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EVERY DAY A WAR
How banker and soldier Jake Wood
found his two worlds falling apart
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1C TODAY addicts, it’s all anyone is talking bobsleighs the moment the temper- Mr Blonde was one of a number
Cloudy about. We are snowsessed. Snow way ature approaches zero. of office workers who nearly died of
e we can keep calm. No. We as individuals fail in the hypothermia last year, when he got
1C FCRlouIDdyA aYnd cold A few flakes fall and Wharfers run, face of snowfall. Londoners are not caught in a snowstorm in just his suit.
Hail like overexcited children, to press cut out for extremes of weather. I know it’s called a suit “jacket”,
6C SATURDAY g their face against the windows to see. We’re conditioned to operate within but that’s misleading. It doesn’t keep
Rain Currently there is a light dusting a mid-range, somewhere between you warm or dry when you’re being
of white, as if Pete Doherty walked overzealous air conditioning and bum pounded by frozen sky missiles. And
7C SUNDAY
Light rain through Canada Park and sneezed. A sweats on the Tube. it’s certainly not a coat.
A small, joke amount of snow. Give it an Last October I visited St Petersburg, Wharfers, it’s time we pulled our
12C MONDAY hour and it’ll be snowmen in the City Russia. It was a bit nippy. I was tongues from the cold window and
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News
Sitting at his desk, Jake
NEWS IN
BRIEF
is haunted by memories
Around east London
Video emerges of
gay ‘vigilantes’
TOWER HAMLETS A new
people video has appeared online
showing apparent homophobic
“vigilantes” shouting abuse at a
TA reservist and banker – man in Whitechapel.
The emergence of the video
switching between them comes after the East London
Mosque condemned the practice.
was tearing him apart Police later arrested two men.
A previous video showed
a group of men announcing
Rob.Virtue
themselves to passers-by as
@wharf.co.uk
“vigilantes implementing Islam
upon your own necks”.
Sitting among a bank of desks in a Canary
Wharf bank is a business analyst in Minister trips up
emotional turmoil, on the verge of over benefit rises
falling apart and isolated from everyone
around him. NEWHAM Shadow employment
He has chronic post traumatic stress disorder. minister and Docklands MP
Because just a few weeks previously, Jake Wood Stephen Timms found himself
was engaged in chaotic warfare and almost in hot water with his Labour
blown to pieces. He then watched colleagues leadership.
die in front of him as his platoon came under During a Parlia-
relentless fire from the Taliban. mentary debate,
But it wasn’t until he was thrown back to he appeared to
the working world – because as a reservist that commit a future
is what happens – the veteran of three tours Labour government
realised it had been one too many and his life to an inflation rate
would change forever. rise in benefits – costing about
“It was very apparent that after that last tour £2billion.
The Shadow chancellor then
in Afghanistan I was incapable of doing my job
backtracked on the comment,
again,” said Jake. “My mind wasn’t able to handle
saying it wasn’t a manifesto
any type of pressure and it couldn’t memorise
or even process any of the Jake Wood in Afghanistan (and inset) – his experiences in the war zone have left him with PTSD commitment.
complex, new information
FAcTFIlE
being thrown at it.
“Within a few days I
saw an army psychiatrist. ■ The British Army is made up of Regu-
I haven’t been able to shift lars and Territorials. The January Citrus
the worst symptoms such ■ The Territorial Army has around 15,000
as the night tremors but if I members (to increase to 30,000 by 2018). Detox Revival
hadn’t had that help then I ■ Reserves train during their spare time
– on evenings and weekends – and often
really don’t think I’d be here
Among You today.” i■n tMenesmivbee trrsa einitihnegr bseefrovree w toituhr sT.A units or
is out now It was his departure from
in hardback, the Wharf bank, which a■r eT haett Bacrihteisdh tAor rmeyg utalakre us noints .their civilian 27%offthissuperbrevitalisingjourney
priced at he joined in 2000, that led wage during their tour.
