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Britain can expect a budget within 50 days should the Conservatives win the General Election.
David Cameron made the pledge at an event at Thomson Reuters in Canary Wharf this morning as he outlined the Tories' plans to bring the UK out the current economic slump.
A 21-year-old woman was attacked and raped in Surrey Quays as she walked home early on New Year's Day.
The victim was attacked close to Toronto House, as she walked from Canada Water Underground station along Albion Channel, near Surrey Quays Road, between 6-6.45am.
The David Beckham Academy in North Greenwich is set to close at the end of the year.
Beckham has a five-year lease on the state-of-the-art football coaching facility, which is owned by AEG Europe, and will not renew it when it expires next year.
A pedestrian who needed the assistance of the air ambulance when she was injured by a bus at Westferry Circus last week has died.
Shan Shan Guo, 27, from Poplar, died last Sunday from head injuries sustained in the accident on October 17.
London's air ambulance was called to Canary Wharf on Saturday afternoon after a woman was knocked down by a bus.
The incident occurred at Westferry Circus at around 2.40pm when the northbound bus struck the 25-year-old pedestrian, causing her head injuries.
Legendary footballer Pele's planned appearance at The O2 in November has been cancelled.
The Brazilian superstar had been due at the Indigo2 on Sunday, November 1, for an evening of reminiscences alongside ex-England stars Jimmy Greaves and Gordon Banks.
A quiet pint at a Canary Wharf pub turned into an expensive night out for John Kentish-Barnes.
The 35-year-old went for a drink with his wife at the City Pride in Marsh Wall on Friday, August 7, only to find his car had been clamped while he was in the pub.
Thousands of Millwall fans have been left disappointed by the decision to limit the number of tickets available for the Carling Cup match with West Ham.
The Lions were initially given just 1,500 tickets for next Tuesday's game, despite being entitled to 3,000, because police are concerned about potential violence between fans.
The first case of swine flu has been confirmed at the One Canada Square headquarters of Trinity Mirror.
An unidentified employee of the media group has been diagnosed with the disease after being off work for the last two days.
Riverboat commuters can look forward to using their Oyster cards on Thames Clippers boats before the end of the year.
The Wharf can reveal the company is close to agreeing a deal with Transport for London to enable pay-as-you-go Oyster cards to be used on the service, and the system could be operational by the autumn.
Images of a man police want to speak to about a stabbing at The O2 last November have been released.
The pictures were taken from CCTV cameras at the venue and show a man fleeing after violence erupted at the Urban Music Awards at the Indigo2 on November 15.
The O2 is not up for sale. That's the message coming from AEG, who operate the entertainment venue, following reports over the weekend the site had been put up for sale.
Lend Lease and Quintain Estates, who own the leasehold of the site, are apparently looking to sell their interest for around £35million.
The Excel Centre has been selected to host the London economic summit in April.
The exhibition centre in the Royal Docks will be the focus of world scrutiny when international leaders and finance ministers from across the globe meet there on April 2 to discuss the economic crisis.
Kate Kuba is set to reopen its doors in Canary Wharf.
The shoe shop, in Cabot Place West, confirmed it will welcome back customers in the next week and is actively recruiting staff.
Boris Johnson officially opened the newest link in the Docklands Light Railway today but plans to extend the network out to Dagenham remain stalled.
The Mayor of London was at Woolwich Arsenal station this morning to unveil the £180million cross-river extension, completed seven weeks ahead of schedule.
Canary Wharf law firm Clifford Chance has announced plans to shed up to 80 of its London staff.
The surprise announcement comes in response to the credit crunch with many of its high profile clients suffering in the economic downturn.
THE economic downturn looks to have claimed its first retail victim in Canary Wharf.
Kate Kuba, the upmarket women's footwear store, has gone into administration resulting in the closure of its outlet in Cabot Place West.
Nomura is unlikely to move its headquarters to Canary Wharf.
The Japanese bank was mulling over moving its 3,600 staff to the former Lehman Brothers office in Bank Street but seem set to stay in the City.
Barclays is to raise £7.3billion from middle eastern investors to avoid being bailed out by the Government.
A deal was announced today between the Churchill Place-based bank and investors from Qatar and Abu Dhabi, among others, which will see around a third of Barclays pass into foreign ownership.
BOOKS etc closes its doors for the last time in Canary Wharf tomorrow.
The area's only two bookshops, in Jubilee Place Mall and Cabot Place, will shut at 6pm on Wednesday when work starts to transform them into Waterstone's, who acquired the stores last month.
The length of time the shops will be closed has not been disclosed but could be up to two weeks.
