Today the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) unveils the latest selection of official London 2012 merchandise, in time to fill Christmas stockings for December 2010. The collection was unveiled today overlooking the Olympic Park in East London, styled with assistance from London 2012 sponsor and licensee Next.

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The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) has appointed its core Sailing team which will deliver the Olympic and Paralympic Sailing events at Weymouth and Portland in the summer of 2012.

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• 13 countries already part of International Inspiration

• Programme targets 12 million young people in 20 countries by 2012

• Delivered in partnership with UK Sport, British Council and UNICEF

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Plans to ensure that London keeps moving during the London 2012 Games and that athletes, officials and the Olympic family can get to venues on time have been published today. A new information document details how London’s road network will operate during the Games in 2012.

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Today marks exactly two years to go until the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games and organisers are calling on the UK public to start planning their Games to ensure they don’t miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime event.

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This week the London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) begins a public consultation process to seek the views of Weymouth and Portland residents in advance of submitting planning applications to Weymouth and Portland Borough Council later this year.

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Nigeria has become the latest country to join London 2012’s official international legacy programme, International Inspiration. The fourth African country to be chosen to participate in this unique project, Nigeria is also Africa’s most populous country.

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Open Weekend starts the two years to go countdown to the London 2012 Games

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London 2012 is inviting people across the UK to gather at the London 2012 Live Sites this weekend (Friday 23 – Saturday 25 July) for family entertainment to celebrate Open Weekend supported by BP - a series of sporting, arts and cultural challenges set up across the UK to lead the nation into the two year countdown to the start of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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On 21 July 2010 Jonathan Edwards CBE, gold medallist, triple jump world record holder and Athlete Representative for the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG), joined Loyd Grossman OBE FSA, Chair of the Heritage Alliance, at the Houses of Parliament, a world heritage site, to launch the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad Discovering Places campaign.

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The National Portrait Gallery/BT Road to 2012 Project:

• The first National Portrait Gallery exhibition and portrait commission to include video interviews and behind-the-scenes photographs of some of the shoots

• 30 photographs, the first of 100 commissioned portraits, in a three-year project supported by BT

• 23 new portraits on display for the first time

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The latest employment and skills figures published by the ODA show that 6,450 people are currently working on the Olympic Park construction site and 2,909 people are working on the Olympic Village as the ‘big build’ approaches its peak.

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The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has published the latest employment and skills figures for the Olympic Park (June 2010) and employment figures for the Olympic Village.

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The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has completed its latest set of milestones on time it was announced today as the ‘Big Build’ construction project moved into its final year. New aerial images of the Olympic Park have also been released showing the good progress being made across the site.

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Upgrades to Stratford Regional Station - the main transport hub for London 2012 - will accommodate 120,000 passengers and enable 200 trains every hour to call there during the Games.

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• 34th domestic sponsor on board

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London 2012 announces plans to recruit passionate and inspirational volunteers for the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games

• Up to 70,000 volunteers to be recruited for the London 2012 Games
• Volunteers to be known as Games Makers
• Pre-identified applicants for specialist roles to apply from 27 July 2010 onwards
• Applications for generalist roles to open on 15 September 2010
• Young Games Maker programme for up to 1,500 under-18 year olds opens in 2011
• McDonald’s announced as Presenting Partner
• Mayor of London’s London Volunteer scheme opens for registration on 27 July 2010

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Double Olympic Gold medal winner Dame Kelly Holmes praised the commitment and leadership of the 40 members of the Olympic Park Construction Crew at their graduation this week.

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Teenagers from Aberdeen, Hull, East London (Greenwich, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets & Waltham Forest), West London (Hillingdon, Hounslow, & Wandsworth) and Surrey (Spelthorne) have been selected to take part in a major new personal development programme which will, with guidance from BP employees, give the young people the chance to make a positive and significant change to their lives and local communities. The selected Young Leaders will then also have the opportunity to contribute to the delivery of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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The Olympic Park workforce has been praised for their efforts to make the construction project one of the safest and greenest in the UK.

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The 2012th seat was today fitted in the Olympic Stadium by IOC President Jacques Rogge, London 2012 Organising Committee Chair Sebastian Coe and Olympic Delivery Authority Chief Executive David Higgins, and was witnessed by eight of the ‘Young Ambassadors’ who travelled to Singapore as part of London’s winning bid.

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Two sports venues have hit respective milestones as progress continues on delivering the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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Four-time Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy has visited the students of Cheshire’s Hartford High School, to encourage them in their involvement in International Inspiration, London 2012’s international legacy programme.

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• CBS Outdoor becomes London 2012’s 33rd sponsor


• Will support London 2012’s marketing plans over next two years


• Key part of public facing marketing campaigns

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