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  • Paralympic Torch Relay: Northern Irish Flame to be created by Scouts at the top of Slieve Donard
    21 August 201215:06
    Paralympic Torch Relay: Northern Irish Flame to be created by Scouts at the top of Slieve Donard
    At dawn on Wednesday 22 August, a group of Scouts and mountaineer, Bernadette Sloan and Pat Shields, will climb Slieve Donard, Northern Ireland’s highest peak, to create the Northern Irish National Flame as part of the London 2012 Paralympic Torch Relay.
  • Paralympic Torch Relay: Welsh Flame to be created by Scouts at the top of Snowdon
    21 August 201215:05
    Paralympic Torch Relay: Welsh Flame to be created by Scouts at the top of Snowdon
    At dawn on Wednesday 22 August, a group of Scouts and Elaine Pearce, will climb Snowdon, Wales’s highest peak, to create the Welsh National Flame as part of the London 2012 Paralympic Torch Relay.
  • Paralympic Torch Relay: Scottish Flame to be created by Scouts at the top of Ben Nevis
    21 August 201215:04
    Paralympic Torch Relay: Scottish Flame to be created by Scouts at the top of Ben Nevis
    At dawn on Wednesday 22 August, a group of Scouts and mountaineer, Kevin Shields, will climb Ben Nevis, United Kingdom’s highest peak, to create the Scottish National Flame as part of the London 2012 Paralympic Torch Relay.
  • Eva Loeffler Appointed Mayor of the Paralympic Village
    20 August 201216:34
    Eva Loeffler Appointed Mayor of the Paralympic Village
    The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has appointed Eva Loeffler OBE, daughter of the founder of the Paralympic Games, Ludwig Guttmann as Mayor of the London 2012 Paralympic Village. Her duties commence today as the first team officials start arriving in the Village ahead of athletes’ arrival from 22 August.
  • New app provides ultimate guide to 2012 gardens
    20 August 201210:34
    New app provides ultimate guide to 2012 gardens
    A brand new, completely free London 2012 Gardens app and supporting mobile-optimised website (www.2012gardens.co.uk) has been launched, providing a comprehensive guide to the London 2012 Gardens in the Olympic Park.
  • Giant Paralympic Agitos launched outside Cardiff City Hall
    17 August 201212:48
    Giant Paralympic Agitos launched outside Cardiff City Hall
    With just under two weeks to go until the start of the Paralympic Games, a giant set of Agitos, the symbol for the Paralympic Games, has today been launched outside Cardiff City Hall.
  • More Paralympic tickets now on sale
    16 August 201216:21
    More Paralympic tickets now on sale
    With less than two weeks to go to the London 2012 Paralympic Games, the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has released a further 45,000 Paralympic tickets for sale alongside the 20,000 tickets currently available for the Paralympic Opening and Closing Ceremonies.
  • Public transport Games ‘delivered’ says London 2012 – with record-breaking numbers taken by road and rail to venues across the UK
    15 August 201215:00
    Public transport Games ‘delivered’ says London 2012 – with record-breaking numbers taken by road and rail to venues across the UK
    More than 900,000 spectators used park-and-ride, shuttle buses, accessible services, direct coaches, and special walking and cycling routes, to get to nine venues outside London during the Olympic Games. The figures come from the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), which developed the transport plan for the Games, covering the London venues and the rest of the UK.
  • London 2012 takes Paralympic Torch Relay to new heights
    15 August 201212:14
    London 2012 takes Paralympic Torch Relay to new heights

    • Flames to be created at the summits of the UK’s four highest peaks

    • Street route for 24 hour Relay revealed here. Click here to download map

    • Paralympic Torchbearers notified where they will be carrying the Flame

    • Presenting Partners announce their entertainment for the Flame Festivals and 24 hour relay

    • Public invited to Light a Lantern to lead the way to the Paralympic Games

  • London throws world’s biggest party for Olympic athletes at Closing Ceremony spectacular
    12 August 201223:00
    London throws world’s biggest party for Olympic athletes at Closing Ceremony spectacular

     • A galaxy of world renowned British artists perform in a celebration of British music including The Who, The Spice Girls, Take That, Tinie Tempah, George Michael, Fatboy Slim, Madness, Jessie J, Annie Lennox, Kaiser Chiefs, Taio Cruz, ,  Beady Eye with lead vocalist Liam Gallagher, Ray Davies, Queen’s Brian May & Roger Taylor, Pet Shop Boys, One Direction, Muse, Elbow, Emeli Sandé, Eric Idle, Julian Lloyd Webber, Ed Sheeran, Richard Jones, Mike Rutherford and Nick Mason

    • British performers Timothy Spall, Russell Brand and Darcey Bussell play leading roles in show

    • British design and fashion celebrated by appearances of supermodels Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Lily Donaldson, Stella Tennant, Karen Elson, Lily Cole, Georgia May Jagger, Jourdan Dunn and David Gandy

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