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A sculpture of a Greek goddess could be welcoming visitors to London City Airport.

Called London Athena, the 12metre high piece of art will be positioned on a roundabout leading up to the airport if passed through by Newham Council's strategic development committee next Tuesday.

The future of the Olympic Stadium should be known by next May with bids from interested parties being invited from today.

The Olympic Park Legacy Company is seeking tenants to use the Stadium, which will be reduced to 60,000 seats after next year's Games, for a range of sporting, cultural and commercial events.

Canary Wharf Group is in a shortlist of developers chosen to come up with proposals for a "world class" business zone at the Royal Albert Dock.

The London Development Agency and Newham Council is looking for eight groups to put forward their plans by March next year, which will then see a final shortlist put together.

West Ham have confirmed their commitment to taking over the Olympic Stadium.

The club released a statement this afternoon underlining their determination to move to the Stratford venue. It follows co-chairman David Gold's reiteration that re-developing the club's current Upton Park home is not an option.

Developers behind the planned floating leisure facilities and swimming pool in the Royal Docks denied rumours the proposal had been shelved.

The scheme, which includes a restaurant, a bar, a cafe and a lido, received approval from Newham Council's planning committee in the summer but construction had yet to begin.

The devil will be in the detail when the future of the Olympic Stadium is finally decided.

That was the message from the Olympic Park Legacy Company's chief executive Andrew Altman and chairman Baroness Ford when questioned by the London Assembly this morning.

Tough new powers to tackle crime are being handed to Newham Council enforcement officers.

This morning 23 enforcement officers were accredited with limited police powers under the Police Reform Act 2002. The Community Safety Accreditation Scheme (CSAS) grants the officers powers such as the confiscation of alcohol and tobacco.

The future of the Olympic Stadium could be just a little bit clearer after Tottenham Hotspur dropped their legal challenge over the decision to award the venue to West Ham United.

Spurs and Leyton Orient had both applied for a judicial review into the process that saw the Olympic Park Legacy Company decide in West Ham's favour earlier this year.

Confusion surrounds the apparent collapse of the deal for West Ham to move into the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Games.

A statement will be made by the Government at around lunchtime today about the future of the £500million venue, after a complaint was made to the European Union about Newham Council's £40million contribution as part of the deal.

A decision on whether to allow a wakeboarding facility at the Royal Docks has been deferred by Newham's planning committee.

It came after some residents opposed plans for the facility in Royal Victoria Dock as they say the excited screams of those using the rides would disturb people in their homes.

A shortlist of seven companies are battling to win the contract to redevelop part of the Royal Docks.

The London Development Agency and Newham Council have invited the companies to submit their outline proposals for the 50-acre Silvertown Quays site before deciding on a preferred developer next March.

Cash rewards will be on offer in a new scheme launched by Newham Council to reduce gun and knife crime in the borough.

The Council will work with Crimestoppers to offer at least a £150 reward to anyone providing information about gun or knife-related crime that leads to an arrest and charge.

A pleasure garden and a floating village containing restaurants and bars could be on their way to the Royal Docks after Newham Council backed the developments in principle.

Members of the strategic planning committee were also told of a proposal for a block on the edge of the dock containing 200 homes and a hotel.

Newham Mayor Sir Robin Wales has said plans for the Olympic Stadium should not be delayed following recent allegations.

It comes after an Olympic official was suspended for carrying out paid consultancy work for West Ham, who are taking over the site post-Games.

West Ham could be set for a bit of retail therapy to help their move to the Olympic Stadium.

The Irons are reported to be in discussions with Westfield over a £20million sponsorship deal to help transform the venue into a football ground after the 2012 Games, and it could mean retractable seating being installed on the running track.

A council manager accused of abusing his position to defraud colleagues and the public has been sent to prison.

Emile Obidike, 35, of Heathhurst Road in Croydon, was given an eight-month sentence at Inner London Crown Court.

The developer of the Minoco Wharf site is hailing its latest plans as a "new urban district" that will bring 20,000 workers and residents to the Royal Docks.

Ballymore Group submitted its most recent application for the area to Newham Council this week.

At the age of 68 Kanadasaba Nadarajah should be enjoying his retirement rather than sitting in a prison cell at the beginning of an eight-month sentence.

He was one of two loan sharks from east London convicted last month. A police investigation found the pensioner, of Keppel Road, in East Ham, kept notes detailing 800 loans worth £1.3million.

They are the losers in the bid to host Newham's casino but they are refusing to leave without a fight.

Aspers' success in Newham Council's competition in March was described as the "icing on the cake" for Stratford's Westfield City by the shopping giant's managing director Michael Gutman.

Plans for another hotel in the Royal Docks have been approved by Newham Council which says it will aid the regeneration of the area.

Councillors met last Tuesday evening and passed the proposal for the Travelodge development on Victoria Dock Road despite concerns from a resident the increase in traffic could be a danger to children.