Olympic Park parklands project underway
These open spaces will provide a colourful and festival atmosphere during the Games and will become the largest new urban park in the UK for more than 100 years.
Olympic Park utilities building operational
The new pumping station building in the south of the Park will collect, convey and discharge waste water from the main venues and buildings on the Park during the Games and after 2012 from the venues and residential developments.
Japan’s Kitajima eyes 2012 London Olympics (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Japan’s multi Olympic gold medallist Kosuke Kitajima has signalled his intent to swim at the 2012 London Olympics, describing the Games as his “last target,” local media reported Tuesday.
Paralympics deal fires starting gun for Channel 4’s post-Big Brother era
Channel 4 will bring the Paralympics enthusiasm and innovation – its coverage should be good for the games and the network
Snatching the 2012 London Paralympics from under the noses of the BBC is a real feather in Channel 4’s cap. And should give a tremendous boost to an event which has been gaining significantly in [...]
Channel 4 to show 2012 Paralympics
Broadcaster pledges that Paralympics will ‘take over Channel 4 for their duration’ after snapping up rights
Channel 4 has won the rights to broadcast the 2012 Paralympics games.
Although the BBC has the rights for the 2012 Olympics, the Paralympic broadcast rights were put out to tender.
Channel 4 announced today that it had been awarded the rights [...]
New link into Olympic Park completed
The underpass has been constructed in the north-east corner of the Park and forms part of the Olympic Park Loop Road – a new route that will provide access around the Park during and after the Games.
London 2012 will serve best of British food at the Games
The London 2012 Organising Committee is pledging to serve ‘the best of British’ food during the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
IOC very positive about London 2012 progress
The two-day session focussed mainly on operational plans for the Games, including venues, infrastructure and plans for the workforce in 2012, including up to 70,000 volunteers.
Telegraph seeks Olympics editor
‘Strategist’ needed for Telegraph’s Olympics coverage ahead of 2012 London games, with BBC’s Adrian Warner a target
Telegraph Media Group is seeking to ramp up its coverage of the 2012 London Olympics by appointing a dedicated editor for the games.
The Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph publisher is understood to have approached a number of candidates, including [...]
Netball seeks makeover to wow Olympic chiefs
Netball is hoping to follow the example of rugby sevens by campaigning for the inclusion of a cut-down, speeded-up version of the sport in the Olympics, overhauling its image and attempting to banish forever associations with airtex shirts, bibs and windblown playgrounds.
A new version of the sport trialled earlier this month will be used as [...]
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