Finally! A good news story about the 2012 Olympics. IOC Coordination Commission Chairman Denis Oswald was not only “truly impressed” with London’s progress since the IOC’s last visit but singled out progress on the Olympic parks as “truly astounding”. Construction work on the sunken cupcake …
Well, it’s certainly less controversial than the logo. The design for the new Olympic Stadium is something of a zoetrope in the aspirational design launch video which follows bits of the stadium as they fly and crawl through London to Stratford, witnessed by a jogging …
With immaculate PR timing, just a week after London was urged to focus on delivering the 2012 Games on time, the team at Olympic HQ announce that work is starting on the Stratford Olympic Stadium 3 months ahead of schedule. In fact, they’re so ahead …
• Mayor denies ‘stop Boris‘ campaign • CCTV of a train flasher. Don’t get excited. • Olympic Stadium legacy ‘no better than Crystal Palace‘ • Capital Music in the doldrums • World’s biggest Gospel stars (reputation, not girth) converge on East London Image taken from …
Word has escaped from the huddle over West Ham’s books that a deal to finalise the new ownership of the club could be close. Those old friends of the media, Sources Close, have hinted to The Guardian that the “due diligence” process, where the buyer …
The 15-year-old girl who went missing last Wednesday after going to meet a man she met on an internet chatroom has been found safe and well in a park in Hammersmith. The cost of building the London 2012 Olympic Stadium might have just gone up …
Three more men have been arrested concerning the the deaths of brothers Mohammad and Hayder Ali in Tooting over the weekend. London will be home to the ‘world’s largest restaurant‘ come 2012 (in order to feed the 24,000+ athletes, coaches and officials). There’s also talk …
Last night the Gunners froze in the chill of the Olympic Stadium, and now it is time to see how Mourinho’s Chelsea handle the heat of the Camp Nou. Londonist has been looking forward to this one for aaaaages. We just hope it lives up …
Roll up, roll up, the circus is back in town. Yes, the Champions League has returned, but now the cream of Europe number only sixteen . With the phoney war of the group stages having been completed, combat can resume with the more traditional methods …
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