The view across the Thames from the O2 could change again soon after more than 1,300 student rooms and 208 homes at Orchard Wharf were approved by Tower Hamlets councillors. Property developer Regal also plans to build a facility to process parcels delivered by river on the site, which faces the Greenwich Peninsula and is […]
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Enhypen pop-up brings K-pop crowds – and their cash – to Greenwich
K-pop has become a K-pop-up. In the Design District, the futuristic assortment of shiny sheds by North Greenwich bus station, an Enhypen pop-up retail store has turned a few unused metres of floor space into a temporary embassy for the South Korean band and the whole K-pop movement — a place where music and merch […]
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I wouldn’t take free tickets for O2 concerts, says Greenwich MP
The Greenwich & Woolwich MP Matt Pennycook has said he would not accept free tickets to concerts, two days after the chancellor Rachel Reeves was criticised for taking free tickets to a Sabrina Carpenter show at the O2. Pennycook, who is the minister for planning, was quizzed by LBC breakfast show host Nick Ferrari about […]
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I’d accept free O2 tickets again, Greenwich Council leader says
Greenwich Council leader Anthony Okereke has dismissed criticism from the former head of the government’s ethics watchdog after he accepted free tickets to the Brit Awards from the company behind the O2. Okereke took two free tickets for this year’s music awards – worth £495 each – from the vice-president and general manager of the […]
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Berkeley Homes and O2 bosses join Woolwich Works trustees
Woolwich Works has gained two new trustees – one from its landlord at Berkeley Homes, and the boss of the O2. The chairman of Berkeley Capital, Karl Whiteman, and Steve Sayer, the senior vice-president and general manager of the O2, have joined the trustees of the Woolwich Creative District Trust, which runs the arts hub […]
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Greenwich Council leader criticised for taking free Brit Awards tickets
Greenwich Council leader Anthony Okereke’s decision to accept free concert tickets from one of the owners of the O2 Arena has been called “just not acceptable” by the former head of the government’s ethics watchdog. Okereke took two free tickets for this year’s Brit Awards – worth £495 each – from the vice-president and general […]
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Sadiq Khan to host free England v Spain Euro 2024 screening at the O2
London mayor Sadiq Khan is hosting a free screening of the Euro 2024 final between England and Spain at the O2 on Sunday – with tickets being made available at 10am on Thursday morning. Gareth Southgate’s side got through a nail-biting semi final against the Netherlands on Wednesday evening, with Ollie Watkins’ inch-perfect strike in […]
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Councillors back 36-storey student block next to North Greenwich station
A 36-storey student block next to North Greenwich station has been approved by councillors – but the developers said it was hard to say when work would actually start. The plot between the station and the O2 has been empty since the Millennium Dome closed at the end of 2000, and was last used by […]
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