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Barnet left empty handed as 2012 chiefs re-route 
Posted on  30-10-2010 01:45:45 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  declan@thelondondailynews.com

Barnet has joined Tower Hamlets in missing out on Olympic events.

2012 organisers have decided to strip the north London borough of a planned cycling route leaving the area with no involvement in the 2012 Games - despite residents paying an Olympic surcharge of £30 on ...


  
Chelsea wins £20,000 for Daily Mail "Cat Fight" story 
Posted on  22-10-2010 01:28:13 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  declan@thelondondailynews.com

Chelsea Football Club and its former Chief Executive have won £20,000 damages from the Daily Mail's publishers.

Associated Newspapers is to pay the money plus legal costs after running a piece by Daily Mail columnist Charles Sale headlined "Smith to drag up Chelsea Cat Fight" in September ...


  
2012 hotel prices will "double" - Tourists "stay away" 
Posted on  22-10-2010 01:13:24 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  declan@thelondondailynews.com

Hotel prices will more than double in London during the Olympics but tourists will desert the capital, according to market researchers.

Demand for London’s 120,000 hotel rooms during the two weeks of sports is expected to hit unprecedented levels - hotel stocks  are already under pressure. 50,000 of ...


  
Olympic ticket prices released 
Posted on  15-10-2010 12:34:39 PM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Olympic Desk

Olympic Desk
London 2012 announces Olympic Games ticket prices
 
·         Wide range of prices announced for Olympic events

·         ‘London 2012 Ticketshare’ scheme to donate tickets to school children

·         ‘Pay Your Age’ scheme offers discounted ...


  
Mayor to offer 1 in 8 London children free tickets to 2012 Olympics 
Posted on  15-10-2010 11:40:41 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Olympics Desk

Olympics Desk

Mayor of London, Boris Johnson announced today that he will more than double the number of free tickets available for London’s school children to watch the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Over 120,000 tickets will now be available ensuring that ...


  
Shambolic Commonwealth Games organiser touts his services for London 2012 
Posted on  08-10-2010 11:59:18 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  john@thelondondailynews.com

Editorial

The chief organiser of the increasingly shambolic Indian Commonwealth Games has suggested that the games in Delhi are such a success that London's Olympic Organising Committee should give him a job.

Suresh Kalamadi was apparently booed at the opening ceremony and even claimed that Diana ...


  
Radio London 2012 off the air - No takers for Olympic station 
Posted on  08-10-2010 11:42:33 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  declan@thelondondailynews.com

Olympic organisiers have failed to attract a single credible candidate to run a digital radio station during the 2012 games.

Ofcom said the ten bids were not up to the job and failed to understand that the license was just for the two weeks of sports. The initiative ...


  
Mayor hints at West Ham Olympic stadium victory 
Posted on  07-10-2010 02:40:01 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  declan@thelondondailynews.com

Mayor Boris Johnson has hinted that West Ham may win out the battle for the Olympic Stadium.

The East London club and Tottenham Hotspur have entered competing bids for the 2012 arena as they seek to boost capacity and organisers hope to secure a long term future for the ...


  
2012 site to be named "Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park" 
Posted on  07-10-2010 11:50:18 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  declan@thelondondialynews.com

The 500 acre 2012 site is to be named the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, according to Mayor Boris Johnson.

The Stratford location  next to the River Lee includes the main stadium, the velodrome and wave-shaped aquatic centre - but the name will only apply after the games ...


  
2012 Central "inaccessible" for disabled 
Posted on  04-09-2010 01:25:46 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  Olympics Desk

Stratford International has been criticised for its wheelchair access provision.

The flagship Olympic station will handle tens of thousands of passengers a day in 2012 and sports chiefs insist the games will be the "most inclusive" ever.

However, according to youth charity Trailblazers the multi-million pound upgrade has ...


  
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