2010
13
Apr
The Telegraph reports that two years ago Aggregate Industries was awarded the contract to supply aggregate materials (eg concrete, gravel, stone and sand) to the Olympic Park. A key element, so people were given to understand at the time, of the contra…
2010
12
Apr
The Evening Standard repotts that Newham, the London Olympics borough, is one of London’s robbery hotspots.Met statistics show Newham, with 2,077 offences, the second worst borough for robberies last year.Its Stratford and New Town ward (including the …
2010
8
Apr
The London 2012 Olympics promises to break at least one record, the number of drugs tests carried out.The London Organising Committee (Locog) will carry out around 5,000 tests, 10% more than were performed in Beijing in 2008.Olympic Medals won during t…
2010
7
Apr
The Daily India ran this story back in February about the contamination of the London Olympics site, that seemingly is buried beneath a plastic sheet.How true is this story, and how much of a hazard does this present given that there is meant to be a “…
2010
31
Mar
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has warned (in a statement of the “bleeding obvious”) that the London Olympics is facing a “worryingly tight” financial position.The fact that the original “budget” has spiralled from £3BN to £12BN (including £2BN…
2010
29
Mar
The organisers of the London 2012 Olympics have been accused of being anti competitive, as a result of their decision to ban all payments by credit cards except for Visa.No other cards will be accepted to buy tickets, merchandise or even food and drink…
2010
25
Mar
AFP reports that Tessa Jowell, the Olympics Minister, told reporters at the start of a three day visit to Sao Paulo (which is hosting the 2016 Olympics) that the 2012 London Olympic Games will not be kicked around like a political football during the u…
2010
24
Mar
Sir John Madejski, Reading Festival organiser Melvyn Benn and Andrew Cumpsty a Reading councillor are proposing plans to create a “tent city” in the Reading area during the 2012 London Olympics.They claim that people who may not be able to get to Olymp…
2010
22
Jan
The organisers of the London 2012 Olympics (Locog) have demonstrated yet again that the games are more about money and sponsorship, rather than sport.Locog have allocated 60,000 tickets to a New Jersey company (JetSet Sports) for the overseas hospitali…
2010
21
Jan
It seems that all is not well in the London Development Agency (LDA), the body tasked with ensuring that there is some form of meaningful legacy from the 2012 London Olympics (aside from the burnished glow of politicians’ egos).The LDA auditors, audit …