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Crosssrail has unveiled the first of eight, 1,000 tonne tunnel boring machines that will construct the its tunnels under central London.

The 140m long machine is currently undergoing factory testing, but will soon be shipped to London where it will be re-assembled at Westbourne Park ahead of the start of tunnelling from Royal Oak in March.

The "most important regeneration project in 25 years" has moved a step closer after planning applications were made for the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

Family housing, transport links and open spaces are at the heart of the application lodged today by the Olympic Park Legacy Company for 64 hectares of the site that will be the centrepiece of next year's Games.

Canary Wharf's newest tower has yet to be built but a tenant has already been lined up.

The European Medicines Agency have agreed to take half the space at the 500,000sq ft block to be built at 25 Churchill Place, the last plot of land yet to be filled on the original Canary Wharf estate.

The Notting Hill Housing Trust has been chosen by the London Development Agency to carry out the Gallions Quarter development in the Royal Docks.

The appoointment, which is subject to contract, will see a mixed used centre built in the Albert Basin area, featuring around 700 new homes and 50,000 sq ft of retail and community space.

Two years ago it was just a muddy hole in the ground but now Canary Wharf's Crossrail station is nearly complete.

In May 2009 Mayor of London Boris Johnson set the construction ball rolling and now the £500m station, being built in West India Dock, is on schedule to be ready for the arrival of the tunnel boring machines next summer.

The redevelopment of the Leamouth Peninsula could boost protests against another proposed development in the area.

London Thames Gateway Development Corporation gave consent for Ballymore's proposals to build up to 1,700 new homes, on the site of the former Pura Foods factory overlooking Canning Town station.

It was set to become the towering landmark of West India Quay but the recession put plans to build Columbus Tower on hold.

The 777ft tall tower would have rivalled One Canada Square in height, and was to have been built on the current Hertsmere House site at the western end of West India Quay. Falling demand for office space saw it shelved at the end of 2009, but the project is to be revived.

"We're hitting our milestones and that's very pleasing. It shows what can be done when the private and public sectors work together on a common project."

Michael Bryant, operations executive for Canary Wharf Constructors, is quietly satisfied with the progress on the £500million Crossrail station being built in West India Dock.

An application to build a 305-room boutique hotel in Marsh Wall has been resubmitted just months after it was refused by Tower Hamlets Council.

The application, by Marsh Wall Chelsea LLP, originally went before the council's strategic development committee last year, but was rejected over concerns about its size.

The draft design for the new hotel AEG Europe hopes to build next to The O2 has been unveiled.

The entertainment company this week submitted its planning application for the four star 450-bedroom hotel to Greenwich Council. The proposed development also includes adjoining serviced apartments and a large event space.

Speculation that JP Morgan will abandon its move to Canary Wharf because of the bonus tax is incorrect.

The future of the bank's Riverside South headquarters, currently under construction, was reported to be in doubt after a phone call last month between JP Morgan chief executive Jamie Dimon and Alistair Darling.

The wave-shaped roof of the Olympic Aquatics centre has been put in place as work on the 2012 venues continues ahead of schedule.

Designed by Zaha Hadid the 160m long structure was lowered into place this week in one of the most complex engineering challenges of the project.

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).