Key advertising agencies have pulled out of the pitch for the 2012 Olympics after being told they will effectively have to pay for the privilege. By Amanda...
That is as maybe but never mind we are to have a London 2012 fifty pence piece (and no this is not a late April Fools joke though the Guardian did a rather...
It is interesting to note that one of the specimen 50p designs featured on the Royal Mint site shows what appears to be two fighter aircraft strafing a...
"Community campaigner Lisa Pontecorvo died after being crushed under the wheels of a cement lorry - after a safety mirror that might have saved her had been...
The Sports News Correspondent in the Guardian reports today that the Olympics minister Tessa Jowell has announced an X Factor style competition to design 'a...
Relating to Paul's interesting post concerning a garden competition. Thanks for that post and comment. I would like to add this: I think one of the reasons...
'Olympic 2012 village seeks £225m bailout from European Investment Bank'. Tim Webb, The Guardian, Friday 10 April 2009. Olympic planners have been forced to...
Guardian Diary 10 4 09 Pressure is now mounting for a new sport to be included in the London Olympics in 2012. Shoe-throwing - which proved so popular last...
*PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY* NO OLYMPICS ON STOLEN NATIVE LAND! Convergence February 2010, Vancouver BC Coast Salish Territory The 2010 Winter Olympics are set to...
The barbarians are at the gates. Towers are falling, people are screaming, temple economists are rending their garments, gibbering with dread. And where is the...
Unite London & South East Construction Branch, Olympic Site Demonstration, Main Gate, Wed 6 May, 6.30am (Nearest station DLR at Pudding Mill Lane) Demands: ...
Meet from 12 noon for lunch and willow dressing at the Hare and Hounds, Lea Bridge Road, Leyton (meals and bar snacks available- children welcome in dining...
Marina Hyde. Guardian Sport 30 4 2009. Tessa Jowell has reassured us that despite a spiralling budget, the 2012 Olympics will help the UK 'ride out the...
A review of this conference is in the May 2009 LAMAS (London and Middlsex Archaeological Society) newsletter. I quote from the review of one paper given by one...
Evening Standard article Olympic legacy chief sacked after one yearMatthew Beard 30.04.09 The man in charge of delivering a legacy in the Olympic Park is being...
I thought I'd just add to Barry's advert that NLLDC and our Boundsmen walk the 1904 Leyton Lammas Lands boundaries, and therefore part of the area to be beaten...
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OPTIMISTIC OLYMPIAD A monthly newsletter SPONSORED by: PUDDING MILL RIVER: Purveyors of Sporting Spirits and Foodstuffs Not content with sharing the delicious...
The 'Olympic' badges no longer appear as such - a case of the infamous phone call from LOCOG's lawyers? They have been cunningly renamed from 'UK Olympics...
Olympics site protest over use of 'cheap' agency workers * Robert Booth * The Guardian, Wednesday 6 May 2009 * Article history Hundreds of construction workers...
OPINION I wonder what CABE has to say about the design of the multi-story car park that is to serve the media centre. Maybe they overlooked that little gem in...
I happen to know that the Manor Gardening Society (Eton Manor Allotments) are holding a General Meeting at 12 noon on Sunday 10th May with the LDA and the...
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An online poll currently in the London Evening Standard has 64% against: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-olympics/...