages such as: "Me and my family were born and brought up here and I have never been so disgusted," and "Think it's over? Watch karma catch up with you".

Images of suspects in last week's Woolwich riots have been released.

Police are asking the public to help identify those in the pictures who are believed to have taken part in looting and criminal damage in last Monday's attacks.

The Woolwich community is beginning the long clean-up following a night of severe vandalism and looting across the town.

Shop-owners were inspecting the damage to their stores after the riot which also saw the Wetherspoon's pub almost completely destroyed by fire.

Workers, police and politicians are beginning to tackle the mess left by a third night of rioting across the capital.

Town centres such as Woolwich, East Ham and Lewisham saw major clashes as looters took advantage of stretched police numbers while smaller scale criminal activity broke out in Canning Town and Stratford.

A 62-year-old woman is recovering in hospital after being found with no pulse outside Woolwich DLR station on Wednesday.

Two police officers, PC James Brown and PCSO Dan Piper, were alerted to the woman, who had also stopped breathing, and began resuscitating her until London Ambulance staff took over.

The Royal Opera House is bringing Madame Butterfly to Canary Wharf and Woolwich this summer - through a big screens in the area.

They will be two of 21 UK locations to which the production will be beamed in live from the Covent Garden venue, allowing workers and residents free access to the performance.

Work has started on building the London 2012 shooting venue at the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich.

The Olympic Delivery Authority has released images of what the temporary venue will look like when it hosts the Olympic and Paralympic shooting competitions, as well as Paralympic archery. It is the final 2012 venue to start being constructed.