Tagged in OLYMPICS
By Dean Nicholas

Route For Olympic Cycle Race Revealed

Olympic chiefs have unveiled the route for the 2012 cycling road race.
By Dean Nicholas

West Ham Set To Win Olympic Stadium Bid

An official decision isn't expected until Friday, but it seems likely that the Hammers will be moving to Stratford.

By M@

Extra, Extra

News roundup, including four reasons to shout at the Central Line.
By Dean Nicholas

Boat-Shaped Room To Be Built On Queen Elizabeth Hall

Coming soon to the South Bank: the most unusual riverside pied-a-terre since David Blaine's perspex box.
By Dean Nicholas

Tottenham Reveal 2012 Stadium Plans

With a decision on what will happen to the Olympic Stadium after the games expected soon, Tottenham have released details of their plans for the site.

By Nicolas Chinardet

Inside The 2012 Olympic Park: 540 Days To Go

With the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics a mere 540 days away, we took a tour around the gigantic building site that is the Olympic park in east London.

By M@

Heineken Is Official Olympic Booze Sponsor

Finally reaches the parts other beers can't reach...
By Dean Nicholas

West Ham Release 2012 Stadium Plans

West Ham United have released details of their plans to transform the Olympic Stadium into a football ground. Not to be deterred, Tottenham have also unveiled their own plans for redeveloping the National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace.
By Lindsey

Art Students To Design Elements Of 2012 Victory Ceremonies

LOCOG has announced that Royal College of Art postgraduate students will design the podia to be used in all 2012 Victory Ceremonies as well as the the costumes for the "Presenter Escorts, Athlete Escorts and Medal and Flower Bearers" with accompanying flower holders and trays.
By Dean Nicholas

Mapped: London’s Moving Football Clubs

Ahead of the decision on the future of the Olympic stadium, we map the different locations that London's professional football clubs have called home.

By M@

Olympic Stadium Decision Delayed

We were going to know on Friday. But the decision on who gets the Olympic Stadium after 2012 has been delayed.
By Zoe Craig

Shakespeare's Globe Goes Global for London 2012; and Indoors in 2013

A Spanish Henry VIII, an Italian Julius Caesar and a Tempest in Arabic: Être ou ne pas être? Shakespeare's Globe is staging all 38 of the Bard's plays in the summer of 2012, each in a different language.

By Lindsey

GB Handball Team Confirmed To Compete In Olympics

The British Olympic Association have announced that Team GB will field Handball teams in the 2012 Olympics.

By Lindsey

2012 Beach Volleyball Venue Gets Planning Permission

Westminster City Council has given a thumbs up to the 2012 beach volleyball arena for Horse Guards Parade.
By Dean Nicholas

Crystal Palace Could Be Moving To... Crystal Palace

A new suitor has joined the increasingly complex story around the future of the Olympic stadium: Crystal Palace F.C.
By M@

Olympic Tickets On Sale From 15 March

You'll have six weeks to sign up, with tickets allocated by ballot and no advantage in applying early. Olympic bunfight neatly sidestepped.
By BethPH

2012 Olympics Security: Police Say Threat 'Severe'

Security at the 2012 Olympics has been a hot topic from day one. Now police say they expect the terror threat level to be ‘severe’.
By Dean Nicholas

Extra, Extra

Today's news recap, including a potential strike on the Docklands Light Railway.

By Dean Nicholas

Tom Daley Poses On The Olympic Diving Board

The Olympic Delivery Authority has released a picture of Tom Daley, one of Britain's brightest medal hopes for the 2012 Games, standing on top of the diving board in the Aquatics Centre.
By SallyB2

Extra Extra

News. In which you can learn about new surgery, new apps, new moves and new figures.
By Dean Nicholas

Extra, Extra

Today's news round-up, including details of a new fleet of electric taxicabs scheduled to hit the streets of London in 2020.
By Dean Nicholas

De Trop! French Is The Official Language For 2012 Olympics

Stone the crows! Or, rather, <em>sacre bleu</em>: the Telegraph has obtained a copy of the Olympic "technical manuals", the IOC's guidelines for hosting the Games, which reveal that French will be the main language.

By Rachel Holdsworth

Rent Out Your Home For £2k A Week During Olympics

Letting agents say flats could be rented out for thousands of pounds a week during the Olympics. Chance for a nice little earner?
By Lindsey

GB Volleyball Teams Will Compete At 2012 Olympics

Despite the women's indoor volleyball team being <a href="http://beta.londonist.com/2010/08/british_volleyball_funding_cut.php">karate chopped in the knees</a> with removal of public funding a few months ago, both the men's and women's teams have been <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/volleyball/9264267.stm">green lit by the British Olympic Authority</a> to take up the host nation places in the 2012 Games.