Olympics Desk

The British Navy will be using its Type 45 destroyer naval frigates to safeguard the 2012 London games, an acceptance that the Olympic Games in London will require "extraordinary" security preparedness.

The potential of a 9-11 attack on the 2012 is figuring large on the minds ...

The £1 billion Olympic Village has been effectively nationalised after private funding failed to materialise.

Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell said private funding had been rejected as it was "not a good deal" for the taxpayer.

£261m will be raided from a contingency fund and £63m from "savings" elsewhere ...

Hard up workers are venting their fury at the Olympic stadium site today - demanding more British construction workers be employed at the site.

The Olympic Delivery Authority claims 70% of the workforce is British or Irish yet attempts to scrutinise the figures have allegedly been blocked.

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The mayor of Newham has added to concerns that locals are missing out on the job benefits of the Olympics.

More transparency was demanded over Olympic Delivery Authority claims that 20% of the 2012 work force was "local".

Last year MP for Hackney North & Stoke Newington Diane ...

A website heralded as a means for small business to take advantage of the Olympics has been slammed by the Lib Dems.

According to figures from the parliamentary questions and publicly available figures - only 140 out of 880 contracts were through the Compete for Procurement website.

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The International Organising Committee is in town this week for an update on London's troubled 2012 construction project.

For three days the IOC members will inspect efforts on the ground as the Olympic Park in the Lee Valley starts to take shape.

The committee will be keen to ...

A report has revealed the positive impact of hosting the Olympic games but at the same time funding for grassroots sport has slumped.

Sports have seen a 22% drop in funding according to figures obtained from the Conservatives leaving the government open to accusations it is diverting funds ...