2011
26
Apr
People have until 2359 BST today to apply for 6.6 million London Olympics tickets on the London 2012 website.Prices range from £20 to £2,012.However, London 2012 chairman Lord Coe has warned that only 50% of tickets for the major events could be avai…
2011
31
Mar
A female security guard (dog handler) was been arrested on Tuesday in Pudding Mill Lane, near the Olympic stadium site, on suspicion of possessing explosives.Scotland Yard said that the woman was arrested on suspicion of possession of a “very small amo…
2011
25
Mar
I noted earlier this month that the British Olympic Association (BOA) seems to be “pissing money away”.Not content with the flow rate of piss, the BOA have now got themselves involved in a costly and time consuming legal spat with Locog.The Guardian re…
2011
23
Mar
2011
28
Feb
As we know, the London 2012 Olympics Logo (aka Lisa Simpson Gives Head) has attracted a fair amount of criticism since it was unveiled in 2007.However, even by the standards of the Olympics, the latest fuss over the logo is absurd in the extreme.The Na…
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…