Articles tagged with "olympics"
Daily Dose 05.03
By Chris | May 3rd, 2007 |
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* Gypsys lose High Court battle to stay on land wanted for Olympic Village. I guess that means they’ll soon be covering some other park or field in East London... [Read this entry]
Right Said Fred for London mayor
By Chris | April 18th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
London’s mayoral elections take place next year and the current mayor Ken Livingstone is running for a third term, in fact he’s been talking today about getting elected for a... [Read this entry]
Daily Dose 03.23
By Chris | March 23rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
* The London Assembly says people in east London could miss out on the jobs boost that that London Olympics is supposed to bring.(TheGuardian)
* London is the pothole capital... [Read this entry]
Cost of London Olympics just keeps rising
By Chris | March 15th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The government today announced their revised budget for the cost of the 2012 Olympics, £9.3billion up from the original £2.4billion they said just over 18 months ago. The big questions... [Read this entry]
Daily Dose 03.13
By Chris | March 13th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
* Royal College of Surgeons says there’s a serious shortage of bodies for medical students to practice on. Any volunteers?(BBCNews)
* Government to lift the ban on gambling commercials on... [Read this entry]
Sports big hitters in London
By Chris | February 28th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Representatives of the world’s two biggest sporting events are in London this week. IOC Olympic inspectors are in town to check on the progress or lack of it in the... [Read this entry]
Daily Dose 02.20
By Chris | February 20th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
* London Mayor Ken Livingstone signs deal with new dictator buddy Hugo Chavez of Venezuela for cheap fuel for buses. Now he just needs to get the dirty patches out... [Read this entry]
Just what the neighbourhood doesn’t need
By Chris | February 7th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Here’s an interesting clip on a proposed new mosque and Islamic centre on the London Olympic site at Stratford. I remember reading last year about a lot of local opposition... [Read this entry]
London Olympics doesn’t add up
By Chris | February 2nd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
There was an interesting current affairs show on the BBC early this evening on the real cost of the London Olympics. When the government made their big bid in 2005... [Read this entry]
Daily Dose 02.01
By Chris | February 1st, 2007 | Add a Comment »
* Sponors of the London Olympics being scared a way by rising costs.(DailyMail)
* Chancellor Gordon Brown says unskilled jobs will all but disappear in the UK by 2020. They’ll... [Read this entry]
