legacy

Previous appointee Daniel Moylan moved to look at aviation after just three months.

With the Games over, what happens next?

Athletes and local kids try out the completed Olympic athletics track.

Can you name a charity associated with London 2012?

Good news for community sports groups across London

Feel good three ways! Try new sports, raise money for charity and be part of London 2012 is the message of the Gold Challenge. It’s a campaign to raise £20 million for over 100 charities by the end of the Olympic year, boosting mass participation …

By gary8345 After speculation as to whether the Hammers or Hotspur will claim their slice of the Cupcake post 2012, the Olympic Legacy Company today announced that serious costed bids for taking on the Olympic Stadium must be submitted by the end of September. 150 …

By Nick Atkins Photography When we heard Danny Boyle might direct the 2012 opening ceremony we were rooting for zombies, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll. Looks like we’ll be disappointed on the former but an interview with Boyle over the weekend indicates British pop music …

By sunrise.seven The new Olympics minister, Hugh Robertson, has announced a £50m a year Lottery boost for mass participation in sport by 2012. Legal changes to the way National Lottery money is distributed means community sports projects will soon vie for 20% (up from 16%) …

Work has begun on the green bits of the Olympic Park. At the moment, this consists of clearing industrial waste but that hasn’t stopped the 2012 spin machine feeding us hyperbolic visions of the ‘hanging gardens’ of Stratford, that will eventually adorn the mega footbridge …