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East London is now pefectly set to capitalise from the Olympic Games, said London Mayor Boris Johnson.

He was talking while on a tour of the nearly complete £1.45 billion Westfield Stratford City shopping centre.

It's the next piece of the jigsaw for the regeneration of Newham.

But while the Mayor of London Boris Johnson's decision to base an enterprise zone in the Royal Docks was welcomed across the board, just what impact will it have on the area?

The centrepiece of Mayor Boris Johnson's Green Enterprise District in east London has passed a major hurdle.

Newham Council gave the go-ahead for work to start on the Siemens Pavilion, an exhibition and conference centre west of the Royal Victoria Dock.

"The Tube strikes were a politically motivated idea to poke the Government in the eye. I couldn't have prevented the strikes - Londoners were used as pawns in a party political game."

So said London Mayor Boris Johnson speaking at his Question Time last week.

Columbus Tower may be back on the table after London Mayor Boris Johnson "called in" the scheme.

The 63-storey West India Quay project was rejected by Tower Hamlets Council in June, as councillors felt its scale was "totally unsuitable" for a development in a conservation area.

Oyster cards will be accepted on Thames Clipper ferries from November.

A new direct service from Canary Wharf to London Bridge has also been unveiled by London Mayor Boris Johnson as part of a package of river transport improvements for the capital.

The London Mayor has shelved plans for a bridge across Docklands due to "consistent local opposition" to the scheme.

Boris Johnson gave the thumbs down to the Thames Gateway Bridge at the unveiling of the Mayor's ten year business plan for Transport for London.

BUILDING work to expand the Excel centre began this week with Mayor Boris Johnson laying a commemorative stone.