Articles tagged with "olympics"
How the UK sees the East End
By Chris | January 25th, 2007 |
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The site for the London Olympics in 2012 is 500 acres in Stratford, a run down part of the East End of London. A new survey has asked people in... [Read this entry]
2012 to be the greenest games
By Chris | January 23rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
2012 days to go to 27 July 2012 and the start of the London Olympics and Tony Blair and the organisers have been trumpeting what a green games London’s will... [Read this entry]
A possible answer to London’s crowded roads?
By Chris | January 8th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
London Mayor Ken Livingstone has been assuring Londoners that the cost of the Olympics will stay at the 38p per week that he promised it would. In his free newspaper... [Read this entry]
Daily Dose 01.04
By Chris | January 4th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
* British Airways is making customers use premium rate phone numbers when calling to track down luggage lost at Heathrow over Christmas due to computer failures, more 15,000 bags.(EveningStandard)
*... [Read this entry]
Daily Dose 12.15
By Chris | December 15th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
* Tony Blair, first sitting Prime Minister to be questioned by police in criminal enquiry. No one’s surprised this government’s full of crooks.(EveningStandard)
* Break out the champagne, strike up... [Read this entry]
Daily Dose 12.04
By Chris | December 4th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
* Members of Parliament demanding a 66% pay rise, talk about pigs with their snouts in the trough(DailyMail)
* Eating out in London twice as expensive as New York, second... [Read this entry]
Daily Dose 11.30
By Chris | November 30th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
* Man dressed as James Bond base jumps from top of London Eye, cool(DailyMail)
* IOC gives two big thumbs up for the way London Olympics is panning out. They... [Read this entry]
Daily Dose 11.28
By Chris | November 28th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
* Train companies jacking ticket prices with above inflation rises, Heathrow and Gatwick Expresses both going up by 7.3%(BBCNews)
* Mayor of Newham says people in his borough are work... [Read this entry]
Daily Dose 11.27
By Chris | November 27th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
* Police want to use high powered microphones to listen in on the public at the Olympics(BBCNews)
* Driving a London cab is the hardest job in Britain according to... [Read this entry]
Daily Dose 11.23
By Chris | November 23rd, 2006 | Add a Comment »
* Jack Straw say the government has control of the Olympic budget, not Ken Livingstone. It doesn’t give me any more faith(BBCNews)
* London favourite place for the world’s billionaires(Metro)