£14.99 Jake to write a book on ■ Other reserves are the Royal Navy Offerextended��ourbodydeservesit!
his traumatic experiences of war and his Reserve and the Royal Marines
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relatively mundane life of duty to their everyday lives. delicioussignatureGingerandSweetSteviateatocleanseanddetoxifyyourbodyfromwithin.
of commuting and desk “PTSD can range from problems such as
work – punctuated by a readjusting to a different way of living, Only£72.OfferextendedtoFeb,butmustbookby30Jan.
doomed love affair and all the way to the opposite extreme Treatmentapprox80minutes+1hourthermalspa
work nights out at the Cat end of the spectrum,” said Jake, now
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making notes 10 years ago,” forces. They think it’s down to the
he said. fish-out-of-water scenario where, while
“As the PTSD set in, the book regular soldiers would go into barracks
turned into a naïve hope I could following a tour, the reservists, after a
process the past. It also gave me couple of weeks’ leave, would go back
the opportunity to highlight what to work and see people who have no
PTSD is, how it can affect someone idea what they’ve been through.
and the experience of a Territorial “It’s not those people’s fault but
Army soldier which is overlooked it can make you feel extremely isolated.
by many.” “What would really help, especially
TA reservists undergo intensive in reserve forces, is for people to try to
training for years, poised for the understand how difficult it can be and
moment they will leave their support him or her through that. If you’re
civilian life and join the conflict. in the front line one minute and then find
Once there, they do the same jobs yourself alone at your desk it can mess
as the regular army. with your head.
Indeed reservists are set “We’re not after gratitude and
to double to 30,000 under respect but recognition and support Ts&Csapply. SixSensesSpa,2PanPeninsulaSquare,LondonE149HA. NexttoSouthQuayDLR.
Government plans and Jake wants when we need it.”
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Wharf takes arrival
of snow in its stride
REUtERS
Weather
Wharfers took the weekend’s
weather in their stride
with little sign of the
chaos and closures that
dogged the rest of the country.
While up to 6cm of snow fell,
the worst of the weather hit at the
weekend, meaning snowmen, not
commuters, patrolled the Docklands.
There was some transport
disruption but most train services ran
normally, with overland lines using
Sunny disposition emergency timetables. By Monday,
despite the snowy vistas, it was
business as usual.
With freezing weather and fog on tuesday morning this was a gallant A spokesman for Canary Wharf
attempt at bringing some sunshine to the people of Canary Wharf. A team Group said: “The infrastructure team
promoting breaks in Fort Lauderdale gave out 6,000 pairs of sunglasses to has come out every night since it
commuters, each with a tag offering a chance to win a seven day holiday in started snowing to make sure the
Florida. Visit Lauderdale included staff from the States, who brought palm roads and footpaths are clear.
trees and frozen swimwear to stalls at Reuters Plaza. Go to sunny.org “They have been putting grit salt
down on the footpaths and I think
they have done an admirable job
really, which is a credit to them.
“We are monitoring what the
weather is doing and feeding that
People take to Greenwich Park to enjoy the snowy landscape
information to our tenants here.”
With a bit
of grit…
GRITTERS were out in Newham
spreading salt onto major roads as well
as bus routes, town centres, hospitals,
schools and train stations.
All schools in the borough had
reopened on Tuesday, with a handful
falling foul of the weather the
previous day.
Tower Hamlets schools did not
suffer much disruption and parents
were contacted directly about any
closures.
A spokesman for Tower Hamlets
Borough Council said: “Since the snow
Snow at the began falling the council has used
water’s edge over 300 tonnes of grit to ensure that
at Royal all the above areas are safe for people
Victoria to access.
Dock, above, “Our transport and passenger
and Poplar services have been unaffected by the
Dock, left weather conditions and continue to
provide an excellent service.”
Greenwich schools had virtually
all re-opened by the middle of this
week, following the big freeze.
Greenwich’s gritting teams had
been working day and night to make
safe priority routes and town centres.
