August 2008

August 2008

Country unites as London welcomes the world, Olympic Flags are raised and Red Arrows roar over London.

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Footballer David Beckham, legendary guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Leona Lewis and gold medal winning Team GB cyclists star in spectacular performance.

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The skies over Buckingham Palace will be turned red, white and blue this Sunday as the Royal Air Force's Red Arrows perform a spectacular fly by as part of the UK-wide celebrations to mark the special handover moment when London becomes the official Summer Olympic Games Host City.

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Huge progress is being made in constructing the new utilities infrastructure that will form the ‘backbone’ of the Olympic Park, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) announced today.

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Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Heather Small and the cast of 'We Will Rock You' have been announced by London 2012 as the final line-up joining the performers at the Visa London 2012 Party on The Mall on Sunday 24 August, as part of the UK-wide Olympic Handover Celebrations.

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The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) hosted a reception at the British Ambassador’s residence in Beijing yesterday to launch the London 2012 Pre-Games Training Camp Guide.

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The London Olympic Handover Flag will be raised across the UK in unprecedented gesture to commemorate Handover day.

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The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has published a document which shows that residents and commuters will benefit from major London 2012 transport projects as early as 2010.

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Local residents will once again have opportunity to visit the 2.5 kilometre squared London 2012 Olympic Park, which is becoming the largest construction site in Europe, during this year’s London Open House weekend on 20 & 21 September.

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The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today confirmed that subject to final contract negotiations, the venue for the Mountain Biking events will be at Hadleigh Farm, Essex.

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The construction of the Olympic Stadium is surging ahead with the start of the work on the concrete supports for the lower tiers of seating and the abutments for one of the main pedestrian access bridges, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has today announced.

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London 2012 announced today that Scouting for Girls, and Brit Award winners Will Young and James Morrison will be joining the line-up of performers who will be playing at The Visa London 2012 Party in The Mall on Sunday 24 August . 

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The Olympic Delivery Authority has today announced that sustainability will remain at the heart of the construction of the London 2012 Olympic Park, venues and infrastructure with a commitment to recover and reuse or recycle 90 per cent of the waste created through the ‘big build’ phase of the project.

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