September 2009

September 2009

New images released by the ODA today show the huge land bridge that will form the main Gateway to the Games' taking shape.

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The Olympic Delivery Authority’s (ODA) ‘Construction Crew’ project is once again giving local schoolchildren the chance to be a part of London 2012.

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The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today announces that UPS has become its 5th Tier Two Supporter and 22nd domestic commercial sponsor overall. UPS becomes Official Logistics and Express Delivery Supporter of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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Dinosaurs Not Allowed – a new twist on English Dance at three venues across Weymouth – is part of COUNT ME IN, a brand new weekend of cultural celebrations being held at venues across the South West as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, this weekend 26 – 27 September 2009.

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Marriage proposal to British Olympian by Olympic Stadium site the highlight of Open House weekend

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The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has today welcomed the publication of the Government’s Progress Report on the Strategy for Sustainable Construction, which highlights the London 2012 Olympic Park as a best practise project.

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The huge London 2012 International Broadcast Centre (IBC) is taking shape in the skyline with the 4,500 tonne steel structure completed in just ten weeks.

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The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has today (September 15) unveiled the winning design from a national competition to create an infill for the London 2012 Olympic logo for exclusive use by UK schools and colleges.

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Landmark London vote

14 September 2009

Londoners are invited to vote for the landmark in their borough that they would most like to see featured in a celebratory set of London 2012 ‘Landmark London’ pin badges.

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Ten London women have completed their training to become bus drivers on the Olympic Park as part of the London 2012 Women’s Project.

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The London 2012 Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today welcomes a further twenty Trailblazers to the London 2012 team.

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More than 1,000 UK businesses to date have won contracts worth over £5bn from the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) as the venues and infrastructure needed for the Games and legacy continue to take shape. These contracts have in turn created thousands more supply chain opportunities.

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The clean-up of the 2.5km2 Olympic Park, much of it contaminated through decades of industrial use, is almost complete and on track to beat its tough sustainability targets.

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