JAMES PERRIN Waste collections that could be
made safely were undertaken on the
FoREcAsT
designated day, but those that were
WINTER woolies will be needed for in contrast to the sleet and snow left outstanding will be picked up
the rest of the week as temperatures showers of late. during the rest of the week.
remain freezing. And the forecast for the following London City Airport was hit by
Prepare for frosty starts today week looks snow-free – good news cancellations and delays throughout
(Thursday) and tomorrow, with the for commuters but disappointing the week. Sunday saw the runway
Met Office warning drivers and for children and those young-at- closed throughout the day because
pedestrians of a risk from freezing heart who enjoyed sledging down of snowfall, which continued to have
fog patches. Greenwich Park earlier this week. an impact on Monday. On Tuesday
Although it will be a dry end to Sunny spells and cloud are on the flights were disrupted due to the low
the working week, with some bright agenda, with temperatures reaching visibility caused by fog.
spells, temperatures will struggle to a maximum of 10C on Monday and London Fire Brigade, meanwhile,
get out of the minus figures on Friday two degrees higher on Tuesday. reported an increase in people rescued
morning. Don’t pack away your wellies just from lakes and put out warnings to
The weekend will mark the yet, but, according to forecasters, the
keep dogs on leads to prevent them
return of milder weather, with wind worst of the winter weather seems to
running on to frozen water.
and rain on Saturday and Sunday, be over.
Beth Allcock and Rob Virtue
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JAMES PERRIN
■ I’d like to
thank the New details
snow fairies for
working overnight
emerge of
to make the ground
in Canary Wharf
look like it hasn’t even restaurant
snowed!! Amazing!
@ClaireEasley
■ Wow. Blue sky emerging and the food
snow is toppling off the trees. Quite Beth.Allcock
atmospheric here in Canary Wharf @wharf.co.uk
@PartyIng123
TASTES of Italy will be served
■ Fair bit of snow in Canary Wharf. with a naval twist when Jamie
Worst I’ve seen for a few years. Oliver’s restaurant chain arrives
@thebanker2003 in Greenwich.
Set to open in April, within
■ Canary Wharf’s weird wind the site of the former Bar Du
patterns mean I’m 12 floors up Musee, Jamie’s Italian promises
looking at snow flying upwards traditional fare.
outside my window But the decor will remain
@cdscally true to Greenwich’s nautical
roots, featuring tables made
■ 2cm of snow, all trains and buses out of reclaimed
working but NO bread in Waitrose materials.
Canary Wharf – panic buying?? Diners will
@AThompsonZ enjoy Jamie’s
antipasti bar,
Snowy scenes from crammed full
Canary Wharf and of cured meats
the Royal Docks while watching
chefs in the open kitchen.
A spokesman for the chain
said visitors to the Nelson Road
restaurant could expect rustic
dishes made “without fuss and
using the most beautiful, fresh
ingredients”.
Diners will be able to pick up
meals prepared by Jamie’s chefs
ready to re-heat at home.
Fresh meats, cheese and pasta
will also be on offer at the Deli
At Jamie’s Italian deli, the first of
its kind in the capital.
Turn to Page 19
for more details
Contact Nikki Hamersley on 020 7293
2247 [email protected] or
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Station box
NEWS IN
readied for BRIEF
the arrival
Diary dates
of Elizabeth Fans are all ears
for silent night
Beth.allcock docklands It’s opera but
@wharf.co.uk not as we know it. At Trinity
Buoy Wharf, audience members
CONSTRUCTION milestones both for L’Orfeo will wear wireless
above and below ground are headphones that deliver the
scheduled for spring as Crossrail sounds of singing and select
comes ever closer to Canary Wharf. instruments – along with a
The huge station box, which was pre-recorded full orchestra.
built top-down and 28m below the The listener can move freely
water surface, is now being prepared around the performance space
for the arrival of Canary Wharf- while listening to Monteverdi’s
based Crossrail’s first tunnelling masterpiece.
machine, Elizabeth. Friday night’s show can also
Work will begin in February to include a return boat ticket from
build a steel cradle to carry and a central London pier.
support Elizabeth and sister machine Until February 20, £25, 7.30pm
Victoria, as they move and pass (5pm Sundays), silentopera.co.uk.
through the station box.
Station and archi- Murs headlines
tectural fit-out work
is already underway key structural work, the Canary club’s trust gig
with the completion of four-storey retail and park Wharf’s
all public areas in the development above the station “box” GREEnWIcH Olly Murs will be
station’s ticket hall level station will be equipped will see performing at the Indigo2 to
scheduled for completion with services and interiors Elizabeth raise money for the
by summer. for its opening in 2015 arrive in Charlton Athletic
Andrew Wolsten- – three years before the spring ahead Community Trust.
holme, chief executive arrival of Crossrail trains. of work The gig will
of Crossrail, said: “The While the first two to create a be staged on
construction of Canary huge escalators have been shopping February 11.
