The final timber panels have been fitted into place on the London 2012 Velodrome's roof, making the building water-tight and allowing work to continue inside ready for the cycling track installation this autumn.
Waveney Gymnastics Club in Lowestoft are celebrating the announcement by the Canadian Gymnastics Federation of their intention to use the facility as their London 2012 Pre Games Training Camp.
Children across the UK have won the opportunity for Wenlock and Mandeville, the London 2012 mascots, to visit their school and community by entering a competition through Get Set – the official London 2012 education programme.
Young film-makers can win a chance to get their work showcased at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games by entering Film Nation: Shorts - a short film competition for 14-25 years olds which opens for submissions today.
To celebrate Olympic Day, London 2012 has announced that over five million children and young people from around the world are benefiting from the London 2012 Games through the international legacy programme, International Inspiration.
Slovenia became the latest Olympic nation to sign up to train in Kent, as their Gymnastics Federation signed an agreement which will see around 25 to 30 gymnasts visit Kent in 2011 and 2012 to train and create links with local communities and residents.
Top sport stars from across the UK today joined Seb Coe, Chair of the London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG), in inviting people to actively celebrate the two-year countdown to the start of the London 2012 Games by participating in Open Weekend 2010.
Leading British names from the world of film, including Oscar-winning Danny Boyle and Stephen Daldry, will direct and produce the London 2012 Opening and Closing Ceremonies.
The 29,000sq m Main Press Centre (MPC) is on track to be finished in summer 2011, with its concrete structure complete and windows already in place on three sides.
Seb Coe, Chair of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), and Hugh Robertson, Minister for Sport and Olympics, have visited Yorkshire to award the London 2012 Inspire mark to ‘Steps to Inclusion’. ‘Steps to Inclusion’ is an innovative coach education programme that aims to increase opportunities for people with disabilities across south Yorkshire to participate in sport. This was the 500th Inspire mark to be awarded to a project or event inspired by the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
More than 400 schoolchildren from east London schools have been visited by members of the staff from the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) and contractors working on the Olympic Park.
York was celebrating yesterday after officials put the finishing touches to an agreement that will see Gambia athletes use the city as a training base for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
60 schools and colleges from across the UK have visited the London 2012 Olympic Park after winning the opportunity in a prize draw. The prize draw was a reward for joining the London 2012 Get Set network, which is made up of schools across the UK that have demonstrated a commitment to the Olympic and Paralympic Values.
The National Olympic Committees of Namibia and Zambia have announced that their national Olympic teams will hold pre-London 2012 training camps in Glasgow. The training agreement is the first to be confirmed for Scotland.
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) today announced that following an extensive process of research and industry engagement, the decision has been taken not to deliver a wind turbine on the Olympic Park site.
The Ricoh Arena, the home of Coventry City Football Club, has been selected as the new Midlands venue to host Olympic Football matches in 2012. This follows a selection procedure by the London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) and means that all venues are now in place for the London Games.
Sebastian Coe, Chair of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), today visited Expo 2010 in Shanghai, China to celebrate the promotion of UK and London at the world’s biggest Expo event.
