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Around the UK

We're working to make sure the whole of the UK is involved in and benefits from the 2012 Games. Find out what's been happening where you live.

  1. Around the UK

    We're working to make sure the whole of the UK is involved in and benefits from the 2012 Games. Find out what's been happening near you with this collection of news and blogs.

  2. One of our greatest Olympians came to my office the other day

    Rhodri Morgan, First Minister for Wales , 30 July 2008: Daeth un o’n Olympiaid gwychaf i’n swyddfa'r diwrnod o’r blaen...Anaml iawn mae rhywun yn gallu dweud rhywbeth fel yna, ynte? Fel rhan o ymdrechion Llundain 2012 i sicrhau fod pob...

  3. London 2012 invites the UK to Handover celebrations

    London 2012 has announced UK-wide plans for celebrating the moment the Olympic Flag is handed from Beijing to London at the Olympic Games Closing Ceremony on 24 August. They include a free concert on The Mall.

  4. Welcoming Seb to a potential Sailing Pre-Games Training Camp facility

    Bob, Pwllheli Sailing Club Events Committee Chairman, 16 May 2008: I'm pleased to say the thirteenth day of the month was a good luck day for the sailors at the UK International Contender competition at Pwllheli. After three windless days,...

  5. Construction sets sail on London 2012 venue

    2 May 2008: Construction work has started on the first venue outside of the Olympic Park – the improvement of Sailing facilities at Weymouth and Portland in Dorset.

  6. Taking London 2012 to Scotland

    Craig, Government Relations team, 2 May 2008: A major ambition in the bid for London’s Olympic Games and Paralympic Games was the plan to engage with people right across the UK – to excite them and get them...

  7. Connecting with other companies for London 2012 work

    Patricia O’Hagan, Managing Director of an information technology company in Belfast, 10 April 2008: My company went along to the London 2012 Business Network event in Belfast on 8 April 2008, organised by Invest Northern Ireland. We are interested in connecting with security companies...

  8. A watery opening to the International Dance Festival

    Bill, Culture, Events and Education chief, 30 April 2008: You’d be surprised how profoundly disturbing it can be for an evening of contemporary dance to be punctuated by a water leak resulting in loud rhythmic drips from above creating...

  9. Seb spreads Games fever in the South West

    Hugh, Nations and Regions team, 26 March 2008: The Nations and Regions team managed a busy programme for Seb, at Plymouth on March 13th. The visit had been arranged to support the South West England team's ambition to...

  10. International Inspiration for young people from Brazil and Palau

    Catharina, Education team, 15 March 2008: In a true reflection of the interlocked rings young people, sports organisations and school practitioners from three continents met in the last week in two separate events, one in Recife, North Brazil...

  11. Mums and tots enjoy potential Pre-Games Training Camp in Ipswich

    John, Nations and Regions team, 7 March 2008: The Ipswich Gymnastics Centre in the East of England serves community as well as sporting interests. It is an elite facility which has hosted a number of high level international...

  12. Winning the VeloDream secondary schools category

    Lauren, Jack and Victoria, 3 March 2008: Our school, St Robert of Newminster Secondary School in Washington, Tyne and Wear, was the secondary school winner of VeloDream, a UK-wide competition for schoolchildren to design their own dream...

  13. London 2012 Business Network launched at Old Trafford

    16 January 2008: A new business ‘dating agency’ helping companies across the UK compete for London 2012 business opportunities has launched at Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium.

  14. Going back to my roots

    Seb, the Chair, 22 February 2007: Yesterday was a real trip down memory lane as I visited my home town, Sheffield. On route to a visit to Tapton School, where I was a pupil way back...