Wharf station is firmly on track and lifted into the station, the focus and leisure Capital FM’s Dave
gives us an early glimpse of the new will now turn to the creation of an focus shown Berry and Lisa Snowdon
stations, improved transport links elevated walkway across Adams in an artist’s will host the show with
and huge commercial development Place, designed to provide a covered impression, more acts to be confirmed.
that Crossrail will deliver.” pedestrian route to the shopping above Go to theo2.co.uk.
Following the completion of mall entrance.
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The Conservative believes the EU regime has cost jobs at Tate & Lyle in story
Silvertown. The competition commissioner said he would investigate.
Pictured are, from left, Marina Yannakoudakis, Joaquín Almunia, and MEPs
Sarah Ludford and Maria do Céu Patrão Neves
Software snapped up
technoloGy and his overall business plan last year secured
£5,000 as winner of an internal competition.
Luxury spa competition / P58 Beth.Allcock And his newly-found business is also set to
@wharf.co.uk be presented to BBC’s Dragons’ Den.
“Merlin Entertainments were looking for a
CREATING a business from your bedroom is 3D photography company and I jumped in at
the stuff of dreams but for Greenwich student the right time,” he said.
Harry Furneaux, it is soon to be a worldwide “I pitched six times over the last year and it
reality. feels amazing to have won them over.
The 24-year-old is founder of an It’s a massive opportunity.
instant three-dimensional photo “I applied to go on Dragons’ Den
service, Active Snaps, which takes a but didn’t think they’d say yes. They
two-dimensional image and overlays did and hopefully I can pick up some
it onto a 3D background. advice and investment.”
And it’s an invention which has Prof Chris Birch, director of enter-
already been snapped up by Merlin prise and innovation in the univer-
Entertainments, which has made sity’s business school, said: “We are
it the main photography service at delighted with Harry’s success.
Harry Furneaux
Madame Tussauds and Sealife Centre. “This reflects the entrepreneurial
If it proves to be a success, the service will be talent that we have in the university.
rolled out across the globe. “These are the type of business ideas that
Harry, a final year politics student at could gradually transform our economy, and
Greenwich University, taught himself to write we need to work hard to identify, nurture and
the software in the comfort of his own home support them.”
Bankers told to Gerbeau sells Business backs
sign up or quit stake in Quay river campaign
BANKING Staff at Canary PROPERTY West India Quay TRANSPORT Businesses in
Wharf-based Barclays Bank has changed hands after Greenwich and Newham have
have been told to sign up to entrepreneur PY Gerbeau thrown their weight behind
an ethical code or leave the sold his majority share in the a campaign for more river
company. company which crossings in east London.
New chief executive manages it. Councils are pushing for a
Antony Jenkins has sent out Land Securities bridge at Gallions Reach and
the memo to all 140,000 paid Gerbeau a tunnel of Silvertown – and
employees to restore the £112million for now businesses have said
banking giant’s reputation, his stake in X-Leisure which that a lack of crossings is
which took a hit in the Libor includes the Docklands bar hampering growth.
scandal. and retail strip in its portfolio. The O2, Berkeley Homes
The five values demanded Gerbeau said: “The main and Arnold Martin Associates
are respect, integrity, service, thing is that the staff have are among those voicing
excellence and stewardship. been taken care of.” support.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 24
British Bankers’ Association releases its latest banking report
FRIDAY, JANUARY 25
Office of National Statistics issues estimate of Q4 GDP
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30
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News
Biggs hints he may
stand in mayor poll
POLITICS Following a bitter election
campaign, Mr Rahman, then
Peck steps down
standing as an independent,
went on to win.
as leader and Labour will be hoping for
a smoother run-up to next
backs GLA man year’s election, scheduled for
May 1.
