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Posts Tagged ‘olympics’

Angel of the Lee Valley artist supports Leyton Marsh protestors

By • Apr 20th, 2012 • Category: News

The authorities ‘are not thinking about the environment at all’ says Angel of the Lee Valley artist as Olympic construction goes ahead



Shoreditch residents slam Olympic ‘beer tent’

By • Apr 13th, 2012 • Category: News

Hackney Council has given the thumbs-up to ‘Hackney House’, a marquee to ‘showcase’ the borough this summer



Four arrested as Olympic protestors evicted from Leyton Marshes

By • Apr 10th, 2012 • Category: News

Local campaign group Save Leyton Marshes says it will continue to challenge Olympic bosses over alleged breaches of planning regulations



Leader: Buitekant and the Olympic beast

By • Apr 3rd, 2012 • Category: Opinion

Protestors occupying Leyton Marsh are taking a stand to protect Metropolitan Open Land



Olympic Torch route through Hackney announced

By • Mar 20th, 2012 • Category: News

The One Hackney 2012 Festival will mark the Olympic Flame’s journey through the borough on Saturday 21 July



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