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A conman has been jailed after defrauding the Olympic Delivery Authority of more than £2million.

Ansama Kamara, 31, from Sierra Leone, appeared at Southwark Crown Court on Monday and was sentenced to three and a half years in prison after admitting money laundering.

Landmark steam locomotive Robert the Engine has come back home to Stratford signalling that work on the transport infrastructure for London 2012 is drawing to a close.

The engine was hoisted and driven to Colchester for renovation in early 2008 by the Olympic Delivery Authority after 78 years of pigeons, rain and wind left the 1933 loco worn and weathered.

With the arrival of new Olympic waterways and channels - and stadium - the days are numbered for the weed-choked Pudding Mill River.

The last time it was free flowing was in the '60s, at which time it became something of a storage area for surplus barges.

Eurostar hasn't completely dismissed the notion of stopping at Stratford, but admits it has "no immediate plans" to do so.

Stratford International station had been billed as London's second Eurostar station before it opened in 2006, but it remains out in the cold in the current set-up.