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Posts Tagged ‘olympics’

Olympics expansion on Hackney Marshes ‘stifling’ local sports clubs and ‘vandalising’ land

By • Jan 15th, 2012 • Category: News

Critics condemn Olympics as waste of money better spent on projects of real and lasting value to Hackney residents and the local environment



Olympics synchronised swimming fans left high and dry

By • Jan 6th, 2012 • Category: Olympic Games 2012, Sport

Swim fans asked to swap events as Olympics organisers admit 10,000 tickets oversold



Houseboaters being ‘forced out’ of Olympics area

By • Dec 30th, 2011 • Category: News

River Lea residents claim they are being priced out and uprooted from their community by British Waterways



Olympics handball thrills Hackney kids

By • Dec 2nd, 2011 • Category: Olympic Games 2012, Sport

A lucky few have become the first in the world to sample the 2012 Olympics site



Hackney school students bag Olympics jobs

By • Dec 2nd, 2011 • Category: News

Two hundred Hackney students working at Olympics to be paid London Living Wage after help from community campaign group



Hackney to be twinned with Scarborough for Olympic events

By • Aug 18th, 2011 • Category: News

The borough is partnering with a North Yorkshire seaside town for a series of cultural and sporting activities



Young, gifted and back

By • Aug 14th, 2011 • Category: Sport

Kids are coming back to sport as Olympics organisers target couch potato youngsters with enticing outdoor events aimed at reversing negative associations with regimented PE lessons



Hackney Council makes £27k Olympics tickets bid

By • May 9th, 2011 • Category: News

The Town Hall is spending more than any other London borough, according to the latest figures



‘RUN’ sculpture to be erected at Olympic Handball Arena in Hackney Wick

By • May 1st, 2011 • Category: News

A glass and steel public artwork by internationally-renowned artist Monica Bonvicini will be installed in the Olympic Park next year



London 2012 Games set to miss green targets

By • Apr 21st, 2011 • Category: News

The Olympic Delivery Authority fails to honour key promises to make the Olympics as sustainable as possible