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When the £1.5billion Silvertown Quays scheme was approved in 2007, the London Development Agency said it would "bring new life to this part of the old docks".
Last month, it declared the current vision dead. So where does this leave Royal Docks?
A decision on whether to grant Sunborn International's yacht an extended stay in the Royal Docks has been deferred until March.
Newham Council had approved a previous application in October to put a 153 room hotel yacht next to the Excel centre.
Crossrail is set to submit planning applications for the construction of a new Tunnelling Academy, creating a legacy of skilled workers for the next generation, writes Steven Davies.
The centre is being built to address the shortage of a trained workforce. The academy will aim to train 3,000 people, many of them local, between now and 2015.
Tower Hamlets looks set to follow neighbouring borough Newham and have a directly-elected mayor.
The council has bowed to pressure from residents and will hold a referendum next year on the issue.
The first flight from Docklands to New York didn't lift the spirits of all London City Airport visitors.
Campaigners from anti-airport expansion groups Fight the Flights and Plane Stupid marked the launch of the transatlantic service by making a noise at the entrance to the airport today.
Newham Council has defended its decision to give planning permission to London City Airport to increase flights by 50 per cent.
Councillors voted to accept the plans at a meeting in Newham Town Hall on Wednesday evening.
Anti-expansion protesters will head to Newham Town Hall on Wednesday night for the latest meeting on City Airport's plans to increase flights.
The proposals, which will see the airport's flight cap increase from 80,000 to 120,000 a year, were approved by Newham councillors last October, but more objections will be heard at an "update meeting" in East Ham.
A proposal for a 750 apartment development by the Thames Barrier was finally approved by councillors in Newham last night.
Earlier this year the proposal by Barratt East London and Taylor Wimpey was deferred back to council officers due to public opposition to the plans.
Up to 200 full-time jobs could be heading to Docklands after plans for a new hotel at Excel received outline approval.
Newham Council's development control committee met last Wednesday to discuss the application for the 280-room hotel and voted unanimously to accept it.
Ken Livingstone believes East London boroughs are "bearing the brunt" of Boris Johnson's affordable housing targets for the capital.
The former Mayor believes his successor's more "collaborative" approach has allowed some boroughs to push for lower requirements, leaving others to "fill the gap".
Newham councillors have voted unanimously to approve an outline planning application for a 280 room hotel at the Excel centre.
The decision was made after an agreement was reached between the council and Excel on its financial contributions to the community.
If you get the thumbs up from the US President you know you must have done something right.
Excel director James Mark had a lead role in the planning and delivery of the London Summit and said the pat on the back from the President was a welcome acknowledgement.
Steve Brayshaw was celebrating after winning a close by-election at the Royal Docks ward on Thursday night.
The Labour candidate beat Conservative's Neil Pearce by just 15 votes to become the councillor for the area following the death of previous incumbent Simon Tucker.
A hotel next to the Excel Centre is taking on the tough economic climate and pushing ahead with major expansion plans.
Newham Council approved the proposals for the Ramada Hotel on Royal Victoria Dock last Wednesday.
Friends of the Earth has made a late bid to stop the increase of flights at City Airport using race equality laws.
A meeting of the Development Control Committee at Newham Council was planned for Wednesday night to discuss the outline approval made by councillors last October.
Excel could still become London's premier gambling venue if plans to open a casino on the site are revived.
Reports this week claimed Excel chiefs were in negotiations with casino operators to open a casino at the Royal Docks venue.
London City Airport has been cleared to increase its flights in and out of Docklands by Newham Council - but residents aren't overjoyed at the prospect of increased noise.
The Wharf talks to both sides about their views on the decision.
LONDON City Airport officials are celebrating Newham Council's decision to approve expansion plans.
THE Royal Victoria Docks Watersports Centre is waiting to find out if its future is set to disappear up the river.
The centre, close to Excel, is in desperate need of renovation but Newham Council, which operates it, appear to be favouring a plan to merge it with the London Regatta Centre, based in neighbouring Royal Albert Dock.
THE future of the Royal Victoria Docks Watersports Centre is still uncertain, despite Britain’s success on the water at the Beijing Olympics.
The centre, near Excel, needs a major overhaul. Peter Chilvers, who runs the windsurfing school next door, wants to see the centre brought into the London Olympic legacy programme.
He said: “Sailing is our most successful Olympic sport and yet we’re here, in the heart of the 2012 host borough, and there’s nothing being done about securing the future of its only sailing facility."
