Another day, another thunderclap of hand-wringing and dire Nostradamus warnings about the 2012 Games. Organisers have been accused of “spending money like water” as costs for the event rise like floodwaters threatening the ageing Thames Barrier. This is the charge made by the Culture, Media …
Colour us surprised: those original 2012 Olympic costs were totally unrealistic Hounslow residents, consider yourselves warned: a teachers strike this Thursday means the yoof will be on the loose Arrests have been made in a 21-year old murder case Here comes the bat cab! That’s, …
2012 Games won’t benefit locals, claims think tank Take that, Monaco – London now has the world’s priciest homes Our Amy’s up for three Ivor Novello gongs Lie detector software proves a nice little money-saver for south London council Russian heavyweights to square off at …
Police accused of massaging figures. Crime figures, that is. Notice a dodgy smell? Blame our continental cousins LSE to build climate change research centre thanks to generous donation That Lords revamp we mentioned in February now has a shortlist of architects. The oft-mooted tube strike? …
Yawn. Londonist is fed up of dour news pieces and negatively-biased research polls foisting bleak forecasts on to the public of an overly expensive and poorly designed 2012 Olympics. Are we heading for the crappest Olympics ever? Is the event going to bankrupt our economy? …
The police have been called in, and a full investigation has been launched this morning, to discover how the personal details of the entire BBC Olympic staff have gone missing from a private office within Television Centre. Details of hotel bookings, addresses, photographs and the …
Our environmentally sustainable Mayor is taking on the IOC bigwigs who are demanding VIP fast lanes for a fleet of up to 3000 cars “to take officials, politicians and corporate sponsors to venues” at the 2012 Games. No fool he, cunningly waiting until they’d finished …
Olympic news items are like buses, or decent Boris Johnson policies: you wait for ages then two come along at once. This week we’ve heard about the package of security measures announced for the Games, while the International Olympic Committee popped by to check up …
Lunchbox Linford won’t carry Olympic flame Yellow box rules for Jubilee Line platforms Affordable homes cheek by jowl with hordes of Sloanes Arsenal’s earning loadsamoney New mothers urged to bank umbilical blood Art Deco Dream Home image courtesy of onionbagblogger via the Londonist flickr group.
2008 is Beijing’s Olympic year so we’re expecting plenty of 2012 related news, rumblings and international comparisons bouncing round the internet. On the last day of January, our Games have already made the headlines 3 times this week: When overall costs trebled at the end …
You might remember the plight of the wonderful Manor Garden Allotments from last year. The green fingered East Enders were eventually evicted and transplanted to a plot of land in Marsh Lane, Leyton after a spirited but unsuccessul fight. Now, however, the ghost of Manor …
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