On Sunday, Cllr Peck backed
Rob.Virtue
@wharf.co.uk Mr Biggs as he announced he
intended to stand down from
London Assembly his role as the Tower Hamlets
member John Biggs Labour leader as he and his
has revealed for the partner were adopting a child.
first time he is consid- “I will be backing John Biggs,
ering standing for election our GLA “
as the next Tower Hamlets John Biggs: Candidate? member, who
mayor. I have known Maybe I’ll
It comes just a day after Mr esting challenge. Maybe I’ll and worked throw my
Biggs was given backing for throw my hat in the ring!” alongside for
the role by Josh Peck, leader Mr Biggs, a former leader of over 15 years,” hat in
of the Labour Group in the Tower Hamlets Council, has said Cllr Peck. the ring
borough. been at City Hall since 2000. “He is by
And in a column written He previously went for far the most experienced
for an upcoming edition of the top job in the borough’s candidate.
The Wharf, Mr Biggs hinted he first mayoral election in 2010 “He also has a strong record
was considering taking on the but came second to Lutfur of serving the people of our
challenge. Rahman in the Labour vote. borough with total integrity
“People often look in the However, the party decided and commitment, in a way
New Year for a new job,” writes to drop Mr Rahman and that has built respect for him
the London Assembly Member replaced him with third placed across our community.”
for City and East. Helal Uddin Abbas. Mr Biggs has until February
“I’ve seen that things are It came following allega- 22 to make a decision on
hotting up for the next election tions Mr Rahman had close whether he wants to stand.
for a Mayor in Tower Hamlets. links to an Islamic fundamen- The Labour Party will make its What’s On / P56-58
Now that would be an inter- talist group, which he denied. final selection this summer.
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Controversial Skylines
Horners give Mudchute £3,000
MuDCHutE Farm is set to charities and organisations about animals and farming up for discussion again
receive a funding boost from related to disabled and disad- – it gives city kids a view of
a London-based organisation vantaged people in London. country life so we would like
with a 717-year history. Colin said the isle of to support them.
the Worshipful Dogs farm fitted the “it helps children in their
Company of group’s brief and relationship with animals Planning objections from groups new meeting after City Airport
Horners, founded was deserving of its and farms. A £3,000 sum is including the borough’s own and the environmental team
as a City livery in £3,000 donation. important to them to help Rob.Virtue environmental health team, withdrew their objections.
1296, was set up He said: carry out work they want to @wharf.co.uk which raised concerns over Another two significant
as a guild for those “Mudchute is a do this year.” noise for residents from the proposals will be discussed by
working in the horn fantastic charity. it Colin and his fellow The future of a 50-storey DLR and passing aircraft. the planning committee at its
industry. seems such a nice thing liverymen will be presenting development on the Isle London City Airport meeting.
Liveryman Colin Freedman they are doing there. a cheque to the farm on of Dogs is to be decided by objected on grounds of height Telford homes’ 190
said one of the guild’s main “they have more than February 1. councillors at a Tower hamlets and english heritage opposed apartment development at
functions was to support 200 animals and they teach Beth Allcock planning meeting tonight the 764 apartment building as Preston’s Road on the Isle of
(Thursday). it said would disrupt the view Dogs was previously rejected
Plans for Skylines in from Greenwich Park. on grounds of over-devel-
Limeharbour were previ- however, planning officers opment.
ously heard at a meeting recommended the scheme by A proposal for a 150-bed
in November but planning developers ZBV (Skylines) Ltd development and waterside
officers decided it should be and Skylines (Isle of Dogs) centre for Stainsby Road, to
deferred. Ltd be approved and have the north of Canary Wharf
If your pension The proposal had drawn repeated that guidance for the will also be considered.
Green light for residents’ vision
is less than ConstruCtion of a Geoff Pearce, East thames’
400-home development on director of development and
the east of the isle of Dogs property, said: “new union
will start this summer after Wharf is the first major
£142 a week it received approval from the estate where residents have
Greater London Assembly. chosen between full-scale
new union Wharf got regeneration or refur-
the green light from tower bishment to their homes.
Hamlets Council last month the scheme is a mixture “since the residents made
call Age UK on and passed its final hurdle of social rented, shared that decision, we’ve worked
last week. ownership and private sale, really closely with them to
East thames Housing with the homes up to four design the new homes, and i
Group will now appoint a bedrooms in size. truly believe their input has
team to carry out the project the development replaces made a massive, positive
0800 169 6565 with building work due to the stewart street housing difference to the quality of
begin in a few months. block, built in the ‘70s. the scheme.”
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