March 2007

March 2007

Games organisers have today submitted planning applications to upgrade one of the first venues ready for the London 2012 Games.

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A team of specialists has started work clearing a small part of the Olympic Park site affected by Japanese knotweed.

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London 2012 has today announced the appointment of Nick Fuller as Head of Education.

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The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has today announced the first opportunities for construction companies to build the structures, bridges and highways in the Olympic Park.

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The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) today announced it will be offering wide-ranging healthcare services to the workers building the venues and infrastructure of the Olympic Park.

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Former Banking sponsors of the Athens 2004 and Sydney 2000 Games have sent messages of congratulations to London 2012 and Lloyds TSB following this week's partnership announcement.

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The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) today confirmed it will upgrade Stratford Regional Station, providing a better service for the 2012 Games and local residents.

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Construction companies were today invited to bid to build the London 2012 Aquatics Centre.

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The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) today announced a shortlist of five practices bidding to design a main public walkway in the Olympic Park.

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The London 2012 Organising Committee for the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today announced Lloyds TSB as its exclusive Banking Partner.

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The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has invited companies and organisations to send their proposals for using the London 2012 broadcast and press centre as a work and business space after the Games.

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Prime Minister Tony Blair has praised the cultural plans for the London 2012 Games.

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The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) launched its procurement policy today.

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Seb Coe was presented today with a specially commissioned silver baton to thank him for his efforts in bringing the 2012 Games to the UK.

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A group of London's most outstanding Paralympic athletes has been shortlisted for prestigious sporting awards.

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This week's London 2012 Project Review has ended today with the IOC 'assured and impressed' by Games progress.

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Five special tourists flew into London yesterday on the second stop of a world tour.

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