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Olympics Desk

Mayor Johnson has reassured Londoners that they will not pay more for the 2012 Games, in an interview with Jon Sopel of the BBC, which focused on the comments of the newly appointed Minister of State for culture and Olympics who said the Olympics ...

News Desk

The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has published the latest employment and skills figures for the Olympic Park (March 2010) and employment figures for the Olympic Village.

6,442 people are currently working on the Olympic Park and 3,228 are working on the ...

Olympics Desk

- Huge engineering challenge completed as ODA marks 4th anniversary

  New footage and images released by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) today show the huge roof of the London 2012 Velodrome lifted into place, as the venue was visited by British ...

QUOTE LOCOG ADDED 6AM 27/3/10 

2012 organisers delivered a short but sharp rebuke to West Ham United football club today, further damaging hopes that the Hammers may move into the Olympic Stadium.

During a guided press tour of the East London site, Paul Deighton, Chief Executive of the ...

Olympics Desk 

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today announced more details of its ticketing plans and invited sports fans all over the country to ‘sign up’ and register their interest. By signing up to www.tickets.london2012.com, people will be able to ...

A twelve week cultural festival will take place in the run up to the 2012 London Olympics, involving the BBC and various promoters from across the music business, it has been confirmed.

The festival, currently dubbed Festival 2012, will feature gigs in cities across the UK, as well ...

City Hall Desk

Mayor Johnson has announced that a £20 million programme is to be established to get London’s unemployed into Olympic jobs "to seize the unique job opportunities generated by hosting the 2012 Olympic Games".

Despite signs of recovery, the recession hit Londoners hard, ...

Olympics Desk

CLARIFICATION: Olympic Park Legacy Company INSERTED 17:30

City Hall have today confirmed that Olympic Park land owned by the London development Agency to the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC). The OPLC will now be responsible for securing the future ...

London's Olympic chiefs have been told they are "on track" to deliver the 2012 games but raids on the contingency funds leave it "little room for manoeuvre".

Maintenance and security bills mean it is extremely likely organisers will swallow the remaining £160m of the £1.3bn emergency war chest ...