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Feverishly-awaited graphic novel movie Watchmen will be dropping jaws at Greenwich's new IMAX cinema next year.

The Bugsby's Way cinema - which will open on Friday with screenings of Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa - will screen the film version of Alan Moore's classic from March 6.

Credit Suisse became the latest Canary Wharf bank to slash jobs when they announced 650 roles would go at its UK operations.

The Switzerland-based company made the announcement of cuts, which represents three per cent of its workforce, on Tuesday.

Canary Wharf's HSBC staff suffered a major blow after the bank announced it was cutting its workforce by 500.

The decision, which was revealed on Monday afternoon, has been met with anger by union officers, particularly because of its timing.

Miss Great Britain was one of a host of beauties brightening up Canada Place Mall on Thursday afternoon.

The 2007 winner of the competition, Rachael Tennant, on the left in the picture, was promoting the Wharfside car valet service outside Waitrose.

Police are on the hunt for a rucksack which could hold the key to an Isle of Dogs murder investigation.

CCTV images have been released of the light blue bag, which they believe may be a vital clue in solving the murder of 70-year-old Byng Street resident Khayrun Nessa in August.

A Canary Wharf commuter was the victim of a sexual assault as she travelled to work earlier this month.

The 30-year-old woman was travelling on an eastbound Jubilee line train at around 8.10am on Thursday, November 6, when a man indecently touched her as the train approached Canary Wharf.

IT was billed as the financial plan which would help shrink the impact of Britain’s much-feared recession.

But Wharf shoppers and businesses have not flocked to praise the Government’s high-risk plan to kick-start the UK economy.

A West India Quay drinker was "covered in blood" after being hit by a hurled glass object during a bar fight.

Police were called after a scuffle broke out near the bar area at Bar 38 on Friday night. The 25-year-old victim suffered a cut to the eyebrow.

The Government has announced a 2.5 per cent cut in VAT until the end of 2009 as it moves to combat the effects of recession.

Chancellor Alistair Darling pledged to slash VAT to 15 per cent from next Monday (December 1), reportedly saving consumers around £12.5billion.

Barclays' bosses braved the wrath of shareholders today to explain why the bank needed to raise almost £6billion of capital from new investors.

The bank's chairman Marcus Agius told a general meeting of shareholders at Excel today failure to secure the promise of funds from the Middle East could have proved "terminal".