I did not mislead anyone about the cost of the 2012 Olympics We always said we would have to review the total budget. That's exactly what we did, says Tessa...
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mike wells
mikejwells
May 2, 2008 11:45 am
In the latest edition of The Big Issue there was an article about the desecration of green spaces including common land. As this has been an issue connected...
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paulthodge
May 2, 2008 11:59 am
Highly critical report on sports funding being plundered for the London Olympics. Our own Leaside canoe club quoted as being hard hit as guess what all their...
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paulthodge
May 2, 2008 12:05 pm
I would like to think that everyone on the list (apart from the LDA, ODA and security service moles and even they must have occasional twinges of conscience)...
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batswithbabyfaces
batswithbaby...
May 2, 2008 1:35 pm
She went into the lion's den with that one looking at the comments...
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batswithbabyfaces
batswithbaby...
May 2, 2008 1:40 pm
Developer and ODA at odds over latest 2012 budget blow from Apr 20th ...
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leedelta07
May 2, 2008 1:44 pm
Tuesday Tens - postponed The land-grabbers of the ODA (Olympic Delivery Authority) and the LDA (London Development Agency) have - again - shown their...
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batswithbabyfaces
batswithbaby...
May 2, 2008 5:09 pm
Student activist braves angry pro-China supporters to protest against human rights abuses on first day of Olympic torch's domestic journey ...
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batswithbabyfaces
batswithbaby...
May 2, 2008 5:32 pm
French Web Site Hacked Over Olympic Poll By Mike Sachoff - Thu, 05/01/2008 - 9:46am. Chinese hackers suspected Hackers hit the Web site of a French magazine in...
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games_martin
May 4, 2008 7:26 pm
An alert from Dave Rackstraw at 9.30 this morning of a few fish gathering at the Friends Bridge. Also called the 'Red Bridge'. It crosses the River Lea at the...
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batswithbabyfaces
batswithbaby...
May 5, 2008 12:38 pm
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/03/china.virus/index.html?eref=rss_ China on alert over deadly child virus BEIJING, China (CNN) -- China's Health...
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batswithbabyfaces
batswithbaby...
May 6, 2008 4:40 pm
First Annual Colloquium on the Legacy of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympics Games in London 8th & 9th May http://olympiclegacy.wordpress.com/ This looks very...
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carl@...
haggerston64
May 7, 2008 8:56 am
Note that they are only interested in recording the experiences of those people enthused by the games or those who are yet to be engaged (because it's...
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bty507773
May 7, 2008 8:58 am
Met defends behaviour of Chinese torch guards branded thugs by Coe· Relay route a 31-mile rolling melee, MPs told · Policing required 2,000 officers and cost...
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batswithbabyfaces
batswithbaby...
May 7, 2008 3:29 pm
what a nightmare - unsurprisingly MLA are funded by the Dept. of Culture Media and Sport so Tessa will be ensuring only the right messages get through - I...
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anthony iles
anthony_iles
May 7, 2008 3:34 pm
Posted to the Mute site this monday: Apparently it's not considered newsworthy beyond the local press, but a whole block of the Morningside Estate in Hackney...
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games_martin
May 8, 2008 12:16 pm
FYI today's Hackney Gazette says power was restored last Thursday May 1st after being cut off for six days. Martin ... but a whole block of the Morningside...
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games_martin
May 8, 2008 12:25 pm
"He [Commander Robert Broadhurst ]also admitted that the London police had not anticipated that the torch would come under attack from the moment it set out...
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batswithbabyfaces
batswithbaby...
May 8, 2008 5:42 pm
As many have discovered, you can't go taking photos near the olympic site without the risk of unwelcome attention from the 'Olympic Neighbourhood Police' - ...
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julian cheyne
juliancheyne
May 8, 2008 11:13 pm
Choice of adviser signals end to skyscrapersBy Bob Sherwood Published: May 7 2008 03:21 | Last updated: May 7 2008 03:21Boris Johnson signalled on Tuesday that...
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paulthodge
May 9, 2008 7:35 am
Taken from the Ecoactive conference network. LDA's chief executive and chair asked to step down The chief executive and chair of the London Development Agency...
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games_martin
May 9, 2008 12:44 pm
They are back in numbers. Jockeying for prime spawning spots all along the river from below the weir by the old waterworks to the flood relief channel next to...
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paul hodge
paulthodge
May 9, 2008 4:59 pm
Some forum members might wonder what relevance the spawning of bream in the River Lea by Hackney Marshes has to the London 2012 Olympics. Get down and see this...
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games_martin
May 9, 2008 7:33 pm
For some background see: Prescott Channel Scam <http://www.gamesmonitor.org.uk/node/401> Martin ... in the River Lea by Hackney Marshes has to the London 2012...
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paul hodge
paulthodge
May 9, 2008 8:24 pm
Apologies to Thames Water. I meant British Waterways. ... From: games_martin To: gamesmonitor@... Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 8:33 PM Subject:...
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games_martin
May 10, 2008 10:23 am
Re-posted by Martin Slavin This has nothing to do with Bream nor the Olympics Martin This is the end for Mucking Reach and Mucking Marsh after a valiant battle...
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Steve
roebel_uk
May 10, 2008 12:22 pm
Thanks, Paul, I was wondering what the relevance was. It really is a marvellous sight; I've never seen so many fish in a river before. Is it certain that...
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paul hodge
paulthodge
May 10, 2008 4:55 pm
Point taken Martin but this has. Rupert Jones reports in the Money section of todays Guardian that the economic forcasting group the Centre for Economic and...
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games_martin
May 10, 2008 6:23 pm
I have today visited Friends bridge to observe the Bream. First at 4pm then at 5.30pm. On both occasions the water level was higher than I was expecting. The...
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batswithbabyfaces
batswithbaby...
May 10, 2008 10:27 pm
I noticed the turbulence and oil slick too - Haven't managed to see any fish yet. 17:00 today was roughly high tide time. I'm assuming the river is still...
