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By John Biggs
The Winter Olympics in Vancouver have held a special interest as we look to lessons we can learn for our Olympics.
We've seen the enthusiasm and pride of the city but we've also seen press reports that Vancouver's public transport system couldn't cope.
East London is in grave danger of missing out on a lasting legacy from the Olympics, according to a London Assembly report.
A study by the economic development, culture, sport and tourism committee into the 2012 Games says there needs to be more ambitious targets for employment and thousands of new homes made available to local people.
Former youth worker Dr Anthony Gunter thinks a "transformation" is on the horizon for east London, but it won't be sparked by the Olympics.
The UEL lecturer doesn't buy the talk of a bright new "legacy" in the five boroughs following the Games, saying that the change will instead come from the creative drive of the area's youth.
The David Beckham Academy has been reborn as the London Soccerdome.
The former England captain closed his football school in North Greenwich last month and doubt surrounded the future of the venue, which is due to be demolished after the 2012 Olympics.
Win two tickets to see England play Ireland in 3D at Cineworld West India Quay
Could we be watching the 2012 Olympics at cinemas in 3D?
The box office monster known as Avatar has left multiplex operators around the world begging to add that third dimension to their movies, with many reporting record sales.
It's late 2012 in east London. The Olympic party is over. The athletes and spectators have gone home.
For this part of the capital, which was promised so much from hosting the world's greatest event, what will be left?
By John Biggs
Albert Einstein said that he enjoyed travelling more than arriving. For people working or living in east London the opposite is often true.
Things do get better - longer DLR trains on the way for example - but often not.
For cross-river connections the year has not started too well.
Olympic 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu has been unveiled as the official patron of the 2010 Balfour Beatty London Youth Games.
The 25-year-old Newham & Essex Beagles athlete is lending her support to Europe's largest annual youth sport event, which sees over 47,000 participants from the 33 boroughs competing in 30 different sports.
It's been another exciting sporting year and plenty of big names have appeared in the pages of The Wharf, including West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola, a quartet of England cricket captains and two heroes of the 1966 World Cup win.
We look back at what's been making the headlines locally and nationally over the last 12 months.
He's an Olympic legend but for Sir Steve Redgrave it's Britain's future, not its past, that's important.
For Sir Steve, who won five gold medals at successive Olympics between 1984 and 2000, the 2012 Games in London should be the springboard for sporting success for years to come.
Sir Steve Redgrave was back on familiar territory when he dropped into Canary Wharf this afternoon.
The five time Olympic rowing champion spent many hours training in the nearby Royal Docks in the early days of his career and even has a bridge named after him there.
Triple Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie was shooting the breeze in Canary Wharf this afternoon.
Britain's greatest Olympic sailor and has packed a lot into his 32 years and has spilled the beans in his autobiography Close To The Wind.
Ambling past the tables of his recently-opened restaurant, fourth generation salmon smoker Lance Forman gazes out of his window at the Olympic stadium heaving up across the river.
"We've got the best view in town of the stadium", he said. "We're as close as it gets. There will be no better place to watch the fireworks on opening night."
By John Biggs
Last week I was taken around the Olympic Park to view progress. In simple terms, from a pile of mud and rubble it has now been transformed into an emerging park with venues rising on it.
The stadium has taken shape, and the curvy swimming complex, while still a pile of steel and trestles, is shaping up too - it will without doubt be the iconic building of the games.
A clutch of Britain's Olympic swimming stars are lining up to take a dip in the Royal Docks next month.
The Great London Swim takes place in the Royal Victoria Dock on August 15. Over 2,000 swimmers will be tackling a one mile route through with Olympic medallists David Davies, Keri-Anne Payne, and Cassie Patten among them.
There are just three years to go until the greatest show on Earth arrives on Canary Wharf's doorstep and the excitment is building.
The man in charge of successfully delivering the 2012 Olympics Games is Paul Deighton, chief executive of the London Organising Commitee (Locog).
The Royal Docks becomes the focus of the triathlon world next week as thousands of competitors take part in one of the sport's showpiece events.
The Mazda London Triathlon takes place over the weekend of August 1-2 with some of the world's best in action, including former world champion Tim Don.
Mo Farah has a date with destiny later this month when he tries to break a record that has stood since before he was born.
The Newham and Essex Beagles runner will be attempting to break the British best for the 5,000m when he runs at the Aviva Grand Prix at Crystal Palace on July 24.
Is your spare room stuffed with old boxes, extractor fans and broken TVs? Why not make some money and fill it with a person instead?
It's an idea that's occurring to an increasing number of people in Docklands, especially with the Olympics just around the corner.
As Boris Johnson prepared for his first business Q&A last week, The Wharf talked to London Chamber of Commerce and Industry CEO Colin Stanbridge about what help businesses want from the Government, getting companies involved in the Olympics and hopes for a new international convention centre in London.
